Elements of Caring When it comes to community service, there is no simple solutionæno pink pill that’s going to make poverty, hunger, illiteracy, and disease disappear. But by taking a unique approach to each challenge, Adventist Health is making a lot of small stri... Read more
Did You Know FunFacts• The human stomach needs to make a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.• A study of the Adventist lifestyle reveals that Adventists exercise an average of 50 percent more than their neighbors.• According to a new s... Read more
Touching Lives Changing Destinies Sometimes it’s the little things that make the biggest difference—a smile from a stranger, a whispered prayer, or an unexpected kindness. Often it’s a series of small events that changes the world, not one monumental effort. And undoubtedly it’s p... Read more
Interaction Getting the BugGod brings people to us who need help (mentally, spiritually, and physically). We live on a secluded wilderness farm, 17 miles from tiny Talkeetna, Alaska, now bustling with activity as thousands of tourists from around the world pa... Read more
The Countdown is On! They’re not so different from you or me. They’re just everyday people.They don’t have specialized training. They’re not necessarily spiritual giants. They work, play, laugh, and cry. So what is it that makes them different?They’re busy preparing f... Read more
Prodigy! The year is 1519. A dapper captain of low Spanish nobility struts from his ship and commandingly marches onto the shores of eastern Mexico, claiming the land for Spain.His name is Hernán Cortez, and he has reached a crossroads in his short and sor... Read more
Did You Know FunFacts• The Earth is 1,597,340 miles from where it was yesterday• Air is not weightless• This year, Americans will spend more than $500 million on products to control body odor• Your brain stopped growing at age 4• Mahatma Gandhi never won a Nob... Read more
Everything We Really Need to Know I never made it to Kindergarten. So, on sweaty-palm-Tuesday, I yanked on my itchy new clothes and entered school—cold turkey.I played a lot of catch-up that first year and learned a lot about the Christian life. But where I really got my baptism i... Read more
Interactive Biblical Abortion?A Barna Research Group survey is quoted in the July GLEANER, noting "that Americans are comfortable legalizing activities—such as abortion, homosexuality and pornography—that they feel are immoral.”While the Bible explicitly cond... Read more
