I’ve had it with the infighting.
Honestly, if you scroll through Adventist social media these days, you’d think we’ve split into 28,000 fundamental beliefs—one for every opinion. But if you push past the noise, most of us have far more in common than we have dividing us.
Whether you lean progressive, conservative, or happily hover somewhere in the blessed in-between, chances are you love the same things I do:
You love the peace that comes with Sabbath rest—stepping off the treadmill of the week and remembering who we are.
You love family and community—the church potlucks, the foyer laughter, the shared prayers for our kids.
You care about health—not just tofu and treadmills, but real wholeness, purpose, and balance.
You believe in education, in helping people rise and think and serve.
And you hold onto hope—for what God can do right now, in our lives, our families, and our communities.
And deep down, you still believe that Jesus is coming again—even if your Daniel 8 chart might look a little different from mine.
That’s the thing: the same fire that fuels our disagreements is also the passion that keeps us showing up. We argue because we care. We wrestle because this faith still matters.
Some will call this naïve thinking—this idea that we could choose unity over endless arguing. But really, what’s more naïve than doubling down on our differences and then wondering why we’re so polarized?
At the end of the day, being right was never the ultimate goal. Being faithful to Jesus is.
Faithful to love, to grace, to each other.
We don’t have to see eye to eye to walk side by side.
We can debate theology on Tuesday and still share plant-based lasagna on Sabbath.
Because Adventism isn’t a battlefield—it’s a family. Messy, passionate, occasionally frustrating, but still a family.
So let’s be the generation that rebuilds trust.
Let’s make our differences fuel curiosity instead of contempt.
Let’s talk, laugh, listen, and dream again.
The same God who started this movement isn’t finished with us yet.
And that’s something we can all believe in.
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