Comments on matters related to our worldview, because our worldview matters. Dr. Roger Parrott, President of Belhaven University, discusses higher education and culture from a Christian Worldview.
Posted in Higher Education, World Events on Sep 30th, 2009
Known as the master wordsmith, William Safire died last week. He was a former speech writer for Richard Nixon, and author of the New York Times column, “On Language”
Some of his clever “rules for writers” included:
If any word is improper at the end of sentence, a linking verb is.
Verbs have to agree with their subjects.
And [...]
Posted in Athletics, Belhaven, Higher Education on Sep 29th, 2009
After two years of evaluation, work, and preparation, Belhaven College is changing to a new athletic conference within the NAIA – the Southern States Athletic Conference which offers 14 conference supported sports for our athletes.
Our long-term conference, the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference, includes schools who offer a limited number of sports – it is primarily [...]
Posted in Christian Faith, Roger Parrott on Sep 28th, 2009
This was such a busy summer, I didn’t get a chance to get out of town the entire time. So a week ago, I did break away for four days of fishing in Yellowstone National Park.
It is one of my favorite places in the world, and although the fish didn’t cooperate all that much, I [...]
Posted in Belhaven, Higher Education, Missions on Sep 23rd, 2009
Isn’t it great how God works without being slowed down by the limits of distance, culture, and language we assume to hold us back? And we get to see more of God’s reach because of the technology tools of today.
In Korea we have a sister Christian College who is seeking to do the same type [...]
Posted in Christian Faith, Uncategorized on Sep 21st, 2009
The final line of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Rhyme of the Duchess:
And I smiled to think God’s greatness flowed around our incompleteness,
Round our restlessness His rest.
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One of our most famous graduates is author Elizabeth Spencer, class of 1942. She has written numerous novels and articles, and has been recognized widely for her work.
We are proud of her distinguished career, and also proud that Belhaven College is the only Christian College offering a bachelors degree of fine arts in creative [...]
Posted in Christian Faith, Culture on Sep 10th, 2009
I had some interesting statistics come my way recently. So often we forget how many, and how deeply, people need to understand and live in the grace of Jesus.
OneHope found 91% of youths in Costa Rica say they do not believe they will go to heaven despite claiming to have accepted Jesus Christ. In Spain, [...]
Posted in Belhaven on Sep 3rd, 2009
It was reported yesterday that 55% of colleges campuses have reported H1N1 flu cases, with many campuses reporting outbreaks that range from a handful to hundreds of cases on a single campus. The attack rate in Mississippi is 43 in 10,000 students among colleges and universities..
We have developed a campus wide plan to respond to [...]