Meet the Contributing Bloggers
This page was last updated on October 3, 2011.
Welcome to our contributing blogger profile page. You will notice postings by the people below stretching beyond traditional meta-narratives of Adventism. As we express our faith in a post-Christian culture, we affirm an Adventism proclaiming the fullness of Christ’s vision for humanity.
Note: Commentaries and editorials are the sole expressed views and opinions of each contributing writer, and do not necessarily always reflect the views and opinions of the blog owner, nor the official views of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
We greet you now with a little portrait of ourselves.
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Andy Hanson, Editor and Moderator
Personal Blog: Adventist Perspective
Andy Hanson, Ed.D, recently became Professor Emeritus at Cal State University, Chico where he taught Education. He is a member of Grace Connection and the Paradise SDA Church. He has degrees in English (PUC), MA in Education (Cal State Northridge) and an Ed.D. (USC). Andy was once the editor of Perspective: A Journal of Dialogue for SDA Laymen/Students and the on-line magazine Adventist Perspective. He's married with two sons, a daughter and seven grandchildren. His personal hobbies include fishing, golf, collecting police procedural fiction from around the world, and British novels set in the Victorian era. Andy brings his highly-regarded editorial insights on matters of church ethics /politics and reformation. He blogs regularly at Adventist Perspective.
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Lawrence (Larry) Downing is a retired person who once served as a parish minister (40 + years), an adjunct professor at La Sierra University School of Business and the School of Theology), visiting professor (Adventist Institute of Advanced Studies in the philippines). He works as a part-time consultant at the White Memorial Medical center in Los Angeles. He is the husband of one wife (47 + years), is the parent of three grown children and a grandpa to four young grandkids. He and his wife, Arleen, have for the past 25 years made their home in Orange County, California.: : : : : : : : : :
Gary Walter, Contributing Blogger
Personal Blog: Confessing My Dad Attitude
Formerly a successful and decorated EMS manager, and now a second-career, ordained Adventist pastor, Gary and his wife, Jennifer, have team-pastored, several churches, including an innovative church plant in Colorado Springs.Gary is currently a freelance writer and online social media consultant living in Oregon. His online profiles are located at: http://bit.ly/gwalter
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Steve Parker, Contributing Blogger
Personal Blog: Thinking Christian
Steve Parker is the Associate Dean (Academic) at Flinders University School of Nursing & Midwifery. He holds a PhD in nursing and a degree in education. His teaching areas are critical thinking, interpersonal communication, research, and ethics. Steve's theological interests are eclectic, he loves thinking critically and resists any attempts to confine himself within any ideological box. Steve celebrates doubt as an ongoing opportunity to learn and grow. He attends a Seventh-day Adventist church at Morphett Vale, South Australia but has discovered that the freedom of God's grace transcends denominational and religious boundaries and gives no one the right to tell him (or anyone else) what they should believe. He believes that following Jesus is a life of enjoyment, risk-taking, eternal growth, humble revisioning of belief, and loving others. Steve enjoys reading widely, watching movies, is married and has two teenage girls.: : : : : : : : : :
If you'd like to join our team as a contributing blogger, please contact Andy by email.
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