Seventh-Day Adventists. Knowledge always creates opportunities. Understanding the common identity baggage, but also the particularities of a community, its history and the difficulties it has overcome helps us to discern, to open up and to enrich ourselves on many levels. We can discover healthier living habits, practical ideas for a happier family and more effective parenting, principles for more profitable financial management and we can learn lessons from the failures of others. We can discover, at the same time, a refreshing spirituality and a new perspective on the meaning of life. And along the way, we become more confident in our ability to handle the unknown and more prepared to reap its benefits.

Convinced that truth highlights the beauty and benefits of dialogue, the authors who contributed to this volume, themselves Adventists, wanted to offer readers the result of an honest look in the mirror. Summarizing what Adventists think, believe, and live, this book becomes the first sentence of a dialogue that readers of any religious denomination are invited to continue.