Judge spanks LSU-3 for "extraordinarily ill-advised case"

On March 5th, Rich McCune, counsel for the LSU-3 (Beach, Bradley, and Kaatz), had a bad day in court. Riverside County law & motion Judge Edward D. Webster not only threw out the plaintiffs' case, he made McCune stay after school so he could tell Mr. McCune what he really thought of his case and his clients, “I think this case is extraordinarily ill-advised for a lot of different reasons."

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Northern California Conference faces tough questions in upcoming constituency session

The Northern California Conference  (NCC) 2014 constituency session is scheduled for May 18th of this year. Several churches have drafted additional agenda items to be discussed, including evolution, homosexuality, and women's ordination.  These proposals are simply urging the conference delegates to vote to comply with the Bible and General Conference policy.

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I asked for a Lamb

Two stone altars frame their outline against the evening sky on a world newly touched by the impact of evil. The lush green grass, recently invaded by the thistle, bear silent witness to the depth of disobedience. Sin was here!  

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[UPDATE] SCC distances itself from Eric Walsh

Southern California Conference (SCC) released a statement Tuesday distancing itself from the controversy surrounding past comments made by Pasadena Public Health Director and SDA associate pastor Dr. Eric Walsh regarding homosexuals, Catholics and Muslims. SCC spokeswoman Betty Cooney said, "[H]e does not hold ministerial credentials from the Adventist Church, does not speak on behalf of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, and as far as we know, does not represent his views as anything other than his own.”

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Adventist pastor under fire for his sermons

City of Pasadena's Public Health Director Eric Walsh, who is also an associate pastor at the Altadena Seventh-day Adventist Church, has come under intense criticism for comments made in sermons he delivered in church. Pasadena City Manager Michael Beck has placed Dr. Walsh on paid administrative leave while the city investigates his sermons.

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God's will for grads

“I lost the baby”, Kris said, eyes red-rimmed and shame filled. “I feel so horrible and so relieved at the same time.” We were cross-legged in a peeling red vinyl booth in my small Arkansas town’s fish house. I was ill-equipped for this kind of situation, but then so was she.  Kris was 17 and suffering from a lifetime’s worth of poor choices—some made by her, some of them made by others that affected her. 

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