Authors

Carlos Balarezo lives in Riverside, California, with his wife Sharon. Both attend Worship Company in Loma Linda, California.

Dalton D. Baldwin is an emeritus professor of Christian Theology at Loma Linda University. He welcomes readers’ comments: 11581 Richardson St., Loma Linda, Calif. 92354, U.S.A. Bardalwin@AOL.

Ryan Bell pastors the Hollywood, California, Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Marco Belmonte is vice president of evangelism for HeavenlySanctuary.com, a nonprofit supporting ministry dedicated to uplifting God's character in a world of fear. He has also served as a youth pastor in the Washington and Upper Columbia Conferences of Seventh-day Adventists. He can be reached by e-mail at marco@heavenly sanctuary.com.

Josephine Benton is the chaplain at Williamsport Retirement Village, Williamsport, Maryland.

John Berecz writes from Berrien Springs, Michigan, where is a professor in the Department of Behavioral Science at Andrews University.

Chris Blake is associate professor of English and communication at Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Ivan T. Blazen teaches in the Faculty of Religion at Loma Linda University.

Norma K. Bork is a retired Pacific Union College professor and a former politician and businesswoman who currently lives in Loma Linda, Calif. Ten Miles from the Nearest Sin is her first published book.

Richard Bottomley chairs the School of Business at Canadian University College, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada.

Roy Branson, the former editor of Spectrum, directs the Center for Law and Public Policy at Columbia Union College.

Reinder Bruinsma is president of the Netherlands Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

John Brunt is the senior pastor of the Azure Hills Seventh-day Adventist Church, in Grand Terrace, California.

Fiona Bullock is an associate professor of social work in the Department of Behavioral Science, Pacific Union College.

Ernest Bursey is a professor of religion at Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences, in Orlando, Florida. He invites responses by e-mail.

Theologian Keith Augustus Burton writes from Harvest, Alabama. He can be contacted via Life Heritage Ministries.

A member of Spectrum’s editorial board, Alita Byrd is a journalist who lives in Pretoria, South Africa. In 2003 and 2004, she reported for the online version of the magazine on Rwandan Pastor Elizaphan Ntakirutimana’s conviction for genocide. A more lengthy report of hers, "Searching for Truth in Reports of the Sabbath Massacre," appeared in the spring 2003 paper issue of Spectrum magazine.

Based in Southern California, singer Patty Cabrera has been featured by People magazine as one of their "Fifty Most Beautiful People in the World." Visit her Web site at www.pattycabrera

A regular contributor to Spectrum, Alexander Carpenter is studying for his master's degree at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.

Ezrela Cheah graduated from Southwestern Adventist University in May 2000 with a bachelor's degree in education and currently lives in Portland, Oregon.

Gary Chartier is an assistant professor in the School of Business at La Sierra University.

P. Richard Choi is an associate professor of New Testament Interpretation at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.

Ed Christian is associate professor of English at Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania. christia@kutztown.edu 

Mark J. Cimino is chief executive officer of Cimino Senior Care Management, Inc., and writes from Shingle Springs, California.

Douglas R. Clark is a lecturer for the School of Religion and associate honors director at La Sierra University, Riverside, California. He has taught at Southwestern Adventist University, Keene, Texas, and Walla Walla College, College Place, Washington, and served as executive director of the American Schools of Oriental Research.

Benjamin L. Clausen is a research scientist on the staff of the Geoscience Research Institute, in Loma Linda, California. 

Ron E. M. Clouzet is dean of the School of Religion at Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, Tennessee.

James Coffin is senior pastor of the Markham Woods Church in Longwood, Florida. He can be reached via e-mail.

Ron Corson is a cytotechnologist in Olympia, Washington, who writes on progressive Adventist topics with an increasing interest in the political scene.

John C. Cress is an associate pastor at the Walla Walla University Church and adjunct professor for the School of Theology at Walla Walla University, College Place, Washington. 

Pamela Keele Cress is professor of social work and dean of the Wilma Hepker School of Social Work and Sociology at Walla Walla University, College Place, Washington.

Ken Curtis is an associate pastor in the Calimesa, California, Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Rachel Davies is a student at Walla Walla College, College Place, Washington.

Deanna Davis is a writer who lives in Nampa, Idaho

Ed Dickerson has extensive experience as a church planter, pastor, teacher, speaker, and legislative consultant. He writes from rural Garrison, Iowa.

Loren Dickinson is professor emeritus of communications at Walla Walla College, College Place, Washington, and president of Communication Consultants.

Herbert E. Douglass is a theologian, retired college administrator, and author of twenty-two books who now lives in Lincoln, California.

Jacques B. Doukhan is professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Exegesis and director of the Institute of Jewish-Christian Studies at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan. 

Lawrence G. Downing pastors the White Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church, in Los Angeles, California.

René Drumm chairs the Department of Social Work and Family Studies at Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, Tennessee.

Carlos Enrique Espinosa was dean of the Theological Seminary at the Seventh-day Adventist Universities of Chile, Argentina (graduate studies), and the Philippines (AIIAS), between 1994 and 2002. He welcomes comments by e-mail at espinosadr@yahoo.com

Larry R. Evans is undersecretary of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

Trisha Famisaran is a graduate student at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, working on a Ph.D. in Women’s Studies in Religion with an emphasis in Philosophy of Religion and Theology. She works at Claremont’s Center for Process Studies and teaches college courses in religion and history. She can be reached by e-mail at tfamisaran@gmail.com.  

Ryan Fillmore is an attorney who lives in Roseville, California.

Moriah Flahaut writes screenplays in Los Angeles in addition to attending the University of California, Los Angeles, Law School.

Karen Flowers co-directs the Department of Family Ministries for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

Author and theologian Desmond Ford writes from retirement in Australia.

Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson is a freelance author, artist, and translator who lives in Sacramento, California. Her translation of Rainbow Over Hell, by Tsuneyuki Mohri, will be released by Pacific Press in March 2006. View Sharon's Web site at: http://sharonfujimoto-johnson.com

Aubyn Fulton is professor of psychology at Pacific Union College, Angwin, Calif.

Matthew Gamble is the teaching pastor at the newly planted 24/SEVEN Ministry Center in Seattle, Washington.

Roy Gane is professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Languages at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.

Lawrence T. Geraty helped found the Association of Adventist Forums while in graduate school at Harvard in the 1960s. His discipline is archaeology, which he taught for thirteen years at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University. He was president of Atlantic Union College from 1985 to 1993, and has been president of La Sierra University since then. He retires in 2007 from the presidencies of La Sierra University and the American Schools of Oriental Research (the professional society for North American archaeologists who work in the Middle East), and from the chairmanship of the Greater Riverside, California, Chambers of Commerce. 

Marilyn Glaim chairs the English Department at Pacific Union College, Angwin, California.

Carla Gober is assistant professor on the Faculty of Religion at Loma Linda University and director of the university’s Center for Spiritual Life and Wholeness. 

Clifford Goldstein is editor of the adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide and its principal contributor for the fourth quarter of 2006. 

Carrol J. Grady writes from Snohomish, Washington.

Glen Greenwalt teaches philosophy at Walla Walla, Washington, Community College and paints as a professional artist.

Fritz Guy is Research Professor of Philosophical Theology in the School of Religion at La Sierra University, Riverside, California.  

Donna J. Haerich is an elder at the Forest Lake Seventh-day Adventist Church, in Apopka, Florida, and teaches an hour-long Sabbath School class there. 

Curtis Hall writes from Atlanta, Georgia. He and his wife, Shelley, currently attend the Berean Seventh-day Adventist Church, where he serves as a teacher for an adult Sabbath School class.

A Seventh-day Adventist pastor, David Hamstra writes from Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada.

Raewyn Hankins recently graduated from La Sierra University and currently pastors the Chula Vista Seventh-day Adventist Church, in San Diego, California.

Kent Hansen is general counsel for Loma Linda Adventist Health Sciences Center.

James L. Hayward is a professor in the Biology Department at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.

Olive J. Hemmings is professor of religion at Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, Maryland.

A senior English major at Walla Walla College, Andrew Hoehn is editor in chief of the college’s student newspaper, the Collegian.

Simon Houstoun lives with his family in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, and works for the Queensland Ambulance Service as an intensive care paramedic. He is currently completing a master’s of Emergency Health at Monash University.

Ramona L. Hyman is an associate professor of English at Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama. She also serves as a speaker for the Alabama Humanities Foundation.

David C. Jarnes is a book editor at Pacific Press Publishing Association. He lives in Caldwell, Idaho.

Timothy R. Jennings is a practicing psychiatrist in Dalton, Georgia. He teaches a weekly Sabbath School class at Southern Adventist University, which is available at www.comeandreason.com.

Leigh Johnsen is the associate editor of Spectrum. His doctoral thesis, written at the University of California, Riverside, focuses on church-state relations in early America. He recently published The Papers of Isaac Backus (Ann Arbor, Mich.: UMI-ProQuest, 2003).

Eddy Johnson is a Seventh-day Adventist pastor who has lived and worked in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. He currently holds a pastorate in Sydney, Australia.

Robert M. Johnston is professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Berrien Springs, Michigan.

John R. Jones is dean of the School of Religion at La Sierra University, Riverside, Calif.

Jim Kaatz is president of the San Diego Adventist Forum.

Grenville Kent is lecturer in Biblical Studies (Old Testament) and cultural apologetics at Wesley Institute, Sydney, Australia. He is the author with Philip Rodionoff of The Da Vinci Decode. He can be reached by e-mail at grenville@rema.tv.  

Fred Kinsey is assistant to the president for communication for the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.

Sakae Kubo, a New Testament scholar and former educator and college president, writes from retirement in Chico, California.

A graduate of Andrews University, Richard E. Kuykendall pastors the First Congregational Church of Auburn, California. 

David R. Larson teaches in the Faculty of Religion at Loma Linda University.

Nancy Lecourt is academic dean at Pacific Union College, Angwin, California.

Scott A. LeMert is assistant to the president of the Oregon Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. 

Trevor Lloyd, a literacy and language consultant, writes from Sydney, Australia. He is former editor of Adventist Professional and current president of the Sydney Adventist Forum.

James Londis is director of ethics and corporate integrity at Kettering Medical Center Network, Kettering, Ohio.

A resident of Northville, Michigan, and a lifelong Adventist, Felix A. Lorenz, Jr., describes himself as a "tentmaker (self-supporting) minister," who has ministered in non-Adventist churches for forty-one years.

James Lorenz pastors the Woodside Seventh-day Adventist Church, in Sacramento, California.

Julie Lorenz manages advertising and circulation at Spectrum.

A teacher, New Testament scholar, and former college president, Malcolm Maxwell writes from retirement in Angwin, California, and the San Juan Islands of Washington state.

Rosalie Hunt Mellor writes from Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

Scott Moncrieff is a professor of English at Andrews University.

Douglas Morgan chairs the Department of History and Political Science at Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, Maryland.

Born in Kenya, Paul Mugane teaches history at San Diego Academy, in San Diego, California.

Julius Nam is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Religion at Loma Linda University. 

Andy Nash worked as an assistant editor at the Adventist Review from 1996–99 and is now an associate professor of journalism and communication at Southern Adventist University.  

Beatrice S. Neall is a professor emerita of religion at Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska.

A graduate of La Sierra University’s School of Religion, Vaughn Nelson pastors the Norco, California, Seventh-day Adventist Church.  

Regis Nicoll is a freelance writer who serves as an elder, teacher, and men’s ministry leader in the Collegedale, Tennessee, Seventh-day Adventist Church. He can be reached at centurion51@aol.com

Ted Noel is an anesthesiologist in Orlando, Florida, and the author of I Want to be Left Behind, a biblical exploration of the secret rapture.

Chris Oberg is the senior pastor of the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church, in Calimesa, California.

A retired oral surgeon, Roy Olson writes from West Olive, Michigan. He welcomes response from readers via e-mail at olson846@chartermi.net.

Kim Osborn is a recent graduate of Pacific Union College and a freelance writer.

Norma Osborn serves on the pastoral staff of the Pacific Union College Seventh-day Adventist Church, in Angwin, California. She focuses on family ministries.

Arthur Patrick is honorary senior research fellow at Avondale College, Australia.  

Steve Pawluk is senior vice president for academic administration at Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, Tennessee.

University administrator Susan Peabody lives in Berkeley, California. She can be reached via her Web site: www.brightertomorrow.net

David A. Pendleton is an attorney, Seventh-day Adventist minister, and member of the Hawaii House of Representatives.

Rolf J. Poehler is theological adviser to the North German Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and a lecturer in systematic theology at Friedensau Adventist University in Germany.

Johnny A. Ramirez currently interns for Spectrum and is pursuing an M.Th. degree in practical theology and Christian ethics at the University of Aberdeen, in Scotland. He left his home in Colton, California, having completed a pastoral internship at the Hollywood, California, Seventh-day Adventist Church and receiving a B.S. at Azusa Pacific University.

Johnny Ramírez-Johnson is professor of religion, psychology, and culture in the School of Religion at Loma Linda University. 

Leo Ranzolin, Jr., chairs the Department of Religion at Pacific Union College, Angwin, California.

Daniel Reynaud welcomes responses. He writes from Avondale College, Cooranbong, Australia, where he is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Arts.

Gifford Rhamie teaches pastoral studies and biblical languages in the Department of Theological Studies, Newbold College, Binfield, Bracknell, England.

Richard Rice teaches in the Faculty of Religion at Loma Linda University.

Anesthesiologist Bob Rigsby writes from Altamonte Springs, Florida.

Ray Roennfeldt is dean of the Faculty of Theology, Avondale College, Cooranbong, Australia.

Sasha Ross recently joined the Emergency Management Bureau of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (www.adra.org) in its Silver Spring, Md., headquarters.

Hospice chaplain Heather Isaacs Royce writes from Napa, California.

Monte Sahlin is vice president for creative ministries at the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. He is the author of Ministries of Compassion and Understanding Your Community, and serves as chair of the Executive Committee for the Center for Metropolitan Ministry and chair of the board for the Center for Creative Ministry.

Børge Schantz was the founding director of the Adventist Centre for Islamic Studies, at Newbold College, and recently published Islam in the Post 9/11 World.

Gregory Schneider is a professor of religion and social science at Pacific Union College, Angwin, California.

Daniel Schramm is lecturer in Pastoral Studies: Pastoral Care and Counseling at Newbold College, Binfield, Braknell, England. 

Charles Scriven is president of Kettering College of the Medical Arts and chairs the Association of Adventist Forums board.

Beverly Sedlacek has training in nursing and counseling. She and her husband live in Huntsville, Alabama.

David Sedlacek teaches in the Social Work Department at Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama.

A hospice chaplain and clergy spouse, Carmen Seibold writes from Worthington, Ohio. 

Loren Seibold pastors the Worthington, Ohio, Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Jean Sheldon is an associate professor in the Department of Religion at Pacific Union College.

Tom Shepherd is a professor in the Division of Religion at Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska. He enjoys playing the cello in the Golden Cords String Quartet, also of Union College. You can write to him about the New Testament, ethics, or the ministry of the Golden Cords to churches and schools.

Siroj Sorajjakool is professor of religion, psychology, and counseling at Loma Linda University.

Paul Stokstad is president of PASCO, a manufacturer of equipment for science educators, in Roseville, California.

Margit Süring writes from Finland. She has served as women’s dean, pastor, theologian, instructor, and principal of the Toivonlinna Theological Seminary.

Bernard Taylor is scholar in residence at the Loma Linda University Church of Seventh-day Adventists. 

Alden Thompson is professor of biblical studies at Walla Walla College, College Place, Washington.

Kristin Thompson is school counselor at the Avondale School, a K-12 educational institution in Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia.

Steven Thompson is senior lecturer in Biblical Studies in the Faculty of Religion at Avondale College, Cooranbong, Australia.

Douglas Tilstra is assistant professor of ministry and leadership in the School of Religion at Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, Tennessee. 

A recent graduate of La Sierra University, Kristel Tonstad currently works at the Center for Law and Public Policy in Washington, D.C.

Norwegian Sigve Tonstad is an ordained Seventh-day Adventist pastor and a physician with a specialty in Internal Medicine. His doctoral thesis in New Testament, from the University of St. Andrews, will be published late in 2006 as Saving God's Reputation: The Theological Function of Pistis Iesou in the Cosmic Narratives of Revelation.

Patrick Travis writes from Oviedo, Florida. He is a retired dentist who holds a M. Div. degree from Reformed Theological Seminary and presently serves as a per diem chaplain. He invites responses by e-mail.

Laurence A. Turner is head of the Department of Theological Studies at Newbold College, Bracknell, Berkshire, England.

Mitchell A. Tyner, is an attorney in the Office of General Counsel, North American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Theologian Edward W. H. Vick writes from the United Kingdom.

Herold Weiss is professor emeritus of religious studies at St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana.

Winona Wendth is the director of College Advancement at Kettering College of Medical Arts, in Kettering, Ohio.

Cynthia Westerbeck teaches in the English Department at Pacific Union College, Angwin, California.

An ordained Seventh-day Adventist minister and former missionary, Robert J. Wieland has authored more than twenty books, including The Gospel in Daniel, a verse-by-verse study. He serves at present as an elder in the Meadow Vista, California, Seventh-day Adventist Church. He can be reached via e-mail at RJW1888@aol.com.  

Halcyon Westphal Wilson is an active retired pastor in the La Sierra University Church and is part of the administrative team for the Southeastern California Conference. She lives with her husband, Leland, in Riverside, California. 

Now retired, T. Joe Willey taught neuroscience in Loma Linda University's School of Medicine for almost twenty years, and also taught at Walla Walla College and La Sierra University.

Ross E. Winkle is assistant professor of religion at Pacific Union College, Angwin, Calif.

John B. Wong, a theologian, attorney, and physician, writes from southern California. His most recent book is Ethics Today for Ministers and Healthcare Professionals: Problems and Some Practical Answers (Loma Linda, Calif.: Loma Linda University Press, 2004).

Lester N. Wright is deputy commissioner/chief medical officer for the New York State Department of Correctional Services.

Zane Yi is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in philosophy at Fordham University, in New York City. 

New Testament scholar Norman Young recently retired as senior lecturer at Avondale College, Australia.

A retired English professor and higher education administrator, Helen Thompson Zolber writes from Walla Walla, Washington.

A veteran of World War II and the boards of trustees for Loma Linda University and Southern Missionary College, Thomas J. Zwemer is currently vice president emeritus of Academic Affairs and professor emeritus of Orthodontics of the Medical College of Georgia.

Adrian Zytkoskee, a retired educator and administrator, writes from Placerville, California.