This article was first published in Spectrum. Living with hope and contagious expectation of the soon second coming of Jesus the Messiah. In December of 2020, The Washington Post asked its readers to “sum up the year in just one word.” In analyzing the more than 2,000 responses they received, they found that the top three answers given […]
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This article was first published in Spectrum. The Talmud (Shabbat 31a) tells a story about a gentile who came to Rabbi Shammai, requesting that he teach him the entire Torah while standing on one foot. The “standing on one foot” idea was this individual’s way of saying, “I am not asking for a seven-week intensive
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This post was first published in Adventist Today. I understand that art, like anchovies or blue cheese, can be an acquired taste. I realize that some wouldn’t schedule art museums on their holiday itinerary. Yet as I reminisce on the half-day I spent among ancient Egyptian, Sudanese, and Nubian works at the British Museum, I
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This article was first published in Adventist Today. There is much power in words. A gently whispered “I love you” at a time of emotional turmoil has the ability to whisk you away to a place of joy. But the opposite is also true: words can also take us to a place of emotional chaos.
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The Peculiarity Plague Our faith should be informed by a love for people rather than mere distinctiveness This article was first published in Adventist today Fall 2020 Vol.28 No. 4 Christianity—Protestantism in particular—is built on a foundation of theological and moral absolutes. These absolutes are at the heart of why we have so many denominations:
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THE STORIES WE CHOOSE TO TELL A DISTURBING CORRELATION BETWEEN THE STORIES WE CHOOSE TO TELL AND OUR IDENTITY This article was first published in the Spectrum Magazine Stories are genuinely one of the most potent weapons available to humankind. More often than not, the one who controls the narrative of a tale controls society.
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ARE WE THE CUSTODIANS OF ALL TRUTH? Adventist’s Relationship With “The Truth” This post was first published in Adventist Today All religions build their theological framework on what they believe to be absolute truth or truths. These identified truths are passed down from one generation to the next explicitly through creeds and often, implicitly, through
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HUMANS IN HEAVEN! WHAT’S THE CRITERIA? The British system of education that I did my primary education under, had a program that was called civvies day. Civvies day was a day when all students could come to school wearing their civilian clothing. The schools used this day as a fundraising strategy by demanding that students
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THE TRUTH ABOUT THE VOICE The human voice holds the record of being the first means of communication in the world. Unlike many smart gadgets that lose value immediately after purchase and our written documents that need consistent edits, the human voice has faithfully held its value. Imperfect though it may be, the human voice
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HE GOES BY THE NAME YAHWEH A story is told that Alexander the Great was inspecting and motivating his army before a great battle when he saw a young soldier who was visibly terrified. Alexander is said to have asked this young soldier what his name was, to which he replied, with his voice shaking
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