I didn't go to the General Conference, nor do I have the Hope Channel.  But I feel a little like I was there because of the ever-expanding media avenues by which the church and its members are communicating.  From friends' personal updates and pictures on Facebook to news bulletins by Adventist Today, Adventist News Network, and the Adventist Review, I got a little taste of both the socia

Dear God,

I get it better now, after all these years of teaching.

Why am I standing on the edge of a cliff?

It seems like all the cool kids here at Adventist Today are talking about women's ordination and the emerging church.  I kind of feel like I should, too, so maybe I'll make a perfunctory statement on these matters and then talk about something that actually interests me.

God built us for relationship.  He made us to be in relationship with him and with each other.  So, the things that work to build strong, healthy relationships with people also work to build a relationship with God.

He found them in the Garden, shame-faced.  The discarded fruit lay on the ground next to them, and the snake hung above their heads, quietly gloating.  Their hands twitched in an effort to reclaim the leaves that persisted in going astray. 

"God is love," (1 John 4:16), and that's why I keep the Sabbath.

Editor's note: Please welcome Kendra Perry—our newest blogger. This is her debut blog with Adventist Today.

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