Posted in Belhaven, Worldview on Sep 27th, 2008 Comments Off
I invited the Student Leadership Council for lunch last week in the President’s Dining Room. They are an impressive group and I was glad for the opportunity to dialog with them about the year ahead. Each of these students is uniquely gifted, with a vision and commitment to their assignment. These are students who are [...]
Posted in Belhaven on Sep 19th, 2008 Comments Off
Our students and faculty continue to battle the aftermath of the storm – long lines for gas, food, and everything else. Many have power back on, but about as many continue to be without power. Our Admissions Director, Christine Williams lost her house, as did one student we know of so far. There may be [...]
Posted in Belhaven, Christian Faith, Culture, Worldview on Sep 18th, 2008 Comments Off
Dr. Stephen Phillips, Political Science Department, has been selected to present a paper at the Hillsdale College Free Market Forum September 25-27th, which brings together business and political science faculty from a wide range of Christian and private colleges. His was selected among seventeen proposals. His topic is “The Morality of Free Trade.” I asked [...]
Posted in Belhaven on Sep 15th, 2008 Comments Off
I received this email today from Dr. Steven Rodriguez, Dean of the Faculty for our Houston Campus:
I just received a phone call from Chase Crawford with Granite building management. Here is a summary of what he said.
There appears to be no structural damage whatsoever to the Belhaven – Houston offices or classroom suite. There is [...]
Posted in Athletics, Belhaven on Sep 13th, 2008 Comments Off
Tonight our football team played powerful Millsaps that rolled over Mississippi College last week 42-6. It was a very close game going into the fourth quarter. Then their punter used the hurricane generated winds blowing from Texas for a 77 yard kick, followed by our fumble near their goal line and that took all [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 13th, 2008 Comments Off
Christine Williams, our Director of Admissions in Houston, left a message on my cell phone this afternoon saying that she was safe, but that her family, along with nearly everyone else in the city, was without power. Reports are that 2 to 4 million people have lost power and it could take over two [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 12th, 2008 Comments Off
To help our students in Houston plan and prepare for the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, we will keep the Houston campus closed through all of next week. Our students, faculty, and staff need to focus on their family needs during this time of challenge.
We will reopen, Monday, September 22
Our prayers are with the Belhaven family [...]
Posted in Belhaven, Worldview on Sep 11th, 2008 Comments Off
I know that lots of people pray regularly for Belhaven College. I often hear from alumni, friends, faculty, staff, parents, and students who tell me they are supporting us all in prayer.
I receive the following encouraging email yesterday. What a wonderful gift this is to Belhaven, and the other schools, to have these friends pray [...]
Posted in Belhaven on Sep 11th, 2008 Comments Off
Hurricane Ike has taken a northerly turn and is headed directly for Houston.
BELHAVEN’S CAMPUS IN HOUSTON WILL BE CLOSED IMMEDIATELY, AND WILL REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT’S CLASSES. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED THROUGH MONDAY AS WELL.
Students, faculty, and staff, should check our web site here to see if that closing will be extended. As [...]
Posted in Belhaven, Culture, Missions, Uncategorized on Sep 9th, 2008 Comments Off
If you’re interested in knowing more about The Mail Box Club ministry and John Mark Eagar, our chapel speaker today- their web site is here.
More than half of the world’s population is children.
Less than 15% of the Churches’ resources go to reaching children.
Most of the people who come to Christ do so as a child.
Children [...]
Posted in Athletics, Belhaven, Uncategorized on Sep 8th, 2008 Comments Off
This week is “Millsaps Week” as our teams face off against our State Street friends.
Football renews the Riverside Rumble event at 7:00 pm on Newell Field
Volleyball hosts the Majors Friday night at 7:00 pm
Men’s Soccer plays at Millsaps at Noon on Saturday.
(Women’s soccer plays them on the 19th at 8pm)
All students receive complimentary admission to [...]
Posted in Culture, Uncategorized, Worldview on Sep 7th, 2008 Comments Off
I don’t write about politics on this blog – and I’m not going to start now. But, when politics gives us such a blatant example of what happens when one’s worldview is ungrounded, I can’t resist pointing it out.
The Vice Presidential choice of John McCain has caught the nation’s attention and is the talk of [...]
Posted in Belhaven, Higher Education, Worldview on Sep 3rd, 2008 Comments Off
Dr. Ligon Duncan, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, spoke for our Academic Convocation yesterday. He shared a marvelous message outlining “Ten Radically Counter-Cultural Things that You Can Learn at Belhaven that You Won’t Learn at Other Colleges.”
He gave us so much good stuff in a short time, I ask him for his [...]
The storm has passed, and Gustav is a rainstorm now. Our prayers are with all those in Louisiana who need to put their lives back together.
We have had many people from the coast come to Jackson to be in shelters, hotels, and with family and friends. We also want to be praying for their travels [...]
Posted in Belhaven on Sep 1st, 2008 Comments Off
We are all thankful that Hurricane Gustav lost some of its power just before coming to shore west of New Orleans with winds of 110 mph. It is still a strong storm, but the coast of Louisiana and Mississippi were well prepared – unlike Katrina. Many people who were evacuated from the coast are staying [...]