EIGHT PREDICTIONS FOR CHURCHES
By Dave Gemmell “I can’t wait to get back to normal.” How many times have you heard that sentiment lately? Maybe you indulge in…
EDUCATION IN THE NEW NORMAL
By Jodie Aakko, Sandy Hodgson, and Joel Reyes Thinking aloud about the “new normal” for our kids Jodie Aakko, Brighton Adventist Academy (BAA) Spring…
A FINAL GOODBYE TO A DEAR OLD FRIEND
By Gary A. Nowlan, PhD *Much of this brief history comes from a report for the developers entitled Boulder Sanitarium, Historical Assessment, prepared in…
ECOLOGY AND FAITH
By Becky De Oliveira My father, who has been in a mostly self-imposed lock- down since the beginning of March to protect both himself…
NOSTALGIA AND THE REAL NORMAL
By Rajmund Dabrowski If your ancestors did not inject you with the nostalgic lament that they are missing “the good old days,” you missed…
NEWNESS IN HIGH DEMAND
By Ed Barnett The last few months have been crazy ones for our pastors. They have had to adapt their churches to fit the…
A CHALLENGE FOR THE CHURCH AND FOR ADVENTIST HEALTH CARE
By Mark Johnson In the early morning hours of February 18, 1902, a “cleansing sword of fire” struck the heart of Adventist health care…
WILL THE PANDEMIC CHANGE THE CHURCH?
By Reinder Bruinsma Only months ago, the first reports from China about the emergence of a new coronavirus—COVID-19—were beginning to circulate in the Western…
AFTER COVID-19: LASTING CHANGES
By Barry Casey “Normal” is what you don’t have to think about. It’s habitual, constant, grounded in assumptions. There are few surprises. It may…
TO LIVE IS TO LOVE
By Zdravko Plantak “Who am I? Who am I? I am 24601!”, were the most reflective words of Jean Valjean in Victor Hugo’s provocative…