Posted on 09/30/2026 10:36:45 PM PDT by Morgana
Bestselling Christian author Heather Thompson Day has been arrested and charged with injury to a child, elderly, or disabled person. Seth Day, her husband and professor at Southwestern Adventist University (SWAU), faces the same charge, as well as a charge of sexual assault of a child.
Heather Thompson Day is a Christian speaker, podcaster, and the author of several books, including “What If I’m Wrong?: Navigating the Waves of Fear and Failure,” “I’ll See You Tomorrow: Building Relational Resilience When You Want To Quit,” and “It’s Not Your Turn: What To Do While You’re Waiting for Your Breakthrough.”
Her work has been featured by Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Barna Group, and Newsweek.
Seth Day and Heather Thompson Day were taken into custody by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office in Texas on Thursday (Sept. 24).
Seth Day is an assistant professor of psychology at SWAU. Both Seth and Heather previously served on the faculty of Andrews University, a Seventh-day Adventist school in Michigan.
SWAU said in a statement posted to social media that the school “has been informed that Seth Day, a faculty member of our school, was taken into custody.”
“Mr. Day has been placed on administrative leave. We are fully cooperating with law enforcement,” said SWAU. “We understand that the current allegations do not involve SWAU students, staff, or other faculty members.”
“The safety of our University community remains our first priority,” the school added. “We will share additional details as appropriate.”
ChurchLeaders has reached out to Heather Thompson Day for comment and will update this article in the event of a response.
Was a Christian speaker, podcaster and author of several Christian books.
Reading between the lines, this looks like a domestic dispute turning wrong.
So many children learned that they can “punish” their parents in these disputes by calling 811 and reporting “abuse”.
If it happens to popular Christion figure, it make the news!
Christian also have more consciousness, so they would confess to “sins” other people would never admit.
Note: these are Adventists
“Was a Christian speaker...”
Speaker, yes, Christian, no..................
Why should that make any difference?..................
I am noting for readers that there is an Adventist connection
Simple as that.
This article fails to point out that Heather Thompson Day, PhD, is black. She is celebrated in some circles as a celebrated black author. She and her husband qualify under the broad definition as “grifters.”
So??????????
“”I am noting for readers that there is an Adventist connection..Simple as that.””
No - that’s not simple. Why would that even be necessary? The readers can see that in the article...
At least they didn't harm their child. A smack in the face, and their going to jail?
Let me tell you about the time ...
What is “Race H” ?
Half ? Hispanic ?
Around here if you are anything other than black, you’re white.
Okay, Hispanic makes sense.
I was thinking “Human” as a counter to anything more specific.
I don’t like to identify as a Christian.
No one knows what that really means. They have their own definitions - all biased and wrong.
I might prefer ‘believer’.
That works................
Acts 11:26
‘So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.’
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