Posted in Belhaven, Uncategorized on Jul 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
I received the following news item about tuition increases from the Association of Presbyterian Colleges (APCU) which includes 65 schools. Belhaven works hard to stay affordable and is consistently listed as one of America’s Best Buys for Colleges and Universities. Our costs for the coming year were up a little less than 5% [...]
Posted in Roger Parrott on Jul 19th, 2008 No Comments »
The first thing I do every morning, after opening a diet coke, is to open Marshall Ramsey’s latest editorial cartoon on the Jackson Clarion-Ledger web site. While my eyes are still blurry, it’s about all I can read, and it always starts my day out with a laugh. Marshall has a great way of linking [...]
Posted in Athletics, Uncategorized on Jul 17th, 2008 No Comments »
This must be the week when all the coaches around the country have their “media day” to get the press buzzing about the upcoming season because the papers are filled with football news. I love college football, and so can’t wait for fall. I’m anxious for our Blazers and other college teams to get on [...]
Posted in Missions, Uncategorized on Jul 13th, 2008 No Comments »
The world around us is hurting, crying out, lost, and disillusioned….and often, the best we have to offer is a church sign. I’m sure all the most clever signs put together never brought one new person into a church. We must go out where the people are, not attempt to attract them with a [...]
Posted in Christian Faith, Uncategorized on Jul 11th, 2008 No Comments »
The Associated Press reports:
The “value of a statistical life” is $6.9 million in today’s dollars, the Environmental Protection Agency reckoned in May a drop of nearly $1 million from just five years ago. Though it may seem like a harmless bureaucratic recalculation, the devaluation has real consequences. … Consider, for example, a hypothetical regulation [...]
Posted in Christian Faith, Uncategorized on Jul 10th, 2008 No Comments »
China will be the focus of the world over the new two months with the Olympic Games being hosted by the largest country in the world. Today, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life published an interesting background piece from their research in China.
On Aug. 8, 2008 – the eighth day of the eighth [...]
Posted in Culture on Jul 9th, 2008 No Comments »
I discovered this group 25 years ago and have loved their music ever since. I had all their stuff on cassettes until I wore them out, and now you can’t find all their albums on CD. (If anyone has any and willing to share, please let me know!). Willie Neil died in [...]
Posted in Culture on Jul 8th, 2008 No Comments »
At the age of 95, John Templeton died yesterday. He was a pioneer in mutual fund investing, creating what became the Templeton Funds. He was a Presbyterian, very interested in evangelical causes, and focused his support toward science and religion research as he got older. His Templeton Prize was established to be [...]
Posted in Culture on Jul 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Dr. Ted Baehr’s Movie Guide (www.movieguide.org) is a marvelous resource for those who want to know what they are getting before they spend too much to take the family to the movies. Ted’s daughter, Evy, is a junior at Belhaven majoring in art, and we’re pleased Ted is a long-term friend of Belhaven.
This month’s issue [...]
Posted in World Events on Jul 5th, 2008 No Comments »
The WAPT web site reports how to save $3 a gallon on gas. Stuart Kellogg, the General Manager of the ABC affiliate is a member of Belhaven’s Board of Trustees, so it must be true. Stuart completed a Master of Divinity at Wesley Biblical Seminary last year, and he and his wife Beth are especially [...]
Posted in World Events on Jul 4th, 2008 No Comments »
Winston Churchill, 1947
No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
This 90 second video shows the rise of democracy through history:
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Posted in World Events on Jul 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
I’m starting to see gas stations in Jackson pushing up close toward $4 a gallon, and I’m sure we’ll break that threshold soon. That is hitting everyone’s pocketbook. But is it hitting us hard enough to force the world to get serious about renewable fuel alternatives?
If most families drive 12,000 miles a year, and cars [...]
Posted in World Events on Jul 1st, 2008 No Comments »
George Bush was in town today for a fund raising event for Senator Wicker. I happened to be away from campus at the time they were closing all the roads for his motorcade, and ended up as the ONLY car on Lakeland Drive. If you’re from Jackson, you’ve never seen it that way.
I’ve never met [...]