by Anna Rogers | Mar 11, 2018 | Galleries
March 5-9 was Women’s Empowerment Week on Lipscomb’s campus, and the week concluded with a message from social activist Frankie Henry. Henry spoke on Friday in Ezell chapel, sharing incredible and moving stories from her life and experience in activism. Photos by Ellen Butterfield...
by Anna Rogers | Mar 6, 2018 | Galleries, Sports
The lipscomb men’s basketball team defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in the ASUN championship Sunday to earn its first-ever berth in the NCAA Tournament. The bisons returned to campus from Fort Myers Monday evening to an Allen Circle packed with fans and students. Photos by Ben Davis...
by Anna Rogers | Feb 27, 2018 | Galleries
After a cold, rainy few weeks, Spring has finally arrived on Lipscomb’s campus. Students have traded their tables in the student center for blankets and hammocks on the lawn. Trees that were, just a month ago, blanketed in snow have blossomed with vibrancy. Lumination’s Ellen Butterfield captured the transition season’s effects on campus. Photos by Ellen Butterfield « ‹ of 2 ›...
by Anna Rogers | Jan 31, 2018 | News Slider
Tuesday afternoon’s chapel featured David Skidmore, a youth minister at North Boulevard Church of Christ in Murfreesboro. Skidmore kicked off his message by recalling a recent experience in a movie theater that left most of the customers dissatisfied with their purchases at the concession stand. After the customers had already paid, they found out that the soft drink machines were out of every drink except Powerade. He laughed at the experience, and explained that his family has adopted the incident as an inside joke. They will often quote the manager of the theater by passionately yelling, “Look lady, we still have Powerade!” “That’s just become a metaphor in our lives for if everything else is bad,” Skidmore said. “Powerade’s not going to work,” he said, explaining that nobody wants to go to the movie theater to drink a sports beverage. “College is where I spiritually began to struggle,” Skidmore said. He explained that he made a lot of unwise decisions during those four years, and he sees some students doing the same. “I just know there’s hope, because I’m standing up here,” he said. After Skidmore’s college roommate watched him make poor decisions, one day, he told Skidmore, “If you’re the best example of what can happen when the spirit of God gets ahold of a person, I think I’m doing pretty good without him.” Hearing that hurt Skidmore that day, but it still brought him grief to repeat it to the audience. “That day, I said, ‘Okay, everything is going to change,'” he said. “I realized what it was like to stand at a counter and to have...
by Anna Rogers | Jan 20, 2018 | Galleries, News Slider
Overwhelming crowds gathered at Public Square Park to march through the streets of downtown Nashville for the 2018 Women’s March on Saturday afternoon. After gathering in the park before 2 p.m., the rally was led in chants and entertained by local, all-female bands. Mayor Megan Berry spoke to the crowd before they marched to the capitol building. « ‹ of 3 ›...
