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BY KELSIE PETERSEN Celebration. The word conjures images of smiling groups of people, whether gathered around festively decorated tables or in a backyard with brightly colored tablecloths spread with summer […]
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BY KELSIE PETERSEN Celebration. The word conjures images of smiling groups of people, whether gathered around festively decorated tables or in a backyard with brightly colored tablecloths spread with summer […]
Read moreKELSIE PETERSEN I‘m nothing if not human, of that I am sure. As the deadline for this piece neared, I noticed that I was feeling an increasing sense of futility […]
Read moreIt’s only a week into 2021, and it seems that the hope for the new year to be a source of relief from the difficulties that marked 2020 is dimming […]
Read moreOn a recent episode of the Former Adventist podcast (episode 77), Nikki and Colleen discussed some contextual considerations, as well as 10 hermeneutic guidelines to think through when reading Scripture. […]
Read moreYesterday afternoon my seven-year-old son and I walked the mile to the neighbor’s house for coffee (juice and brownies for the kids). His older brothers had ridden ahead on their […]
Read moreGrowing up in the 90’s, it seemed that the ubiquitous part time job for teens was at the local McDonald’s restaurant. I, however, was not fortunate enough to live in […]
Read moreAs I tried to get my thoughts in order for what I wanted to write, I was scrolling through my social media page, a process that took quite awhile, since […]
Read moreAs I write this on Monday evening, March 16, I think back to three days ago. I couldn’t have predicted that my world would look the way it does today! […]
Read moreThis month marks 15 years since my husband and I knew we were finished with Adventism. The year we had just left behind had been a whirlwind of job uncertainty […]
Read moreChange is hard. As human beings, we are notoriously resistant to change and the discomfort that comes with it. Change as simple as switching brands of laundry detergent or coffee […]
Read more“When we know better, we do better.” I’ve heard that saying thrown around in the pop psychology world dozens of times, and while I believe it CAN be true, it’s […]
Read moreMy very first article for the Proclamation! blog was entitled “On Leaving: Peeling Back the Layers,” and I wrote it from a place of both personal experience and anecdotal examples […]
Read moreBy Kelsie Petersen I’m a people person, an extrovert through and through. While I often prefer in-person conversation with other humans, as a mom of young children living in a […]
Read moreBy Kelsie Petersen Easter is my favorite holiday. It hasn’t always been, however; Christmas was traditionally my favorite holiday, as it seems to be for many people. Perhaps my love […]
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