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, [...]

New Spectrum Series on Community Organizing

Introducing a New Monthly Series: On Mission and Chavez (Geoffrey Nelson-Blake, Spectrum, 30 Jan 2012) Once a month throughout 2012 I’ll be sharing stories on the Spectrum blog of how organized people are putting their faith into action in the public sphere, from issues as local as street safety to national issues such as the [...]

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 [...]

SDA Round-up

1) Jamaican Adventists march in support of Enditnow (Nigel Coke, ANN, 3 Nov 2011) Hundreds of Jamaican Seventh-day Adventists marched last week against violence toward women and children in Ocho Rios. They came out in support of Enditnow, a global campaign to raise awareness of domestic abuse and advocate on behalf of woman and girls [...]

9/11 and NAPS in New York

Benjamin Baker brought this story to my awareness: 9/11 and True Adventism [A] group of young people from a small college in Huntsville, Alabama, truly reflected the spirit of Adventism in their response to 9/11.  No sooner had the commandeered planes connected to the steel and glass of One World Trade Center than Dr. Anthony [...]

Service

Commentary: Outreach is the fuel for revival – Without ongoing community impact, revival is short-lived and self-absorbed. (Mike Jones, 14 June 2011, ANN) Calls for revival coming from our denomination’s leadership are gratifying, but we must never forget the importance of outreach. Camp Meeting 2011: Youth participate in home makeover (with video) (21 June 2011) Youth, earliteens, [...]

Doug Morgan on Adventist Peace Fellowship

An interview I had with Doug Morgan for Adventist Today is now posted–Viewpoints. Doug discusses APF as well as Adventist history. Here is an excerpt: JB: What changes would you like to see in the Adventist community? DM: Somehow if we could draw on the strengths of our 19th century forebears in speaking out against [...]

When is there time to help?

Recently, someone asked a really good question in the Adventist Activism Facebook group. I’m sure the person is not alone, so I decided to post it here. My husband and I work 10 or 16 hour days… My question is this.. How do you guys find time to do this kind of work? Both of [...]

Social Justice at AToday

Interesting conversation triggered by Trish Tickle’s most recent post at Adventist Today, “Social Justice is Worship.” We’ve veered a bit off-topic, but maybe you can bring it back. Here’s the conclusion to my comment there: If we agree that (a) oppression and social injustice exist, (b) the Bible speaks against these things (examples), (c) the [...]

SDA Potpourri

Adventists were certainly busy this summer. Here are a number of articles that span the past few months: The ONE Campaign’s New Video (Jeff Gang, Suburban Pastor, 20 Sept 2010) Are We Confused About Ordination? (Memory, Meaning & Faith, 19 Sept 2010) Due to Sabbath, President of Adventist Church in Nigeria Declares Election Boycott (Alexander [...]