Remember the Andrews University researchers who wanted to hear from LGBT+ Adventist young adults last summer? Nearly 500 people responded, and 310 young adults completed the survey. The researchers are reporting early findings now. On the Spectrum blog this week, Drs. Nancy Carbonell, Curtis VanderWaal, Shannon Trecartin, and David Sedlacek talked with Alita Byrd about […]
Beyond the temptation to clock-watch
Where evil—hunger, prejudice, bigotry, oppression, materialism, greed, and global warming—persists, God’s reign remains a hope rather than a realization.” —Olive Hemmings During the Exvangelical podcast interview I did a few weeks ago, Blake Chastain and I talked a little about Adventist apocalypticism: the preoccupying worldview that, when in shadow, drives some Adventists to see in […]
Research: LGBTQ Adventists, 18-35yo
Last spring, LGBTQ Andrews University students planned a bake sale to raise funds for a regional LGBTQ youth housing/anti-homelessness project. Thanks to off-campus attention, the students raised thousands of dollars from hundreds of donors around the US. Over a year later, Andrews University researchers are still contributing to this conversation in their own professional way. Curtis Vanderwaal, chair […]
Blessed are the Mistaken: Unlearning the Fear of Error
This post is part of the #RIPGC Synchroblog for Great Disappointment Day, 2015. “From error to error one discovers the entire truth.” —Sigmund Freud One of my favorite TED presentations comes from journalist and researcher Kathryn Schulz. Her talk, “On Being Wrong,” starts with uncomfortable, knowing grimaces and chuckles from audience members remembering—or so they think—how […]
Update: 4th Adventist Position on Ordination
In my post on the ordination discussion at last month’s General Conference Annual Council meeting (#GCAC14), I shared several background resources including the 1973 Camp Mohaven Report; Dr. Olive Hemmings’ book on ordination, interpretation, and culture; and the three positions that the Theology of Ordination Study Committee presented to the wider church: (1) the headship principle […]
Synchroblog: Coming Back to Prayer
This is a contribution to the 2014 Queer Theology Synchroblog under the theme “Coming and Going.” Other contributions will be compiled on the QT site by October 22. The article I contributed to last year’s synchroblog on creation was based on Genesis 1:2, and I reference it in this piece. “I, though I saw and heard these […]