FAKING AUTHENTICITY: THE TROUBLE WITH LAODICEA
By Dany Hernandez The older I get, the less I know. I’m learning to live with this tension in my life. I don’t like…
DECISIONS, DECISIONS . . .
By Joshua De Oliveira My first year of college felt like an expansive test of my willpower. Within the first few weeks of school,…
STEP AWAY FROM THE AUTHENTICITY
By Becky De Oliveira One Word I’ve done graphic design, including hundreds—perhaps thousands—of assignments for Seventh-day Adventist institutions and organizations, for more than two…
DEFEND THE TRADITION
By Jessyka Dooley Every good business, church, school, etc., will have some kind of vision and mission statement they cling to as their compass…
Masks
By Shayne Mason Vincent Over the years, I have become more compassionate toward pretentious people. I came to see that the bigger the mask,…
OPEN PURSES
By Doug Inglish Some things are almost guaranteed to stir up emotions and cause controversy. Very close to the top of the list (somewhere…
Poems
By Vicky Blisserd-Carrick Habakkuk If my life holds no promise of fulfillment, And my dreams are never realized, Though earth’s remedies bring me no…
PARENTS BAPTIZING CHILDREN, MEMBERS BAPTIZING FRIENDS
By Andy Nash In the winter of 2008, my wife Cindy and I studied the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation—from tree of life to…
LIKE THE VELVETEEN RABBIT
By Carol Bolden Have you ever met a child (maybe your own) who pretends to be an animal—a lion, a zebra, or a giraffe?…
Daring to be yourself
By Rajmund Dabrowski Every Sabbath, my church worship ends with a special blessing. There are six elements to it. One of them says: “May…