By Bonnie Dwyer
The sheep, being a social animal, did not like being away from his friends, who were in the scene depicting the hills outside Bethlehem.
(December 29, 2003)
By Richard Rice
Jesus’ humble beginnings cannot be reduced to the first chapter in a Horatio Alger story.
(December 22, 2003)
By David R. Larson
Didn’t David Hume teach us in the eighteenth century that we cannot deduce a moral "ought" exclusively from a factual "is"?
(December 15, 2003)
By Richard Rice
Test your Seventh-day Adventist IQ. Decipher the phrases to see if you belong in the SDA intelligentsia.
(December 8, 2003)
By Deborah Anfenson-Vance
Few ministers were preaching grace when Daddy’s local congregation disfellowshipped him for remarrying after a divorce.
(December 3, 2003)
By Debbi Christensen
It must have been a profound conversation, because when the Bible picks up the conversation again, Zacchaeus is a changed man.
(November 24, 2003)
By Scott Moncrieff
Alas, my own piano playing never got much beyond curving my fingers over the rubber ball my grandmother (a piano teacher) handed me.
(November 17, 2003)
By Susan Peabody
Sometimes we have to take a step backward and love from a distance.
(November 10, 2003)
By James Coffin
Why should government and employer benefits be based on bedroom activity?
(November 3, 2003)
By Nancy Lecourt
We also sense a connection, a continuous line, from the makers of the long barrow and Silbury Hill, of Avebury circle and Stonehenge.
(October 27, 2003)
By Alita Byrd
I must admit, it seemed a little silly to me. A wave from David Blaine. Yee-ha.
(October 20, 2003)
By Stefanie Johnson
The freedom of the gift of eternal salvation can become a tranquilizing agent in our daily lives.
(October 13, 2003)
By David R. Larson
The most offensive sins in God’s sight are pride, arrogance, and a spirit of condemnation. Let’s walk in the footsteps of Jesus!
(October 6, 2003)
By Leigh Johnsen
For party leaders who smelled that power, no hard-earned principle was apparently too precious not to be tossed aside like a paper cup.
(September 30, 2003)
By David R. Larson
It takes true character to be convinced of something but equally persuaded that others have different points of view that deserve to be protected and honored.
(September 22, 2003)
By Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson
I’ve felt little bits of heaven, flickering realizations of God’s presence, in Paris, in lily pads in Monet’s garden, in the ivory curves of the Pieta in the Vatican.
(September 15, 2003)
By Mark Walden
Should I be thankful for my healthy child or angry that he responds to my love with a left hook?
(September 8, 2003)
By Greg Schneider
I wept in joy and wonder—and in a deep yearning for the ultimate Shalom , the promised state of peace, justice, and love of which Sabbath fellowship is but a foretaste.
(September 1, 2003)
By Juli Miller
We don’t just attend the little brown church. We have been graciously embraced and adopted by its community of pilgrims.
(August 25, 2003)
By Bonnie Dwyer
In Colorado this week Seventh-day Adventist theologians, scientists, and administrators will consider the topic of creation.
(August 11, 2003)
By Bonnie Dwyer
Dressed in white slacks and lime green shirts, the happy couple danced in the aisle at the conclusion of the service.
(August 4, 2003)
By Susan Peabody
To many of us, self-esteem comes late in life as a gift from Jesus Christ. But it is a gift worth waiting for.
(July 28, 2003)
By Alexander Carpenter
My religion is not rooted in the Bible or in General Conference Sessions—although both contribute to my identity.
(July 21, 2003)
By Scott Moncrieff
Somebody once said there are only two plots: "a stranger comes to town" and "somebody goes on a trip."
(July 14, 2003)
By Fritz Guy
Being in the mainstream, to whatever extent we are, is a decidedly mixed blessing.
(July 7, 2003)
By Douglas Morgan
The gospel presents us with a choice between the way of Jesus and faith in "the courage and might of our military" that President Bush celebrates as means to liberty and redemption for the world.
(June 30, 2003)
By Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson
My prayers were almost anything: a name, a poem that came to me, tiny drawings—but always, the contents of my heart.
(June 23, 2003)
By Daniel Reynaud
He kissed the wound, and a fire seared her hand and her whole arm throbbed and tingled.
(June 16, 2003)
By Chris Blake
Walking humbly with God requires asking in clear, ringing tones for forgiveness.
(June 9, 2003)
By James Coffin
How much should the church bear the trappings of nationalism?
(June 2, 2003)
By Jennie Martin-Gall
My satisfaction and peace with life are abundant when I know my place—down here looking up.
(May 26, 2003)
By Jiggs Gallagher
I never once came away from his chapel or assembly talks without a new idea, a new spin on an old idea, or a chuckle.
(May 19, 2003)
By William Loveless
To the final day in his eighty-eighth year, Winton demonstrated to all of us a person large of vision, quick of wit, and incisive of thought.
(May 21, 2003)
By George E. Irani
Saddam’s regime used the Christians as an ally in its policy of divide-and-rule in Iraq.
(May 12, 2003)
By Milo V. Anderson
We would profit more from our discussions about science and religion if we would back up one step and spend more effort establishing principles of hermeneutics.
(May 5, 2003)
By Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson
Every practice is a tiny leap of faith toward that feeling of flying.
(April 28, 2003)
By Heather Isaacs
My prayer for my denomination and for all Christians is that we begin to bring the fullness of the gospel not only to the individual, but also to the social, political, and religious institutions that form and deform human beings.
(April 21, 2003)
By Roy Branson
Wars are tragedies, to be remembered in congregational prayers and memorials of stone.
(April 14, 2003)
By Bjorn Karlman
We are used to our Adventist ideas and we don’t realize what a difference they would make in the lives of those who have never heard of them.
(April 7, 2003)
By Nancy Lecourt
I believe that God gave us the Sabbath because he wants us to remember that there is more to life than work.
(March 31, 2003)
By Ray Dabrowski
We recommit ourselves to minister hope in the midst of hopelessness.
(March 20, 2003)
By Erica Sharp
The only programming for the eighteen to twenty-five year-olds is cheesy and out of date.
(March 17, 2003)
By David R. Larson
Let’s do everything we can to foster stable and supportive relationships among ourselves and those we serve!
(March 10, 2003)
By Alexander Carpenter
As Adventist faith grows, our morality should widen, perhaps someday to include even the least of these.
(March 3, 2003)
By Susan Peabody
We must do something—sometimes even before the willingness comes.
(February 24, 2003)
By Alita Byrd
This judgment marks the first time a clergyman has been convicted in an international court of justice.
(February 19, 2003)
By Daniel Reynaud
My own journey is one of seesawing through various opinions and schools of thought, sometimes quite conservative, sometimes "dangerously" liberal.
(February 17, 2003)
By Scott Moncrieff
The five-minutes-of-this-and-ten-minutes-of-that lifestyle can just kill the spirit.
(February 10, 2003)
By Nancy Lecourt
Collins’ poem reminds us that we are not standing safely on solid ground, but flying like the Columbia astronauts through space; and that for all of us life is so short, so short.
(February 3, 2003)
By Gordon M. Rick
Announcing the First International Association of Adventist Forums Conference, Hope, British Columbia, Canada, August 28–31, 2003.
(February 3, 2003—from the winter 2003 issue of Spectrum)
By David R. Larson
We violate the Third Commandment whenever we portray God as anything other than loving.
(January 27, 2003)
By Douglas Morgan
Our Adventist faith motivates our protest against the U.S. government's trajectory toward an immoral and unjust war.
(January 22, 2003)
By Bonnie Dwyer
Cottrell deserves to be in the pantheon of Adventist saints.
(January 14, 2003)
By Sasha Ross
Is belief in Christ all it takes for a perfect marriage?
(January 6, 2003)
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