James J. Londis

James J. Londis' most recent pastorate lasted for 10 years at the Sligo Church of Seventh-day Adventists, Takoma Park, Maryland. Currently he is with New England Memorial Hospital, Stoneham, Massachusetts.

Articles by James J. Londis

The seeking God

September 2016

God has promised, “When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart, I will let you find me, says the Lord” (Jer. 29:13, 14).Contrast this promise to what happened in Eden. “They heard the sound of…

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I Am a Pastor

January 1978

 

October 3: Bruises blotch nearly every inch of her body. Her husband beat her with a rubber hose. The doctors fear kidney damage.

October 7: It appears he commit ted suicide. No one knows…

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God's finger wrote freedom

September 1979

My life in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, was a succession of delights. To me in my childhood, hearing, smelling, and seeing the amusement park brought moments of abandon and freedom. What is paradise to a 9-year-old boy but swimming in…

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Thinkers v. doers?

August 1981

Every religion in every age has experienced an uneasy truce between the university and the local congregation, between theology and the pastorate. Seventh-day Adventism is no exception. In some respects, the meeting of church theologians…

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Can the church tolerate open minds?

August 1987

 

At my high school graduation, the commencement speaker drew laughs from the parents by pointing out that now that we seniors had our diplomas, we were more dangerous than ever. Now not only did we know everything there was to know,…

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Where there's smoke there should be ire

November 1988

 

 

While public figures, health associations, and the official organization of physicians in America have spoken out against cigarette smoking, one powerful community has remained strangely silent.

Religion.

Because…

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A case for the case study approach

September 1990

My son is in a graduate business program, a friend of his is in law school, and a friend of mine is studying ethics. What do these students have in common?

Along with grasping theory and information, each…

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