PLAYING NICE WITH DIVERSE OPINIONS IN OUR CHURCHES
By Ron Price When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new. —Dalai…
Are you for real?
By Reinder Bruinsma In many developing countries tourists are constantly urged to buy “expensive” articles at ridiculously low prices. When I lived in West…
A COMMUNITY OF THE STUMBLING HOPEFUL
By Barry Casey Jonathan Franzen, author of multiple best-selling novels, including The Corrections, found himself as a young writer feeling distinctly ill at ease…
INEVITABLE OR PROPHETIC?
By Nathan Brown Over the past few years, I have been intrigued by a series of conversations with my friend Dr. Lisa Clark Diller,…
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…