Change is Good
Change 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 […]
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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.
Things I Didn’t Know About Christians
“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 […]
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I Am Not a Robot
My 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 […]
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ADVENTISTS SAY I’M HURT
By 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 […]
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EASTER EVERY DAY
By 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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TRUE FELLOWSHIP AT PURE GOSPEL CONFERENCE
Kelsie Petersen From the moment I saw the first announcement of the theme for the 2019 Former Adventist Fellowship Conference, I was excited and full of anticipation. First of all, […]
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ARE YOU DOING ENOUGH FOR JESUS TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE?
By Kelsie Petersen In my last post, I explored the idea of reading Galatians as a guide for recovering legalists, and how, after we have realized that we, as […]
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GALATIANS FOR DUMMIES*
Proclamation! | Spring | 2018 | Articles *RECOVERING LEGALISTS By Kelsie Petersen The book of Galatians is a powerful antidote for Adventism and for all forms of legalism […]
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FORMER ADVENTIST FELLOWSHIP, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND GOD’S PROVISION
By Kelsie Petersen I spend more than my fair share of time on social media. Since I left Adventism in 2004, social media has exploded from now-virtually-extinct MySpace to […]
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I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS
By Kelsie Petersen Here we are, in the harried weeks heading up to Christmas celebrations. “Family” is a word that is hard for many of us who have left […]
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THE BIBLE IS NEW
by Kelsie Petersen Ever since my early teen years, I have wanted to read through the entire Bible. As a child and teenager, I spent countless Sabbath afternoons […]
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NOT GOOD ENOUGH?
By Kelsie Petersen While reading through Proverbs just a few weeks ago, a verse I had never really pondered before nearly leapt off the page at me: “The […]
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ON LEAVING: PEELING BACK THE LAYERS
By Kelsie Petersen Every story of leaving Adventism is a little bit different and a little bit the same, it seems. Some of us were led to our […]
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