Posted on February 27, 2019
Spiritual Transformation Through Physical Disability
Hilary (Sherratt) Yancey’s longstanding interest in the philosophy of disability took on a new light when she gave birth to Jackson, a spunky boy with a number of disabilities. Suddenly, her life looked different from the journey she had once envisioned.
Continue reading
Posted on February 26, 2019
Making a Difference on—and in—the Court
Wally King ’71B was a basketball star at Barrington College, but he didn’t anticipate that a strange overlap of “courts”—that of basketball and that of law—would play major, intertwining roles in his long, varied and often dangerous career.
Continue reading
Posted on February 26, 2019
When Patience Guides a Working Mother’s Ambition
Wife, mother, vice president: the three leading roles that Florecita (Carías) Mejía ’08 plays daily. The ambitious businesswoman has her hands full between her growing family and a leadership role at Bank of New York Mellon.
Continue reading
Posted on February 25, 2019
Making Space for Serendipity
Sometimes it’s that chance encounter—with the Uber driver, airplane passenger or person who appears out of nowhere with a set of jumper cables when a car battery dies—that, like a railway switch, sends us off in a newfangled direction.
Continue reading
Posted on February 25, 2019
Becoming Mom and Dad
Jake ’04 and Lauren x’08 Kreyling had originally made plans for a family of four and became a family of eight. "First you exercise your faith and then see why," says Jake.
Continue reading
Posted on February 22, 2019
Lauren Snyder ’19 Designs Major Set for Winter Musical
After reading a poem about a saw in her Nobel Literature class, Lauren Snyder ’19 was the only one who raised her hand when the professor asked if anyone had ever used one.
Continue reading
Posted on February 20, 2019
15 Years of Connecting Academia, Church and City
Fifteen years ago, the Jerusalem and Athens Forum (JAF) and the Clarendon Scholars honors programs were founded to explore, respectively, “What has the academy to do with the Church?” and what either has to do with the city.
Continue reading
Posted on February 18, 2019
Chip Ingram Encourages ‘True Spirituality’ in DEEP FAITH Messages
Chip Ingram, CEO and teaching pastor of Living on the Edge, challenged the Gordon community for this year’s DEEP FAITH week with a four-sermon series on The Real God, the Real You, and True Spirituality.
Continue reading
Posted on February 12, 2019
Meet the Inaugural Bible Translation Program Cohort
Gordon's Bible Translation Program inducted its first cohort of students. They come from a variety of academic disciplines, but are united in their common desire to serve God and other people on an international level.
Continue reading
Posted on February 6, 2019
Gordon College Launches Two Podcasts on Work
Gordon College launches two new podcasts—Honest Work and Boardroom Bound—to ground and propel listeners in their career journeys.
Continue reading
Posted on February 1, 2019
The drama of nature when God is unchanging: “Deepening the Faith” devotional 11
This installment is part of a regular devotional series, “Deepening the Faith,” written by Gordon faculty and staff for the enrichment of the wider College community.
Continue reading
Posted on January 25, 2019
Interviewing Norm Jones 33 Years and 51 Plays Later
This year the Department of Theatre Arts turns 30. To celebrate, The Bell interviewed its founder, Norm Jones—a professor known for his warmth, ability to quote Shakespeare at any given moment, and charming repertoire of accents.
Continue reading