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Advantages and Disadvantages of Second Career Pastors

Story by Edwin Manual Garcia

Second-career pastors are becoming more common across the North American Division and the Columbia Union Conference. In fact, about one-third of students enrolled at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary in Berrien Springs, Mich., are studying to be pastors after leaving another career, says Ivan L. Williams, Sr., director of the division’s Ministerial Association.

The number of these non-traditionally trained pastors is increasing as fewer undergraduate students study theology and newer converts abandon their careers to enter the ministry.

Encuentra a Victor!

Historia de Ricardo Bacchus 

Niños, ¿encontraron al ratón Victor de la revista Visitor en nuestro último número? Si no, no te preocupes; ¡puedes intentarlo de nuevo ahora! Los primeros 15 niños que lo vean, publiquen una foto suya apuntando a él en la revista y nos etiqueten en Facebook o Instagram recibirán un marcador de LivingWell.

Why Cleaning is Good for Your Health

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Story by V. Michelle Bernard

Why Cleaning is Good for Your Health

When you live in a cluttered space, it can increase your anxiety, decrease your productivity, lower the quality of your sleep and make you more likely to overeat, says Heather Quintana, editor of Vibrant Life. Here are some other reasons cleaning is good for your health.

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MARCH: Clear the Clutter

When you live in a cluttered space, it can increase your anxiety, decrease your productivity, lower the quality of your sleep and make you more likely to overeat, said Heather Quintana, editor of Vibrant Life. This month get some tips on health, cleaning and why you need to clear the clutter.

Fred Shoemaker: Nudging Toward Adventism

Story by Edwin Manuel Garcia

Unbeknown to him, Fred Shoemaker’s first inclination toward Adventism included a conversation he initiated with his mother at the age of 6 or 7 when they attended the Church of Christ in Linden, Ohio, on Sundays. “You know, Mom,” he said, “this isn’t the seventh day; it’s the first day.” She didn’t disagree.

Years later when Shoemaker was studying for a doctorate in history, a fellow history graduate student, Jim Rohrer, challenged him to broaden his reading list beyond political history to also include religious history. That’s how he came across footnotes that mentioned the Millerites and the Advent movement.