Posted in Roger Parrott on Oct 28th, 2009 1 Comment »
I’ll have the opportunity to talk about my book this afternoon on the national radio show, Prime Time America, on the Moody Broadcasting Network. The show is hosted by Greg Wheatley and reaches 5 million listeners. The 10 minute interview will be at 4:30 this afternoon.
Tomorrow morning from 8:00 to 8:30 I’ll be a guest [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 27th, 2009 1 Comment »
Here is the link for the creative writing story published in In Faith magazine. It was just posted online this afternoon, and since some of you may not be subscribers, this link will allow you to read this marvelous story about our creative writing program directed by Dr. Randy Smith. LINK HERE
Yesterday we wished Mrs. [...]
Posted in Belhaven on Oct 26th, 2009 1 Comment »
Mary Harmon taught home economics at Belhaven from 1952 until 1982. Today she is celebrating her 103rd birthday!
She grew up in Goodman, Mississippi and graduated from “the W” in 1932 where she studied home economics.
At the request of President Gillespie she joined our faculty in 1952 “to finish out a semester for another professor” She [...]
Posted in Athletics, Belhaven, Higher Education on Oct 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
Here are several items of interest:
1. This afternoon the NAIA named Belhaven as a Champions of Character school. This recognition highlights colleges and universities that: “restore character values and raise a generation of students who understand and demonstrate in everyday decisions integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship and servant leadership.”
2. Our H1N1 report shows we are having [...]
Posted in Athletics on Oct 21st, 2009 No Comments »
When I first proposed that Belhaven College start intercollegiate football a dozen years ago, a former NFL player pulled me aside to tell me it was impossible to be a Christian and play football. I strongly disagree.
This past Saturday, our team played one of the most exciting games I’ve seen in a long time – [...]
Posted in Athletics, Belhaven, Christian Faith, Culture, Higher Education, Missions, Roger Parrott, Uncategorized, World Events, Worldview on Oct 19th, 2009 No Comments »
For sometime I’ve been encouraged to take the time to write and share some of the leadership principles that have been important to me through 21 years in the college presidency. As our faculty, and others of you who write know, it takes discipline and it’s sometimes hard to stay in the chair long enough [...]
Posted in Christian Faith, Culture, Missions, World Events on Oct 13th, 2009 No Comments »
Many times when we see news of disasters on TV we want to help, but don’t have a way to respond with help through someone we know and trust to use the money properly.
A friend I’ve worked with in India sent me this email yesterday. If you have a heart to help with the India [...]
Posted in Christian Faith, Culture, Missions on Oct 8th, 2009 No Comments »
This summary report from CNN about a major study from the Pew Foundation shows the changing religious and cultural face of the world.
(CNN) — Nearly one in four people worldwide is Muslim — and they are not necessarily where you might think, according to an extensive new study that aims to map the global Muslim [...]
Posted in Belhaven, Missions, Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2009 1 Comment »
On Friday we hosted on campus Mr. and Mrs. Raidy, who lead SPH International, a Foundation which is establishing 1,000 Christian schools in Indonesia. They are wonderfully gifted people who have a firm grasp of Christ-centered education, and have a heart for reaching their country through quality education.
They also have established a UPH, a university [...]
Posted in Athletics, Belhaven on Oct 4th, 2009 No Comments »
I’ve periodically consoled coaches who are having a tough season in the win/loss column by saying, “losing builds character.” Which is true.
But winning can build character too, if done right – and is lots more fun!
Belhaven men’s soccer (what the world calls football) moved into the top 20 national ranking this week, at #19. And [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 1st, 2009 No Comments »
I tend to believe higher education in America can’t do anything else to surprise me when it comes to morality issues. But this new story about Tufts is rather amazing.
Makes you wonder who is sitting around the table making these policies, and what is their worldview that drives them to think this policy is creating [...]