Our Columnists

Dick Duerksen is a pastor and storyteller living in Portland, Oregon, United States.

David Buruchara, M.Ed., LPC-R, is a couples’ therapist passionate about the intersection of mental health, relationships, and faith. He and his wife, Callie, reside in Virginia, United States.

Chantal J. Klingbeil, Ph.D., and Gerald A. Klingbeil, D.Litt., have served the Adventist church for three decades internationally as professors, TV host, editor, and associate director. They now live outside of Magdeburg, Germany, where they serve at Friedensau Adventist University.

Sky and her family were church planters in the Middle East for many years. Sky Bridger is a pseudonym. All names have been changed to protect privacy.

Shawn Boonstra is an associate editor at the Adventist Review.

Zeno L. Charles-Marcel, a board-certified internist, is the director of Adventist Health Ministries at the General Conference. Peter N. Landless, a board-certified nuclear cardiologist and General Conference Adventist Health Ministries director emeritus, is also a board-certified internist.

Willie Oliver, PhD, CFLE and Elaine Oliver, PhD, LCPC, CFLE are directors of the Department of Family Ministries at the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.

Dwight K. Nelson continues to write and preach from Berrien Springs, Michigan.

Clifford Goldstein is the editor of the Adult Bible Study Guide. His latest book is An Adventist Journey, published by the Inter-American Division Publishing Association (IADPA).

Shawn Brace is an author, pastor, and church planter in Portland, Maine, who is also pursuing a D.Phil. in Ecclesiastical History from Oxford University. To subscribe to his weekly newsletter, go to shawnbrace.substack.com.

Shane Anderson is the lead pastor of Pioneer Memorial church, on the campus of Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States.

Erton C. Köhler is the president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

Charissa Torossian is a wife, a mother, and a prayer coordinator for the North New South Wales Conference in Australia.

John Peckham is the J. N. Andrews professor of systematic theology and philosophy at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan.

Hensley Moorooven is undersecretary of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.