Archive for the 'Culture' Category
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted in Belhaven, Culture on Sep 10th, 2009 1 Comment »
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 [...]
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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, [...]
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Each fall the humanities department of Beloit College attempts to help academics understand the incoming first year students with its “Mindset List” which reflects what the class of freshmen will have experienced, or don’t know.
It is always interesting and sobering to read this list – and makes lots of us feel older than we wish [...]
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Posted in Culture, World Events on Aug 18th, 2009 1 Comment »
Y.E. Yang impressively won the PGA Championship on Sunday. It wasn’t that Tiger Woods lost the tournament, but clearly the Korean player beat him with a remarkable eagle on #14, and an incredibly difficult approach shot on 18 to secure the win. (Mr. Yang’s second round started with 4 bogies on the first 5 holes, [...]
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Posted in Culture on Aug 14th, 2009 No Comments »
Les Paul died yesterday at the age of 94. He was one of the most remarkable innovators in music, as well as an incredible guitarist.
He was the first to develop the electric guitar, although others take credit as well. Today a “Les Paul” made by Gibson is the cream of the crop in guitars.
More [...]
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The Huffington Post
APRIL 24, 2009
Georgianne Nienaber
Investigative journalist and author
Posted April 24, 2009 | 07:33 AM (EST)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/georgianne-nienaber/mary-chapin-carpenter-ret_b_189042.html
Mary Chapin Carpenter Returns to the Stage and Talks about Eudora Welty, Inspiration, and Bonding
Five-time Grammy winner Mary Chapin Carpenter is still raving about the experience she had performing with Kate Campbell, Claire Holley and Caroline Herring at the Eudora [...]
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I grew up with the Beatles and loved them (even won the “Beatle impersonation contest in 5th grade – I was John). But a Master’s Degree in the Beatles????
Liverpool Hope University has announced a new master’s degree program: The Beatles, Popular Music and Society, the first of its kind in the world.
The new course, [...]
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Every day I study in detail a half dozen or more reports about how colleges and universities are dealing with the global economic crisis. By analyzing their decisions, it helps me to consider all of our options should the economic crisis worsen.
Fortunately, to date, Belhaven is doing wonderfully well financially – except for what are [...]
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From The Times of London
December 27, 2008
As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God
Missionaries, not aid money, are the solution to Africa’s biggest problem – the crushing passivity of the people’s mindset
Matthew Parris
Before Christmas I returned, after 45 years, to the country that as a boy I knew as Nyasaland. Today it’s Malawi, and [...]
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Commentary: I know what Illinois governor feels like now
Special to CNN
Editor’s note: Charles W. Colson, a former aide to President Nixon, is the founder of Prison Fellowship, the world’s largest Christian outreach to prisoners. President Bush this week acknowledged Colson’s work among prisoners, awarding him the Presidential Citizens Medal. Colson was imprisoned for obstruction of [...]
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The fire that destroyed 20% of Westmont’s campus, and 200 multi-million dollar homes of neighbors was put out earlier this week, but the worst trouble started after the fire was out.
The local sheriff held a news conference earlier this week to say they had found the source of the fire – it was “10 college [...]
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Posted in Culture on Nov 10th, 2008 No Comments »
War is horrible. There is no way to sugar coat or romanticize war. It is grusome, destructive, and always hurts more of the innocent than the combatants. People die – lots of people die.
But war has always been part of history, and until Jesus returns to restore the earth, war will be part of our [...]
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This story from CNN caught my attention because Joel Hunter is a friend of Belhaven, serves on our Board of Reference, and was our commencement speaker for our Orlando campus a few years ago. Dan Fredericks and his family attended Joel’s church when they lived in Orlando.
Before he delivered his victory speech on Tuesday night [...]
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No matter how you voted, this is a remarkable and historic day.
Now, we come together under the leadership of President Obama, and Christians around the world need to be joining together in prayer for him and the new administration.
Tonight I am drawn to focus on four remarkable characteristics of this significant election:
It is remarkable that in [...]
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Tomorrow is an important day for Americans to vote. That right, as we know it today, is a rather recent addition in history. The History of Voting on the web site ActiVote helps us appreciate the value of voting, and how far we’ve come as a society.
We tend to think that voting is a stable [...]
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The Federal Government launched a $700 BILLION rescue plan for the economy. We need wise action during this challenging time to the global economy.
But no one is sure the rescue plan will work – and in light of the stock market drop today below 9,000, the lowest point since May 27, 2003 – at least [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted in Belhaven, Culture on Sep 2nd, 2008 Comments Off
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 [...]
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Posted in Culture on Aug 31st, 2008 Comments Off
The start of a new school year brings with it the Annual Beloit College “Mindset List. The list was created 11 years ago to help faculty and others avoid what the creators call “hardening of the references.”
It is always fun to read, so to take your mind off hurricane Gustav while we wait for it [...]
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Posted in Culture on Aug 25th, 2008 No Comments »
I’m sorry to see the Olympics come to an end. 204 countries competed – the most ever. And when you watch the athletes, you remember how much people all over the world are alike – it’s a shame we focus so much energy on our differences.
This Olympics was probably the best ever. Not only was [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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