Reviewed by Steve Parker 

One way of thinking about the future is to use a simple set of facts to create a matrix for defining alternative futures. For example, take the attitudes of the general public toward organized religion and the interest (or lack thereof) in spirituality. These two dimensions create the possibility of four different futures:

Spirituality is one of today's "hot topics"--and everyone seems to have an opinion on it.

This spring, I taught Elie Wiesel's rending memoir Night.

Editors' note: Please welcome Trish Tickle as our newest blogger. This is her debut blog with Adventist Today.

By the end of my last semester of undergraduate study I had already decided that the Genesis flood was a local event and was exploring the possibility of incorporating theistic evolution into my understanding of Genesis 1-2. I ruminated on this during the subsequent summer of my unemployment, but put the subject on the back-burner as I began my first pastoral position in the fall. 

Watching the debates at Atoday from the hinterlands of middle America, far from any large Adventist institution is fascinating. Having been taught and having taught in Adventist schools myself, I'm continually surprised by the types of arguments raised.

As a young and enthusiastic volunteer minister a number of years ago, I arrived at what I had been told was a growing and vibrant church. I was full of bright ideas and happy to share them. Neither the ideas nor me got very far.

An Analysis of the State of the Church in Japan 

by Dennis Hokama, Adventist Today reporter

Introduction

One of my objectives as a reporter at the 2010 Atlanta General Conference Session was to inquire into the health of the Japanese work. The reasons for my long standing interest in Japanese Adventism are legion. 

Do you ever listen to "secular music"?  Music, I believe, is a language.  As a result it resonates with us in profound ways because it is written out of the depths of the heart.