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Motivated Moriah//S02E15
No full textMoriah shares with us how motivation hasn\u27t always led to discipline for her and how she balances the expectations she has on herself to keep moving forward and managing her time well. We\u27re sure you\u27ll relate to her so you won\u27t want to pass this up
The Student Movement Volume 107 Issue 23: So Long, Farewell: Students Step Into the Future
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Advice to Younger Selves, Interviewed by: Anna Pak
Finals Stress Management, Gloria Oh
Farewell to Pastor Dwight Nelson, Student Movement Staff
What does AANHPI Heritage Month Mean?, Grace No
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Currently: Reflecting on the Original Script, Solana Campbell
In Memory of K.V. Rathnam, Ysabelle Fernando
The Deal Premiers at Sonscreen Film Festival, Solana Campbell
Through Their Eyes: AANHPI Expression, Amelia Stefanescu
NEWS
A Night at AU: SASA Cultural Night, Solana Campbell
Interview with Professor Daniel Weber: Envision Magazine, Interviewed By: Brendan Oh
Interview with Gloria Oh: Transforming an Idea into Reality, Interviewed By: Brendan Oh
IDEAS
All at Once: How AANHPI Media Representation Took Over 2023, Bella Hamann
Raise A Glass to Freedom?, Terika Williams
The Gem Off the Back of a Lorry, Gabi Francisco
PULSE
Goodbye and Welcome: Letters to the Incoming and Outgoing Presidents, The Andrews University Student Association Senate
Honduras Mission, Interviewed By: Abraham Bravo
Last Words for the School Year, Elizabeth Dovich
In Summer: Professor Olaf Presents You the Ultimate Way to Spend Summer, Gloria Oh
LAST WORD
Take it from Me Part II, The Student Movement Staffhttps://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/sm-107/1022/thumbnail.jp
The Textual History and Translation of Revelation 21.3b
No full textRev 21.3b is a conundrum for translation. The text-critical data point to the UBS5 reading as original but copyists and translators have struggled with the awkwardness of the text. This article reviews translations of Rev 21.3b and the text-critical data and suggests that the translation “and ‘God-with-them’ himself will be their God” resolves the problem and is consistent with the UBS5 reading. This translation finds corroboration in other characteristics of the Apocalypse
Carver, Henry Edward (1820–1895)
No full textHenry E. Carver served as secretary of the Iowa Conference of Seventh-day Adventists from 1865 to 1866, and subsequently became a major leader and chief apologist of the Church of God (Seventh Day)
Job Stress and Spiritual Well-Being as Correlates of Quality of Life Among K-12 Administrators in Seventh-day Adventist Schools in the North American Division
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Research shows that K-12 administrators experience a great deal of stress. This is also true of Adventist principals (Ledesma, 2011). Some suggest improved spirituality and quality of life can alleviate or manage stress. This study examines the interrelationship between job stress, spiritual well-being, and quality of life among principals in SDA elementary and secondary schools.
Conceptual Framework and Research Design
Three major constructs guided this study: job stress, spiritual well-being, and quality of life. I theorized that higher stress would negatively correlate with quality of life and spiritual well-being. The literature shows that not all principals experience the same degree of stress or even the same factors influencing their stress levels. Stress can vary by school level, gender, age levels, and with varying amounts of experience both. I included these variables in my study. My goal was to fill a gap in the research on the interrelationship of job stress and spiritual well-being as correlates of quality of life among Adventist educational leaders in relationship to other contributing variables (gender, age, experience, etc.). While the research on stress shows that one of the effects could be an imbalance in personal and professional life, the result could also be a decrease in one\u27s quality of life as well. Emails were sent to all K-12 administrators in North American Division Seventh-day Adventist schools asking them to complete the survey. I received 139 usable responses. Descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, path analysis, and regression analysis were used to analyze these results.
Methods
I theorized that higher stress would negatively correlate with quality of life but that spiritual well-being would improve quality of life. The literature shows that not all principals experience the same degree of stress or even the same factors influencing their stress levels. Because stress can vary by school level, gender, age levels, and with varying amounts of experience, these were included in my study. This study used online survey research instruments. To measure job stress I used the Occupational Stress Inventory Revised (OSI-R) to measure general. To measure spiritual well-being I used the Spiritual Well-being Scale (SWB) developed by Dr. Craig W. Ellison and Dr. R.F. Paloutzian. To measure and quality of life I used the Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI).
Results
Respondents reported experiencing stress rarely to frequently with scale means ranging from 2.36 for vocational strain to 2.50 for psychological strain. Both religious well-being and existential well-being appear to be positive (M=1.72 and M= 2.29, respectively. They reported being somewhat satisfied with quality of life (M=4.57) and reported it to be important (M=2.34). Female respondents reported significantly higher levels of stress on physical, psychological, and interpersonal stress than male principals. There were no gender differences in quality of life or spiritual well-being. Less experienced principals appear to experience more psychological, vocational, and interpersonal strain. More experienced principals, for the most part, seemed to be more satisfied with quality of life. Spiritual well-being was not related to years of administrative experience. Stress and existential well-being explain about 42% of the variance in satisfaction with quality of life. Existential well-being mediates the influence of stress on satisfaction with quality of life. I found significant group differences for gender on three subscales of stress. Females reported higher stress on physical, psychological, and interpersonal stress than male principals. I found no significant group differences for gender and spiritual well-being or gender and quality of life. The differences for males and females on religious well-being (p = .547) and males and females on existential well-being (p = .658) was also not statistically significant. The differences for males and females on quality of life importance (p = .859) and males and females on quality of life satisfaction (p = .105) were also not statistically significant.
Discussions, Conclusions, and Recommendations
Several findings stand out. First, the stress of SDA principals was moderate, the quality of life was also moderate, and the spiritual well-being was relatively high. This suggests that while Adventist principals report high levels of spiritual well-being and only moderate levels of stress, they only report moderate levels of quality of life. This may indicate that their work-life balance could be improved. Second, it was expected that spiritual well-being would play a moderating influence on stress. The data in my sample indicates it did not. One reason for this may be high spiritual well-being (low variability). Another reason could be the nature of working in the Adventist system. Most Adventist principals equate working for the church as a mission. They do not necessarily believe having a high level of spiritual well-being will result in less job stress. Third, because female principals report significantly more stress than males, more support for these principals and more resources are necessary to address this aspect. Fourth; Job stress and spiritual well-being were significant predictors of Quality of Life satisfaction. However, job stress and spiritual well-being did not significantly predict Quality of Life importance. Vocational strain, Physical strain, and Existential well-being explained most of the variance in Quality of Life satisfaction. Several recommendations arise from this study. Principals need stress-management training and schools who train them and systems who employ them should provide stress-management training to all principals. This is especially important for those who report high levels of stress, which may be new administrators, female administrators and those in the years 1-5 of the principalship. Coaching, therapy, personnel training, and mentorship needs to be dedicated to help train, support, and retain these individuals willing to commit their time and talents to the role of being principals. More research is needed in this area, especially on SDA female principals stress and stress mitigation and management practices and their time on reported stress and quality of life. These could be qualitative or mixed-method study in order to pinpoint specific factors and dynamics in these groups or between these variables. This study did not confirm a common belief of previous research on spiritual well-being as helping to reduce the impact of stress on quality of life. More study of this relationship is needed
A Portrait of the Leadership of Women in Early Christianity: an Archaeological Study in Light of the Historical and Socio-Cultural Contexts
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The participation of women in the Early Christian communities is widely accepted. Nevertheless, there is no consensus on what was their role in these communities. Until now the study of women in the Early Christian communities has focused mostly in the writings of some ancient authors and a few biblical texts. These studies have been done mostly by theologians and historians. Such studies rarely take a deep look at the Greco-Roman background and at the historical, socio-cultural contexts. This contextualization can be quite fruitful and should be informed by recent archaeological discoveries of the first centuries of Christianity. Thus, this dissertation first analyzes the archaeological remains that inform the role of women in the Greco-Roman society in order to understand the context in which Christianity rose and how religious leaders were portrayed in the first centuries of the common era. Next, with an informed understanding of women in the Greco-Roman world, I analyze the remains of women in early Christian funerary settings. Then, I investigate the portrayals of women in some of the surviving mosaics of the early Christian basilicas.
Method
This dissertation analyzes primarily archaeological material of different media (frescoes, inscriptions, mosaics, ancient texts …) with its own specificities. Each medium requires its own methodology for its correct interpretation. This variety can be quite profitable because the use of multiple methodologies and approaches tend to reduce the biases of certain media and bring a more nuanced understanding of the past. The consistent element in these different methods is the serious consideration of the contexts in order to have a precise, balanced, and nuanced interpretation.
Results and Conclusions
When analyzing the priestesses of the Greco-Roman world, it is possible to notice that patronage and priesthood often went together in the first centuries of the common era. This combination of attributes provided the space for the leadership of women in the house-churches as hostesses and managers of the domestic environment. It seems that women were used to being religious leaders in the Greco-Roman world and because of their education they were well suited to lead the early Christian congregations. Studying Greco-Roman priestesses, I could detect the priestly markers used in the remains of the Greco-Roman world. Based on these priestly markers and the hierarchy of sacred spaces present at the time, it was possible to identify women in Christian leadership positions in a basilica burial, on tombstones and in the early Christian frescoes in the catacombs. The mosaics analyzed in the fourth chapter are of a different nature from the funerary remains. Mosaics of the fifth century onwards tended to portray biblical passages and therefore should be interpreted accordingly. In light of the biblical connection, the secular leadership of imperial women, and the previous history of women’s participation in leadership in the Christian communities, the mosaics seem to portray women in religious leadership positions in the Christian church during that period
