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A patient comes in presenting with nausea, a dull headache, and generalized muscle weakness. After taking a temperature reading of 101, you give your diagnosis: They’ve inhaled anthrax. It’s clear, right? The symptoms correspond. Except that anthrax poisoning is extremely uncommon, and the most obvious—and reasonable—diagnosis is a viral infection presenting as fever symptoms.  “When […]

Slate and glass. Early morning. A drizzle tap dances on the chapel roof, a September draft chilling the window panes. Though the space is cold, the air seems almost electrified by the words of the preacher; his words, though simple, cut straight to the heart. The young man sits, head tipped against hands folded in

(Originally printed as ‘Madison’s Mission and Methods’, in The Madison Survey, March 10, 1920.) Ellen White called Madison College, founded in 1904, the best Adventist School in the entirety of the USA—a fact validated by it being the only school on whose board she served as a member. This institution was not only highly commended

Medical missionary work seems to be half-dead. Or at least, it doesn’t seem to be as alive as it should be—the real right hand of the gospel, drawing people to Christ. And while there are some valiant efforts, they appear few and far between. Our apparent shortcomings are often attributed to several issues: formidable structure

What do you do when the mountaintop experience quickly turns into a valley? I still remember sitting on the bed in my mentor’s room, dissecting my recent experiences with the youth ministry. In the previous years, we had held biannual weekend youth retreats, put on by youth, for youth. We had powerful speakers, beautiful music,

Four colors, four tones, one goal: remember the pattern. Some may remember this as the classic Hasbro game, Simon. In this game, players test their working memory by watching a circular device with four lighted panels as it spits out a series of sequential patterns. With each round, the series of synchronized tones and flashes

(originally printed as ‘Helpful Writings on Christian Education’, in the Review and Herald, 10 January 1946) As Adventists, we have something of a love-hate relationship with the fact that our church is closely linked with the Spirit of Prophecy. Some feel that the prophetic gift is the best thing since sliced bread. Others feel that

Revival is a bonfire – the sum total of all the candles put together on a hill. Is God our priority? In any committed relationship, the other person is your priority. You know this because you think about them every second. You wonder whether or not they’re looking at you across the room. You check

As a student, I am interested in education. At the same time, I am so deeply uninterested in education. My interest comes from the fact that education has everything to do with the trajectory of my life. At the same time, my utter disinterest comes from the fact that school is . . . school.

I remember it like it was yesterday. I was sitting in my truck waiting to go into class, contemplating what God wanted me to do when I stumbled across this quote: “The young man who is seeking a preparation for usefulness needs to lay the foundation himself by acquiring through hard, diligent labor, the means