Adoption An Earthly Enactment of a Heavenly Concept An Earthly Enactment of a Heavenly ConceptOur family will never forget the day in l985 when we headed to the airport to pick up our new little girl. Two excited "big" brothers stood eagerly in the concourse, one carrying a Cabbage Patch doll and t... Read more
Journey to Excellence At the beginning of the 21st century, education has become a focus of public discussion and political debate. Throughout North America, education is experiencing seismic changes. New technologies, redesigned curricula, innovative instructional pra... Read more
Sharing the Good News I was recently surprised by an invitation to attend the 20-year class reunion of graduates at an academy on the East Coast where I had been principal. After the catered dinner, slides were shown featuring the highlights of their senior year. Almos... Read more
Did You Know? There are 126 K-8, K-9, K-10, K-12 and 9-12 schools administered by the Seventh-day Adventist church in the Northwest.Within this school system 8,009 students were taught by 693 full-time, part-time, and locally hired teachers.Alaska has seven Adv... Read more
Glimpses of God The school year is new, the school board members may be new, but the ritual is the same. In August, the school board meeting begins with a visit to each classroom to pray for the teacher and students soon to enter that room. These board members pr... Read more
Interaction “To Protect and Serve” [February, 2003]Thank you for the many interesting articles throughout the year. I especially have enjoyed the last one about the African Americans in our area in service jobs. So inspiring to know they are out there for the... Read more
Adventist Labor Unions Labor unions were once an anathema to most Adventists. Many members did not view union membership as an option, citing significant counsel from Ellen White and other sources. At one point, Ellen White described the practices of labor unions: “Unio... Read more
