Brenna Taitano

Dec 10, 2023 | spectrummagazine.org | Brenna Taitano

Need a gift for the reader in your family? Below are several award-winning titles recommended for children, middle schoolers, and teens. When Our Worlds Collided by Danielle JawandoWinner of the YA Book Prize (2023) and the Jhalak Children’s & YA Prize (2023)For fans of Angie Thomas, Gayle Foreman, and Alice OsemanSummary: When fourteen-year-old Shaq is stabbed outside of a busy shopping centre in Manchester, three teenagers from very different walks of life are unexpectedly brought together.

Jun 29, 2023 | spectrummagazine.org | Brenna Taitano

“How does Paul announce the theme of his letter?” asks this week’s Thursday lesson in the Adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide. The answer, it prompts, is found in Ephesians 1:9, 10, which reads: “Making known to us the mystery of His will, according to His purpose, which He set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in Him, things in heaven and things on earth” (ESV). To unite all things in him. Unity.

May 26, 2023 | spectrummagazine.org | Brenna Taitano

Polarization is one of the many thieves of joy. Because of this, and how I’ve seen it affect several people in my denomination, I’m always a bit apprehensive when picking up a book written by Adventists, or about Adventism, even though I am Adventist myself.

Apr 8, 2023 | spectrummagazine.org | Brenna Taitano

There is reassurance in I’ll See You Tomorrow’s titular phrase. It contains the promise that there is more beyond today, that there is even a "tomorrow" to look forward to. From the beginning, co-authors Heather Thompson Day and Seth Day work not to merely instill hope in their readers but to remind them that hope exists as an option. Heather states "that life has pages, and pages don't determine endings" (13). That said, I'll See You Tomorrow is not a self-help book.