Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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Why I Love Toddler Group

I’m pretty involved in my local church, but if I’m honest, my favorite ministry doesn’t happen on Sabbath. It happens at 10:00 a.m. on Fridays—during toddler group. About 100 people...

Are You a Homeless Adventist?

Not doctrinally. Not officially. Just… practically. You believe the message. You’re not trying to leave. But somewhere between the edges, you stopped feeling like you fully belong anywhere. Too conservative for the...

The Resurrection Didn’t Need a Ham Dinner to Be Real

Every spring, Adventists perform a quiet liturgy of our own. The rest of Christianity buys lilies and books brunch. We… move on. Sabbath School covers the quarterly. The potluck happens. The resurrection gets a...

We Quote Paul’s Thorn. We Never Talk About Our Own.

Paul gets referenced a lot in Adventist circles. His missionary journeys, his theology, his letters that built half the New Testament. We love Paul. We...

Your Gay Kid Didn’t Leave Because of the World. They Left Because of Us.

We told the story wrong for decades. The version we preferred went like this: the world is seductive, the flesh is weak, and our children—raised...

Adventists Should Go First

Ellen G. White started a health reform movement when doctors were still prescribing whiskey. Our founders built hospitals in the wilderness, launched schools on...

Potluck Will Save The Church

Theologians have failed us. The GC has (frequently) failed us. But the veggie lasagna? The veggie lasagna has never let us down. While the General...

Adventist Culture

Does BarelyAdventist Hate the Church?

Between the satire, the memes, the open questions, the...

When Testimony Time Feels Like a Competition

Testimony time can be one of the most beautiful...

You Are Not a Prophet

  For decades, the Adventist Church has had people who...

Superstitious Church leaders scrap 13th Sabbath tradition

SILVER SPRING, Md. --- In a dramatic shift for...

Adventist Food

Why do people leave Adventism relieved—and why don’t we want to hear that?

When people leave Adventism, many describe something unexpected: relief. Not...

Adventist prays for sun to stand still so she can finish her Friday chores

LONDON, England --- An Adventist woman paused in prayer...

Christian intimacy book, “The Adventist Missionary Position,” hits shelves

NAMPA, Idaho --- In an attempt to counter secular...

What If Pastors Had Public Report Cards?

Every Adventist kid remembers report card day. The quiet...

Sabbath Observance

Silver Spring Is Not Heaven. Fortunately, That’s Not the Point.

If you’ve spent any time watching the General Conference...

Forty-Two Percent of Everyone Who Joins Us Eventually Leaves. Let’s Talk About That.

That’s not a rounding error. That’s a pattern. Since 1965,...

Doubt Doesn’t Break Your Faith. Pretending Does.

Nobody leaves Adventism because they asked too many questions. They...

Prayer Is Not a Prescription. (God Made Therapists Too.)

Somewhere along the way we decided that struggling Christians...