Have you ever been disenfranchised with Church, Christianity, etc? I have. I have come so close to “leaving” because I’m so fed up with all the politics, all the drama, all the lines drawn in the sand by professed followers of God. I’m so tired of all the expectations that can be put on people. …
He stood against the wall, wearing jeans and a long-sleeve t-shirt. A baseball cap covered his hair and hid his identity from most of the crowd. He pulled out the prized possession from its case and began to fill the metro station with the sounds of beauty and magic – the sounds of music. Joshua …
Recently I sent a text message to a friend…a text message that was meant to be seen only by my husband. Awkward, right? To make it more awkward, this friend is a male colleague of mine. Thankfully all I texted was “when will you be home?” My friend texted back “I am home now” which …
“You are going to hell for this!” I was astonished by what I was hearing. Eyes burned with hot anger while looking at me. All I had said was that I was a pastor, and this was the response. This happened a few years ago, yet responses like this from some people are not a …
There are many gifts that the church has been given. One of these gifts is the gift of prophecy (see Romans 12:6). Within the Adventist Christian tradition, most Adventists view Ellen White, one of the church’s founding leaders, as having the gift of prophecy. This means that many Adventists believe that her writings were inspired …
Awakenings 