by Janice Ng | Jul 18, 2013 | News Slider
Originally written for lipscomb.edu Rabbits and clowns and balloon animals, oh my! Those are just some of the sights around campus last week as the university hosted the Fellowship of Christian Magicians convention. More than 430 people from across the country and Canada gathered at Lipscomb University for the convention, a family-friendly gathering with hundreds of workshops, lectures and special activities aimed at fostering and advancing the art of magic and other performing arts from a Gospel point of view. Workshops included drama and storytelling, clowning, ballooning, juggling, plate spinning and ventriloquism. Special music and magic was included in a nightly program in Collins Alumni Auditorium that was open to the public. FCM celebrated its 60th anniversary this year at the convention. Ed Hall, an entertainer from Dayton, Tenn., who performs for events at his church, tries to make it to as many conventions as he can. “At the FCM, we don’t like to say ‘magic,’ we call it illusion,” Hall said, “because there is a bad kind of magic, but what we do is illusion, and we try to teach that we don’t do miracles. God is the only one who can (do miracles). “We are just human beings using an art form to share the Gospel of Jesus.” Workshop instructor Joseph Young from Big Stone Gap, Va., says this was his first convention. “FCM has been a blessing,” Young said. “What we do with Gospel magic is that we’re going around the world and telling people about Jesus Christ, so not only are we entertainers, but we’re changing the world.” Founder Stan Adair talks about how FCM began...
by Carter Sanderson | Jul 18, 2013 | News Slider, Sports
In early May, the Lipscomb volleyball team embarked on an 11-day mission trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Head coach Brandon Rosenthal said that the trip was an exciting time for the group. “There was a tremendous amount of excitement,” Rosenthal said. “It was the first mission trip for a lot of the players and for six of them it was their first time out of the country.” Rosenthal’s main goal for the trip was the get to know each of his players better, and the girls wanted the same thing from each other. “We are already a team,” Rosenthal said. “This is a close team, but I urged them to break down the walls and develop an even deeper relationship as a team.” Work at the church, a stop at the legendary Christ the Redeemer statue and a hike up the Sugarloaf Mountians all played huge roles into making this such an unforgettable trip for all who went. However, the deeper connections formed and lives changed throughout their time in Brazil made this a truly invigorating expedition. “I really had no expectations going into it,” teammate Lauren Ford said. “I wanted to grow in my relationships with the team more than anything.” Playing only one game while over there, the girls had ample time to grow both mentally and spiritually. “Experiencing another culture with my teammates while getting to serve the Lord was the best part of being gone,” teammate Jordan Huston said. “It was cool how we were able to get closer as a team while we were helping others,” teammate Jewell Dobson added. As the week...
by Nick Glende | Jul 5, 2013 | News Slider
Lipscomb Dining has cooked up a few new offerings for the fall, including the addition of an off-campus mean option and extra hours for dinner. General Manager Wolcott Fary revealed that the dining hall will be adding extra hours to the schedule, meeting the request of many late-dining students. “Extending hours in the dining room: it hasn’t happened yet, but it will happen this fall,” Fary said. “The dining room will stay open an extra 30 minutes and will now be open every Saturday.” The dining room will now be open 7 days a week, and normal hours of operation will be from 7:15 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The long-talked about off-campus dining option is also now a reality, with the first wave of restaurants being commissioned for the fall. “Starting this fall, you’ll be able to use your Bison Bucks at certain local restaurants within a five-mile radius of the school,” Fary said. “The off-campus solutions team with Sodexo are in the process right now of going to more than 35 local restaurants to contract with them each individually to see if they want to become a part of the program. Each contract will be different, and there’s some outlay for the restaurants to become part of the program. Each restaurant will have to decide on its own whether it feels like it can get enough business to support the cost of maintaining the program.” No restaurants can be absolutely confirmed at this time, but Fary disclosed a few of the restaurants on the list, including Copper Kettle, Subway, The Cheesecake Factory and Nero’s Grill. Food-to-go in planning stages, dietary options...
by Monaih Sam | Jul 4, 2013 | News Slider
Do you remember being asked as a child, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Most of us had generic answers – a doctor, lawyer, maybe a policeman or firefighter. As children, we didn’t think of the numerous other professions that we could become such as a chemical engineer or entomologist, but how many people actually know what an entomologist is? Dr. James English didn’t plan on studying insects as a kid, but he is now a nationally recognized disease ecologist and environmentalist. The Navy veteran has brought his passion and environmental expertise to Lipscomb University’s Institute for Sustainable Practice (ISP). While attending the University of Arkansas – Little Rock, English found out that he loved biology classes that studied animals and wound up studying animal ecology. As a 20-year old reserve Navy corpsman, English’s U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Battalion was activated to serve in Desert Storm while he was still in college. “Talk about a growth period for me going out to Desert Storm as a 20, 21-year old kid in charge of guys getting shot,” he said. “It certainly was a character building time.” After war, English found it difficult to adjust back to the college life, but he did find himself a more serious student and began to take full advantage of his opportunity for higher education. After graduating from the University of Arkansas – Little Rock, English taught high school for two-years and eventually earned his Ph.D. in animal ecology from the University of Arkansas – Fayetteville. English would later rejoin the Navy as an officer, serving as a disease ecologist and...
by Janice Ng | Jul 2, 2013 | News Slider
Originally written for lipscomb.edu. People of all ages filled Collins Alumni Auditorium on Monday, July 1, the second day of Summer Celebration, to hear Lipscomb presidential spouse Rhonda Lowry interview legendary singer, guitarist and fiddler Charlie Daniels about his faith in God and how it has impacted his life. Traditionally at Summer Celebration, Lipscomb’s annual festival of faith, fellowship and fun, Lowry interviews celebrities and people of note about their faith walk. Daniels has become a good friend to Lipscomb as he has partnered with the university for four years to hold an annual concert to raise funds for military veterans to attend college. At a very young age, Daniels formed a love and appreciation for the service men and women of America that would last him a lifetime. Today, at 76 years old, Daniels still remembers the events of World War II. “I remember D-Day in 1944,” Daniels said. “I was 8 years old at the time. My mother got me up early and said we were going to church to pray for the men who had been hit at the beach at Normandy. That day, I felt that America really came together under the grace of God.” Throughout his illustrious career, Daniels has not only prayed for the troops, but has reached out to them as well through his musical talent. “We go to these places called Forward Operating Bases and entertain the troops there,” Daniels said. “It’s such a gratifying thing to be able to play for them. When they say thank you, I don’t understand. I want to say thank you to them for what...
by Carter Sanderson | Jul 1, 2013 | News Slider
Lipscomb tries to add life to their campus year round. From hosting breakfasts, camps, concerts, business events and meetings of various kind, there seems to never be a dull moment on campus. One of the summer’s busiest activities is Impact, a June Bible camp held for grade school students. Churches from all over the south bring their youth groups to camp. There is a junior camp, younger than high school, for three days, and then senior camp, all high school students, which lasts the entire week. “Both are very fun and exciting weeks to be a part of,” camp counselor Anna Temple said. “Jr. Impact all the kids wanted to be up and at breakfast at seven sharp; they were all wound up,” Temple said when asked the biggest difference of the two camps. “I would go to wake the little kids up at seven and most of them would already be up and out of the rooms.” Throughout the week, activities, Devos, skits and a little free time all made the week the highlight of the summer for several high school students. “My favorite part of the week is morning Impact, especially the ball race that takes place before we get started every morning,” senior camper Erica Honaker said. What may be the favorite for a student, may not be a favorite for the counselor. “I personally liked the night group Devos before bed after evening Impact,” Temple said. “It was just our youth group together in reflection of the day.” Impact impacted the lives of several students over the past week, but nothing struck the students more than the...
