Spectrum Magazine

The historic vote on women’s ordination at the 2026 North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) constituency session was driven by Adventists in Oregon. The motion was voted onto the agenda after delegates ...

The First World War began in Europe in the summer of 1914. No one knew that it would last four long years and see the death of millions of people in central Europe and the Middle East. Months into the war—in November 1914—the Ottoman Empire entered the war on the side of Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

In his book on the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation,...

Arguably the world’s largest sporting event, the Summer Olympics, is on its way to Los Angeles, California in 2028 with a lot of intrigue surrounding how the US will manage its second global sports spectacle following this year’s FIFA Men’s World Cup. One source of intrigue for the Games is the Olympic debut of flag football and squash, the former having already begun a signi...

Ezrica

Krystalynn, I want to linger for a moment on the question of what suffering produces within us. I have touched on this before, but it is worth repeating because it shapes so much of how we understand God and ourselves.

Suffering has the capacity to deepen our empathy. It can broaden our understanding of the world and enable us to se...

A coat of many colors

And what of this fleeting life of mine?

By what metric do I measure 
my moments, 
my breaths, my days

If not love?

If love is not the thread 
that weaves together 
the tapestry of my humanity

Then I am left
only to unravel
By the impersonal
and unyielding pull of ...