I am a Seventh Day Adventist Christian, born and raised in the church but it wasn’t until having my own children that I had my own real conversion experience. Since becoming a Christian it is often hard for me to see the inconsistencies in the church especially when other non Christian groups seem to grasp the truth of behaving like Christ more then Christians do. Two areas have really bothered me–how children and family are viewed in the church and how the environment is viewed.

I was overjoyed to receive this weeks copy of my denominations national magazing yesterday. Here’s the cover.

In the cover story article Sigve Tonstad of Loma Linda University calls Adventists and other Christians to “mercy.” “We have to hear the plea of nonhuman creation, be sensitive to the abuse that is happening,” Tonstad says. He goes on to say that he believes there are humane was to produce and consusme meat,”the issue is not so much that the animal has to die, but that is hasn’t had a chance to live a normal life in any way.” Tonstad uses frequently the term “ecotheology” which I love. 

When we got the mail yesterday I was so excited to show Proeun. It was the first positive sign I have seen that the Adventist church has an interest in the environment and our negative effects on it. I plan to write a letter to the editor in appreciation of the article. To read the whole article go to, What Are We Really Doing to God’s Creatures?