Reset: “I’m Not Good Enough”
KELSIE PETERSEN | Contributor and a Boy-Mom I have a recurring dream that seems to come around when my waking hours seem overpacked and I feel like I’m going to drop a […]
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Author: Kelsie Petersen
Kelsie Petersen lives in central Alberta, Canada. She and her husband Aaron have three boys, Matthew, Tyler and Colby. Kelsie was born and raised in an Adventist home and received her elementary education degree from Canadian University College (formerly Canadian Union College, now Burman University). She is a life-long lover of music and spends her few spare moments at the piano with favorite praise songs and hymns.
Unpacking My Adventist Brain
KELSIE PETERSEN | Contributor and a Boy-Mom Over the past couple of months, I’ve had the great pleasure of reconnecting with someone I knew briefly in my years as an […]
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Covenant of Greater Glory
KELSIE PETERSEN | Former Adventist and Mom of Three Boys In the past months, I admit I’ve been stuck. It seems when I sit down to read the Bible, the […]
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Now I Love Communion
KELSIE PETERSEN Growing up Adventist, 13th Sabbath was an exciting—yet dreadful—event. Usually there was a special program and a short sermonette instead of the regular sermon, and this was followed […]
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Can You Be an Accidental Christian?
KELSIE PETERSEN This week I came across a video by a popular YouTuber named JP Sears who has dabbled in “spirituality” for many years, but he has always come up […]
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Boast in the Lord!
KELSIE PETERSEN For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it […]
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Ted Wilson Affirms Adventist Distinctives (Part 3)
[KELSIE PETERSEN] When I began writing an analysis of this sermon, given by GC President Ted Wilson at the GC session in June of this year, I naively thought I […]
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Ted Wilson Affirms Adventist Distinctives (Part 2)
[KELSIE PETERSEN] Last week, we looked at 10 of the 25 “vital truths” shared by Elder Ted Wilson, president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, in a sermon at […]
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Ted Wilson Affirms Adventist Distinctives (Part 1)
KELSIE PETERSEN While visiting family this past weekend, I happened upon a publication for the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. In it was an article taken from Ted Wilson’s […]
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Distracted by Summer
KELSIE PETERSEN Summer is quickly coming to an end here in what many would consider “far” north. While the days are still warm, in the upper range of our warmest […]
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Lessons From My Crock Pot
KELSIE PETERSEN I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of a Crock Pot (slow cooker). Whether it’s for a meal for my family or for a dish to bring to […]
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Together Now More Than Ever
KELSIE PETERSEN “…And God said…” These three words are probably among the most well-known phrases in the Bible. Repeated nine times in Genesis 1, God’s simple act of speaking brings […]
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Are You Grounded in Reality
KELSIE PETERSEN “Truth and reality.” These two words have changed my life, probably more than anything else, over the past five years. Five years ago I was facing a particularly […]
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What Will It Cost?
KELSIE PETERSEN Over the past several months, I’ve had a similar conversation with a surprising number of people. The commonality has been that they are all stuck in situations with […]
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He Has Done Great Things For Me
KELSIE PETERSEN A few months ago, my youngest, aged eight, found a small New Testament he was gifted at a Vacation Bible School about three years ago. It bears special […]
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