February 2020

Jeffrey O. Brown

I don’t know how it happened. In fact, I have no memory of it. I was just a toddler, but my eldest brother Eric tells me that, some decades ago, the television cameras came to our street in Birmingham, England. Indeed, not just to our street—but to our very house. You see, Norman Manley, the first premier of Jamaica, was concerned about integration and wanted to see an immigrant family who had settled well into the host society. Somehow, our family was chosen. Mom… Continue reading...

Alex Niculaescu

I have experienced what seem to be minirevivals throughout my life. One such important revival happened soon after my parents’ separation. I did not have the best relationship with either of my parents leading up to this point. I had always struggled with acceptance and belonging and often sought acceptance from those outside of my family because I had wanted little to do with the family. There came the point while studying the Bible, especially going through… Continue reading...

Anthony Chandler

What do most people seek when interacting with you? Some years ago, talk-show host Oprah Winfrey stated that, at the end of the interview, most celebrities wanted to know, “Did you hear me, and did what I say mean anything to you?”1 It is confirmation and validation that we most seek, the need to be heard and understood. When I was working as a resident chaplain at the veterans’ hospital in Florida, I visited a young female veteran in the mental-health unit. She… Continue reading...

Donn W. Leatherman

Adventists and Military Service: Biblical, Historical, and Ethical Perspectives, a book of eight essays, is intended by its editors and authors to reflect “on the role of Christ’s followers as conscientious agents of peace and as conscientious objectors to all forms of violence” (7). The book is thoroughly documented and annotated so as to qualify as a work of scholarship but is written in styles simple enough to make it accessible to laity and pastors as well… Continue reading...

Sam Davis bears son’s coffin [Photo: Michael K. Asare, BUC News] Thousands observe UK funeral of Pastor Andrew Davis Bracknell, Berkshire, England With close to 2,000 in attendance at three venues across the campus of Newbold College of Higher Education, and hundreds more viewing from all parts of the globe, the funeral of Andrew Davis was one of the largest ever held in the Trans-European Division. The funeral included a full Pathfinder guard of honor (Davis… Continue reading...