Online Columnists 

Adventist Today columnists are a key strength to the success of our website. Carefully picked to reflect the growing diversity of readership, they stimulate, provoke and engage our readership into weekly discussions on various topics of interest relating to our Adventist Christianity and faith. Columnists contribute quarterly articles online and rotate annually on a voluntary basis. The new 2010-2011 roster beginning August 1, 2010, includes pastors, educators, counselors, writers and authors, reporters and students--all an active part of the Seventh-day Adventist church. The canvas has been laid out for them to paint a living theology that ensures a vibrant, healthy Adventism that lifts up Christ and is a blessing to those around us. 

 David Hamstra

David Hamstra is a Divinity student at Andrews University.He has a BA from Canadian University College and was a pastor in Grande Prairie, Alberta for nearly four years. David, who has been involved in the Adventist blogging community since 2005, still occasionally posts athis blog, apokaluptoand is the web editor of Memory,Meaning & Faith. Davidis married to Heidi, and God hasblessed them with one son and no pets. He enjoys cooking, jogging, tellingjokes, and road trips.

Click here to read David's Adventist Today column. 

Clansi Rogers (New!) 

Clansi Rogers is a post-graduate student at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, where she is undertaking a Master of Arts in Early Christian and Jewish Studies. She worked as a pastor for three years after graduating from Avondale College in 2006 with degrees in Theology and Ministry. She lives in Canberra, Australia's capital city, with her husband Lachlan and their pet cat.

Click here to read Clansi's Adventist Today column (coming soon!).

Trudy Morgan-Cole (New!) 

Trudy Morgan-Cole is a writer and teacher in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. She is the author of 18 books, including the historical novels Lydia: A Story of Philippi and By the Rivers of Brooklyn, and she teaches English and history to at-risk youth and young adults in an adult learning center. She volunteers with children's and youth ministry in her local church and with breakfast programs in her children's public schools. Her website is www.trudymorgancole.com, and she blogs about writing, parenting, and faith at www.hypergraffiti.com.

Click here to read Trudy's Adventist today column (coming soon!).

Lisa Clark Diller, Ph.D (New!)

Lisa is an historian who teaches at Southern Adventist University in Chattanooga, TN. In addition to seventeenth century religion and politics, she enjoys service/activism in her urban neighborhood and ministry in the local church community she and her husband Tommy helped start in 2008. Her academic credentials enable her to talk about history and politics--but her passion is learning how to be part of the kingdom of God, and she loves the friendships and adventures that come with discipleship.

Click here to read Lisa's Adventist Today column (coming soon!). 

David Person

David is an editorial writer and former columnist at The Huntsville Times. He hosts "WEUP Talk," a daily call-in talk show on WEUP-AM and writes occasional op-eds for USA Today.David graduated from Oakwood University where he majored incommunication, and minored in theology. David's blog addresses currentevents and social issues from a Christian perspective, includinglooking at the two greatest commandments and social justiceapplications of our faith. He can bereached at weuptalk@aol.com.

Click here to read David's Adventist Today column, and previous blogs.

Bill Cork, DMin 

Bill Cork is pastor of the North Houston and Spring Creek churches in the Texas Conference. Most of his ministry has been spent in the areas of young adult and public college campus ministry; he's also been a chaplain in the Army Reserve and National Guard. He is a graduate of Atlantic Union College, the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (MA in church history, MDiv), and the Graduate Theological Foundation (DMin in ecumenism).  

Click here to read Bill's Adventist Today column.  

Noelle Schwantes (New!)

Noelle Schwantes is a speaker, writer and licensed therapist with clinical experience directing eating disorder and drug/alcohol treatmentprograms. She has facilitated groups and counseled individuals struggling with issues from codependency to sex addiction. Her continuing education has focused on trauma recovery and experiential therapies. Noelle has a Masters of Education in Human Development and Counseling from Vanderbilt University. She previously had an advice blog on topics of addiction and recovery. Her column now focuses on topics of relationships, personal growth and spirituality.  

Click here to read Noelle's Adventist Today column (coming soon!) and previous reader advice column.

Ed Dickerson 

"Grounds for Belief" author Ed Dickerson has worked with young people since age 19, teaching at every level from grade school to grad school--both in the United States and abroad. His writing and speaking are peppered with references to science, psychology, literature, movies--even pop culture, making Christianity accessible to secular audiences, and Adventism exciting for Christian audiences. Ed holds an M.A. in Religious Education from Andrews University and has published scores of articles around the world.   

Click here to read Ed's Adventist Today column.   

John McLarty (New!)

John Thomas McLarty is a former editor of Adventist Today. He serves as pastor at North Hill Adventist Fellowship in Edgewood, WA and consulting pastor at WindWorks Fellowship in Olympia and Gig Harbor Adventist Fellowship. McLarty blogs regularly on Liberal Adventist and Mr. Adventist.

Click here to read John's Adventist Today column.  

Features Columnists

Rob York

Rob York is an editor/reporter at The Korea Herald in Seoul. He is also a humor columnist for The Paris Post-Intelligencer in Paris, Tenn and The Chattanoogan.com in Chattanooga, Tenn. He enjoys spending time with his wife and son, studying Korean and many other things that don't require him to write biographical information of more than one sentence. More can be learned by reaching him at rjamesyork@gmail.com or visiting his blog: rjamesyork.blogspot.com.

Click here to read Rob's Adventist Today humor column.   

 Lilliane Lopez (New!)

Lillianne grew up in San Antonio, Texas. She earned a BA in English andSpeech from Southwestern Adventist University and a Masters in Psychology from Our Lady of the Lake University. After spending nearly twenty years as an educator, she now lives and writes in Keene, Texas where her two mostly grown sons attend the University. Lillianne writesa bi-weekly feature discussing the SDA Sabbath School Lesson. You can give her a piece of your mind at winegardner.lopez@gmail.com.

Click here to read Lilliane's AT column on the Sabbath School Lesson.

Don Watson

Don Watson is a retired pastor, principal and Bible teacher. He writes the monthly "Grasping the Gospel" column for Adventist Today-a scriptural exploration of how radically loving, accepting, and forgiving Jesus really is. Don lives in Nashville Tennessee, where he has planted a church that has a passion for the gospel and the homeless. He has a wife, Nancy, two grown children, and 4 grand children. Don graduated from Southern Adventist University with a BA in Theology and also has a Masters of Education from the University of South Florida.

Click here to read Don's Adventist Today column—"Grasping the Gospel."