Discipleship and Religious Education Publications

Beagles, Kathy, PhD
Associate Professor of Religious Education

“Mining a Metaphor: Implications for Mission.” Current 3 (Summer 2015): 30–31.

“Teaching the Way the Brain Learns.” Seminar presented at the Called: North American Division of SDA Pastors’ Family Convention. Austin, TX, June 29, 2015.

Sedlacek, David, PhD
Professor of Discipleship and Family Life

“Addressing Domestic Violence in the Seventh-day Adventist Church: Past, Present and Future.” Paper co-presented with Melissa Ponce-Rodas, Orleanys del Carmen, and René Drumm at the Adventist Conference on Family Research and Practice. Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, July 17, 2015.

“Adventist Recovery Ministries: Christ-Centered 12 Steps for Healing and Wholeness.” Seminar presented at the Called: North American Division of SDA Pastors’ Family Convention. Austin, TX, June 30, 2015.

“Alcohol and Drug Addiction: Healing the Hurting Church.” Co-authored with Curtis J. VanderWaal and Héctor Luis Díaz. Pages 67–86 in Church and Society: Missiological Challenges for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Edited by Rudi Maier. Berrien Springs, MI: Department of World Mission, Andrews University, 2015.

“Beyond Forgiveness to Reconciliation.” Adventist Review Online (July 9, 2015). No Pages. Cited: 17 December 2015. Online: www.adventistreview.org/1519-12.

“Clergy Families at Risk: How Pastoral Families Demonstrate Stress and Coping.” Paper co-presented with René Drumm and Duane McBride at the 14th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences. Honolulu, Hawaii, October 19, 2015.

“The Effects of Pornography on Marriage and Strategies for Prevention.” Co-authored with Abraham Swamidass. Pages 627–652 in Church and Society: Missiological Challenges for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Edited by Rudi Maier. Berrien Springs, MI: Department of World Mission, Andrews University, 2015.

“I am an Inferior PK: Effects of Congregants’ Expectations of Pastor Kids.” Paper co-presented with René Drumm, and Alina Baltazar at Pursuing Shalom: North American Association of Christians in Social Work Convention 2015. Grand Rapids, MI, November 13, 2015.

“The Impact of a History of Childhood Abuse on Life as a College Student.” Co-authored with S.  Stevenson, C. Kray, T. Henson, C. Burrows, and M. Rosenboom. Journal of Research on Christian Education 24, no. 2 (2015): 169–184.

“Pastoral Family Stress: The Challenges of Pastors, Spouses and Children.” Paper presented at the Called: NAD Ministerial Convention. Austin, TX, June 30, 2015.

“Social Work and Biblical Counseling: Curriculum Development.” Paper presented at Pursuing Shalom: North American Association of Christians in Social Work Convention 2015. Grand Rapids, MI, November 13, 2015.

“Spiritual Challenges in Pastoral Families: Qualitative Results.” Paper co-presented with René Drumm and Elaine Oliver at the 2015 Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters Conference. Berrien Springs, MI. March 13, 2015.

“A Voice for the Voiceless: The Challenges of Mental Illness and the Hope of Mental Health.” Co-authored with Beverly Sedlacek and Barbara Couden Hernandez. Pages 46–66 in Church and Society: Missiological Challenges for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Edited by Rudi Maier. Berrien Springs, MI: Department of World Mission, Andrews University, 2015.