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“Hi Irene, I’m interested to know if you’d be interested in teaching organ lessons. I live in Iceland and recently moved to the countryside where I am the organist and choir director for two churches. As a pianist I can ‘make do’ on the organ, but I’d really like to improve and I know lessons…

It is common knowledge among Adventist church-goers that next to the Sabbath afternoon programs, the Sabbath School is one of the least attended service of the whole-day worship experience during Saturdays. There are many reasons to be had when it comes to a dwindling Sabbath School attendance. A lot of churches try to solve this…

Have you ever come across the ‘Early Advent’ or ‘Watchfulness’ section of the SDA Hymnal, and just leafed through it saying, ‘Hmmm, I don’t know that…, I don’t know that…, I don’t know that…’? Well, this hymn is one of those least known songs — rarely announced in Sabbath School song service, much less Divine…

The history of the Seventh-day Adventist church is abundant with stories of great men who after making indelible contributions to the Advent movement, left the church. A few prominent names come to mind — T.M. Preble who was instrument in introducing the Sabbath truth to Joseph Bates; O.R.L. Crosier who wrote concerning the sanctuary; D.M.…

You’re going to probably think, “What a weird title for a post.” But it is what it is. Recently, I had to travel to the US on a tourist visa and was denied entry. I was also banned to re-enter for the next 10 years. More details on that here, but this particular post is…

A girl comes on stage with a small ukelele, says hello to the five music judges in front of her and tells them the song she’s about to sing. On cue, she belts out a ballad. The camera pans out and the screen shows certain faces from the audience. Some are teary-eyed, some smiling. As…