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Agents of beauty, we are to be alert to the gospel around us and to share the living truth of what we have witnessed and learned, making it generously more common in our communities and our world.

One of the recurring and none-too-subtle undertones of our political stories over the past couple of years has been racism. That much of this has come coupled with a kind of politicised Christian conservatism is deeply disturbing. And that it seems to find proponents and supporters in our church even more so.

Seventh-day Adventists are now a worldwide family of 20 million. As the church welcomes more new members, it must continue to urge them to join in the tasks of justice, mercy and faithfulness to which God calls us, and human need compels us.

We live in a culture looking for heroes—the ones who rise above the crowd—but the Bible’s call is for saints—faithful and always plural.

“I feel like a failed lobbyist.” The five years of Signs Publishing Book Editor Nathan Brown’s greatest political engagement have seen significant reversals on the issues about which he has been speaking. “For me, this is frustrating and disappointing; for others—those most at risk and most affected by these political decisions—it’s as serious as survival.”