SDA Articles

It’s been quite a while since I put together a reading list. Here it is: Volunteers in Action: Mike Kontes (Maranatha video, N.D.) A Cinderella Story (NAPS, N.D.) Washington Church Reaches Out to Migrant Farm Workers & Immigrants (Adv Today, 21 Apr 2012) Adventist Students Protest Chinese Industrial Development in the Solomon Islands (Adv Today, [...]

SDA Potpourri

Here is a bit of reading for your Sabbath: One in Christ – Petition Virginia Seventh-day Adventists Reach Across Globe to Help Kenya’s Children (Rebecca Jackson, Adv Review) College Remembers Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy (Giovanni Hashimoto, PUC, 13 Jan 2012) U.S. Supreme Court ruling is First Amendment defense, Adventist legal counselors say (ANN, 13 [...]

Articles of Interest

Though shorter than most “potpourri” lists, here are a few articles of interest: 1) Religious Peace Fellowship Representatives Gather (Ryan Bell, Peace Messenger, 15 Mar 2011) I end my day today reflecting on my personal commitment to a more peaceful world. Specifically, I find myself wondering what God would have the Adventist Peace Fellowship do [...]

Dr. Bert B. Beach

Dr. Bert B. Beach recently spoke with me about politics, social action, evangelism, ecumenism, religious freedom, and conflict. Click here to read the interview, the 5th installment of Viewpoints, the interview series on peace, justice and righteousness that is a joint project of Adventist Activism and Adventist Today. Here is a snippet where Dr. Beach [...]

SDA Potpourri

Highlights: Adventist Peacemaker Pledge Adventists Say “Yes” to Women’s Empowerment: The ‘End it Now’ campaign gets a boost in Atlanta (Rachel Davies, Spectrum, July 2010) The Adventist Stand on Poverty (Monte Sahlin, Adv Today, 30 June 2010) Adventist Advocates in the Public Square (Alexander Carpenter, Spectrum, 19 June 2010) Additional thought-provoking articles: Samir Selmanovic – [...]

Online Highlights

Video: Jan Paulsen on Poverty (Carpenter, Spectrum, 24 Dec 2009) Understanding the Economic Situation (Sahlin, Faith in Context, 6 Dec 2009) Discerning The Times (Bussey, The Liberty Blog, 3 Jan 2010) Feeding Hope (Gang, Suburban Pastor, 31 Dec 2009) The Gospel and Empire: A Wake-up Call from New Testament Scholarship (Adv Peace Messenger,31 Dec 2009) [...]

Monday Roundup

A few notable recent SDA posts: 1. Dr. Kesslyn A Brade Stennis’ first post for Adventist Today was excellent.  Here is an excerpt from Love is Listening (24 Nov. 2009): Not only must I listen to God and to my self, I must also listen to those who report the events of the world.  If [...]