Adventism is supposed to be weird. Holy weird. Disrupt-the-status-quo weird. “Love your neighbor so hard it confuses people” weird. The kind of weird that started movements, not committees.
We weren’t built to be a polished, respectable, HOA-approved religion. We were born from young people (Ellen was a teen when she got started), reformers, visionaries, and brave oddballs who believed faith could look radically different. That’s our DNA.
And honestly? We’ve spent too much time sanding down the edges that made us special.
We don’t need the judgmental weird.
Not the “ban it because I don’t personally understand it” weird.
Not the fear-fueled, prophetic jump-scare weird.
We need the good weird back — the weird that actually looks like Jesus.
Imagine an Adventism where our weirdness means:
- Sabbath that truly feels like rest
- Community where nobody has to pretend
- Ridiculous hospitality
- Grace that shows up in real life, not just sermons
- Justice that isn’t optional
- Hope that refuses to quit
That’s the weird that heals people, not wounds them.
That’s the weird that draws people in, not scares them off.
That’s the weird that reminds us why Adventism ever mattered in the first place.
Let’s stop trying to blend in.
Let’s stop being normal.
Let’s stop acting like we’re a brand instead of a movement.
Let’s make Adventism weird again —
the kind of weird that actually changes the world.
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