How the Church Works
Hosted by documentary filmmaker Nina Vallado and Humans of Adventism creator Kaleb Eisele, How the Church Works is an eleven-part investigative podcast that examines Adventist …
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Adventist History
This podcast tells the story of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Adventists are frequently misunderstood and misrepresented. Understanding religious history gives Adventists a sense of identity …
The Holes In Our Stories—Part 2 John McCoun's first wife supposedly led him to "a life of misery and wretchedness." Was it a just claim?
Part 1 of this story examined the deeply held gender bias in the journalism reporting on the deaths of Arthur L. Snook and his wife, …
The Holes in Our Stories—Part 1 Frequently, the people around us show us only what they want us to see. The idealistic family photos on social media, the bright smiling faces on Sabbath morning, and the standard “I’m fine” reply to the polite, if superficial, inquiry as to how one is doing. All too often there is no indication of the trauma, depression, abuse, addiction, or mental illness people suffer or perpetrate behind closed doors. These are the holes in their stories.
I have never before felt the need to start a story with a disclaimer. However, the story that follows is disturbing. I have chosen to …
Recording the History of an Internationally and Culturally Diverse Denomination Reflections on the Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists by an assistant consultant editor.
On a hot summer afternoon in Keene, Texas, in 2015, I sat in one of Southwestern Adventist University’s classrooms and listened as David Trim and …