by Kay Ahmed | Mar 6, 2019 | 21stCenturyReligion, Commentary
Because of my academic training and religious history, and because I am a lifelong Seventh-day Adventist, I come to a view of Christian faith and church life that is steeped in questions of religious liberty, the separation of church and state, and the acceptable role...
by Kay Ahmed | Jan 31, 2019 | 21stCenturyReligion, Commentary
During Advent 2018, my 10-year-old—“Kiddo”—asked a series of specific questions that kicked off a 3-hour re-examination of a fundamental question at stake in the “religion as education” landscape: where does the religion classroom begin? A quick scan of a park,...
by Kay Ahmed | Jan 3, 2019 | Commentary, Ritual Reboot
Some Bearings readers will remember (or may have read about) the 1984 Ronald Reagan campaign commercial to which my title refers, “Stronger, Better, Prouder,” or more popularly, “Morning in America.” The ad used images rendered in pastel hues and sweeping orchestral...
by Kay Ahmed | Dec 6, 2018 | Commentary
This fall, California has been on fire. Wide swaths of the state have been burned to the ground. Homes have been destroyed. Schools and hospitals shut down. This, after a summer of drought, a spring of hurricanes—each natural disaster piling upon the next. There is an...
by Kay Ahmed | Nov 8, 2018 | Commentary, Ministry on the Edge
There has always been a crisis. There will always be a crisis until God reconciles the world to God’s self. Until that time comes, there will be crisis after crisis. In these days, it’s absurd to simply say that there is a crisis. There seems to be a crisis every 24...
by Kay Ahmed | Oct 11, 2018 | 21stCenturyMinistry, AboutBearings, Art and Creativity, Commentary, Wilderness
When I started this piece some weeks ago, the world was a different place. I had taken a jauntier tone than feels possible now. After all, here we are announcing not only the fifth year of publishing Bearings—a milestone for any publication, big or small—but also...
