The first funeral I attended was my grandmother’s. I was just a child, and what remained in my memory was the sadness, the cloudy emotions, and the “grayness” of it all. Later, as a medical doctor, I encountered death more frequently, but I never became accustomed to it. As author Susan Cheever w...
The nation of Colombia is celebrated for its recent advances in religious liberties
One night while I was tucking my 3-year-old son Timothy into bed he said, "I can’t sleep. I’m waiting for Jesus to come." "Jesus might not come tonight," I told him, "so you should go to sleep while you wait." Always persistent, especially when trying to delay bedtime, Timothy said, "I want to s...
Wholistic Ministry Key in Outreach Efforts
A Germanwings Airbus A320 plane carrying 150 people crashed March 24 in the foothills near Digne-les-Bains, in the Alpes de Haute Provence in southeastern France, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told reporters. Valls said he fears those aboard the flight from Barcelona (Spain), to Dusseldorf (...
The Adventist Church asks members worldwide to pray