by Anna Rogers | Apr 11, 2018 | News Slider
Tuesday’s Gathering chapel featured a message and advice from Andy Crouch on how students can put themselves in situations in which they can thrive. “Turn to your neighbor and talk about a time when you were fully alive,” he said, “a time when you were flourishing. I want to describe to you what all experiences of flourishing have in common.” He spoke of two qualities: authority and vulnerability. He described authority as “the capacity for meaningful action,” and flourishing as “exposure to meaningful risk.” He made a graph to show the relationship to the two components. There were four quadrants divided by an “X” and “Y” axis. The horizontal line was labeled “vulnerability,” and the vertical, “authority.” “When both are high,” he explained, indicating the upper quadrant on the right, “you have great flourishing.” More than that, Crouch said he wanted to focus on the other three corners. In the opposite corner of flourishing, he labeled the quadrant “safety.” This corner was low in both authority and vulnerability. “You’re not being asked to do anything,” he said. “You’re not risking anything. Every parent wants to have their child start off in this, in safety.” Crouch went on to explain that the safe quadrant is where some people start, and most hope to grow out of. As people grow, he said, they become more exposed. Crouch related this to his daughter who recently turned 18 years old. As she will soon be moving away from home, he said she will be exposed to more authority and risk. “That’s the way a healthy life is supposed to go,” Crouch said. The...
by Anna Rogers | Mar 30, 2018 | News Slider
Lipscomb hosted an unique chapel service Friday in order for campus to assemble in observation of Good Friday. The Chapel office informed students and faculty at the beginning of Holy Week that Friday’s 11 a.m. classes would be cancelled for the service, and students in attendance would receive two chapel credits. The service began with a short video of various peers detailing what reconciliation through Christ meant to them, personally. Then, campus minister Cyrus Eaton took the podium, explaining the magnitude of the pre-Easter holiday. “[Good Friday] reminds us that reconciliation is the act of restoring what was broken or lost, and that only God can bring peace and justice in the midst of chaos and corruption,” Eaton said. The overall message was one of forgiveness and restoration through the Gospel, with a heavy emphasis on Jesus’ death. Eaton went on to explain that in order to give or receive forgiveness, sacrifice is crucial. While there is good news of resurrection on Easter, Eaton noted the solemnity of Good Friday. “Good Friday asks us to take a hard look into darkness,” Eaton said. Following Eaton’s message, three Lipscomb students read the story of Jesus’ betrayal and death from the Gospel of Luke. In response, the Gathering sang, “O Sacred Head,” a hymn originally written in the Middle Ages about the sacrifice God made in sending Jesus to Earth to die to reconcile humanity after sin. Dr. Ken Durham took to the stage, and his message focused specifically on God’s power over death. “Death makes a pretty convincing case,” he said. “It has a pretty impressive finality about it.” Durham...
by Anna Rogers | Mar 27, 2018 | News Slider
Tuesday’s “The Gathering” featured Lee Camp sharing the story of reconciliation between Andrew Collins and Jameel McGee. Camp interviewed the two men about how they met. Collins, a former police officer in Benton Harbor, Michigan, saw McGee walking down the street one day. Since his day was coming to a close, and he had put no one behind bars, he wrongfully arrested McGee, claiming he saw the law-abiding citizen with drugs and the intent to sell. McGee faced four years in prison after being charged with possession of one ounce of crack cocaine. “I felt like I was guilty until innocent,” McGee said. “Everyone thought I was guilty right off the bat…even my family thought I was guilty.” While McGee was still locked up, Collins was found out and charged with falsifying reports and lying under oath. This earned him a year in jail. “It was almost immediately after I was caught that I started getting the old me back,” Collins said. “When I was in jail, I felt God was calling me back to Benton Harbor to seek reconciliation . . . Everyone thought I was crazy and needed to flee.” To everyone’s bewilderment, Collins returned to the city in which his crimes took place. There, he began working through a faith-based employment agency. As luck, or Providence, would have it, it was the same agency McGee used. Instead of doing what most people would do and hurting, ignoring or harassing Collins, McGee chose to forgive him. “The situation was hurting me further,” McGee said. “I was hurting people in prison because I was hurt, and that was...
by Anna Rogers | Mar 24, 2018 | Galleries
Lipscomb students raised $6,130 for inner-city Nashville kids Friday evening at Full Moon Fest, a student-led, 1950’s-themed benefit concert and dance party in the Student Activity Center. “I’m really excited to support YES because I think they’re doing a really great thing with the community,” student Allie Chambers said. Story here by Maria Morales. Gallery by Anna Rogers. « ‹ of 3 ›...
by Anna Rogers | Mar 15, 2018 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
Lipscomb will host its 55th Singarama in Collins Alumni Auditorium on April 5, 6 and 7. This year’s theme is “It Takes Two.” The musical production will feature both individual and collective musical performances from hosts Berkley Boglin, Luke Howard, Madeline McPherson, Hudson Parker, Peytan Porter and Savannah Stewart. “I’m excited to see the shows,” Parker said, adding that rehearsing with the other hosts and hostesses is “a blast.” Vince Law, a Singarama director, is most looking forward to the first performance, when everything comes together. “Aaron and Laurie Sain are looking to push the production to the next level,” Law said. “They’re definitely holding the writers to a higher standard.” Law’s show’s theme is “Name and Address,” which features social clubs Alpha Zeta, Gamma Lambda, Phi Sigma and Sigma Iota Delta. “Fun and Games” is the theme of another show, which will be performed by social clubs Delta Omega, Delta Sigma, Delta Nu, Sigma Omega Sigma and Tau Phi. “Rise and Fall” is the final show, featuring Kappa Chi, Phi Nu, Pi Delta and Theta Psi. Lipscomb holds a nostalgic place in its heart for Singarama. Every year, students, alumni, friends and family members pack Collins Alumni Auditorium to witness the production. For some students, like Law, the performance is special because it’s his senior year. For others, like Parker, the show is sentimental because it’s an important piece of his family’s past. Not only was his brother, Grant, a host in last year’s performance, but his father, Blake Parker, was also a host during his junior and senior years nearly 30 years ago. “I literally wouldn’t be alive if it weren’t for Singarama,”...
