Communion Reflection: From Personal Preparation to Collective Unity
It was Communion Sabbath. I donned a large white bowtie, the same one I first wore for my ordination in 2022—a purchase from Etsy that turned out larger than anticipated. […]
Beyond the Tableau: Rethinking Christian Responses to the 2024 Olympics
Last week, the world was abuzz with reactions to the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics, an event that has elicited strong opinions from various religious leaders and communities. Among […]
The Two-Fold Role of the Black Adventist Theologian
Jason O’Rourke once remarked that in Adventism, if something isn’t documented in print, it didn’t happen. This idea often comes to mind as I reflect on the remarkable volume of […]
Haitian Adventists & the Evolving Landscape of Technology, AI, and Virtual Reality
Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent shutdowns of public gathering spaces, the North American Haitian Seventh-day Adventist Church (NAHSDAC; particularly the northeastern segment) had recognized the significance […]
A Fun Review of a Book on 15 New Testament Words
Nijay K. Gupta (PhD, University of Durham) has published his 15 New Testament Words of Life: A New Testament Theology for Real Life. Gupta describes his intentions as not adding […]
Haitian Adventists & Christmas
DISCUSSING HAITIAN ADVENTISM AND CHRISTMAS opens up a forum for a wider conversation on how this religious community views and approaches what it typically categorizes as secular festivities of pagan […]
Growing up Haitian Seventh-day Adventist
IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA SPACES that I frequent, it is not popular to be part of an organized religious institution. This is true, seemingly, even with those who are still […]
Ordination: Living at the Axis of Constant Tension
I was born on June 12, 1980 in Hôpital Universitaire Justinien, in Cap-Haïtien, Ayiti, to Seventh-day Adventists. In a sort of genealogical conversation with my father, Erodothe Jacques, as far […]
Immediate Pre-Law Preparations in Exodus 19 [Part 1]
Lesson six of the Adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide, Glimpses of Our God,[1] is entitled “God the Lawgiver.”[2] The memory text is taken from the book of Isaiah: “For […]
Is the Secret Worth Knowing?: Why Bother with the Book of Revelation
The book of Revelation is not something that I hear much about from most of the young Christians that I know. The few that I hear talking about it are […]
Terry Jones Wants to Burn the Qur’an
All the world wonders after Islam, so it seems. As if the controversy over the mosque wasn’t enough, a pastor by the name of Terry Jones has become the personification […]
The War on Terror
The war on terror (a title set up by the media, the appropriate title is “Global War on Terrorism”) seems to be “ill-titled.” For one, terror is primarily defined as […]