Bradford C. Newton

What do you do when you think you’ve had enough? When you’re ready to give up and the impossible challenges look like the end? This must have been what Aron Ralston experienced in 2003. He was solo hiking in Bluejohn Canyon in Canyonlands National Park in southeast Utah. The beauty of the location masked from…

The box arrived just a few days before February 14. It was my senior year of university. The return address on the brown box read Angwin, California. Taking the stairway steps two at a time, I entered my third-floor dorm room at Andrews University. As I opened the flaps, I dug through the packing popcorn…

Are you a January resolutions person? Almost 40% of us make at least one resolution to start the year. If you’re under 30, the percentage grows to 50%. There’s something about that first month of the year with that new beginning feel that lends itself to trying again to improve ourselves. Diet companies and gyms…

Does Christmas bring you joy or anxiety? According to Intuit Credit Karma, almost half of Americans are stressed about the cost of the holidays. Over a third are pressured to spend more than they can afford. And, in case consumers waver, the incessant advertising bombards us, urging us to open our wallets to show that…

As I watched her walking slowly down the church aisle on the arm of her father, my heart filled with joy, anticipation, and nervousness all at once. We had planned for this moment at the Hinsdale church for so long; at last it was here. Our life together would begin, and it was thrilling. Forty-four…

  One Sabbath, as the church service drew to a close, a conversation caught the attention of some of the congregation. A woman approached the pastor, who recognized her as a regular visitor, and expressed her desire to meet the woman the pastor frequently mentioned in sermons: “You often quote from a church member named…

Good times don’t last, but good people do. The sun still shines above the clouds on stormy days. This too shall pass.    One thing I’ve learned over the years is that nothing stays the same in this life. When things are going well, I’m grateful. But problems, setbacks, and seasons of immense challenge are always…

Remember using a map? In these days of Apple Maps, Google Maps, and MapQuest, consulting a paper map is a bygone practice. Yet, it doesn’t seem that long ago that when a road trip was at hand, the Road Atlas would be opened at the kitchen table, and we’d use a highlighter and pencil to…

Where are they now?” Whether it’s a magazine or television special, many of us are interested in where those celebrities of the past have ended up today. Recently I read a story about Bobby Sherman, whose fame spanned the late 1960s and early 1970s. His music was on the radio, and his was a popular…

I was wearing my Adventist Health Simi Valley Hospital jacket on a Southwest flight last week. The flight attendant standing by our row looked at it intently and asked, “Do you work for Adventist Health?” I responded that I was a board member and a Seventh-day Adventist. “I grew up Adventist,” she replied. For the next…