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anticipates a time when people will come to the temple in Jerusalem to see what all the fuss is about and when they pray, he’s asking God to hear their prayer as a witness that, in fact, the God of Israel is a loving and faithful God. In the ancient world, most people would have prayed for God to defeat their enemies or at least convert them. But Solomon is asking God to hear their prayers so that non-Israelites will experience God’s steadfast love and faithfulness for themselves. You could think of

identity, it can respect his call for relevant separatism. Here lurk subtleties, difficulties, dangers, even contradictions—but nonetheless, living, undaunted hopes. Paul Menzel, Professor of Philosophy, served as Dean from 1991-1994. Photo from University Archives, 1982. The subtle, difficult, and vitally important work of honoring diversity and respectfully learning from the wide array of human experience has been integral to the work of our division. This is well-demonstrated by the essay “Gendered

thank you for your willingness to assume these key leadership roles. OUR CALL TO SERVICE This morning it is my great privilege to report to you, for the 18th time, on the State of the University. As is the case each year, this report emerges from my summer experience and the opportunity it affords to travel and to catch precious days of Minnesota lake time; time amidst the countless e-mails for a a bit of exercise, reading and reflection; a chance to put both recent experience and future plans in a

, where she’s engaged in various hands-on projects to improve her videography, photography, and business skills. Assignments have included brainstorming and shooting videos for Travel Tacoma. She also picked up on-campus work experience as a PLU Marketing & Communications student photographer. Sy Bean, PLU’s University Photographer, “taught me so much about photography, and I wouldn’t be the photographer I am today without his guidance.” Stafki might continue working for the Meraki Agency after

Chell found herself supporting a health network. She got an early taste of this work while at PLU when she volunteered for the Neighborhood Clinic, a clinic in Tacoma that provides healthcare and wellness services to those who cannot afford them. She became aware of the clinic from Benita Ki, the clinic’s executive director who was also Chell’s ultimate frisbee coach at PLU. “That was a very meaningful experience because my perception of health disparities was mostly framed by rural health

. It was a demanding load of commitments, and it taught me how to manage my time well and really focus on what I needed to do. Do you think anything about your PLU experience helped prepare you to be a good manager of people? My senior year I got to serve as one of the co-captains of the football team, and that helped me start to develop a sense of leadership style and approach. And Coach Frosty Westering introduced me to the concept of servant leadership. And I think those were kind of

progressed and, in the end, at conference, I felt I had a good chance.” “Jay came in this year after a strong first season, and continued training in the off season,” said Allison Kolp, who served as PLU’s interim head coach while Johnson took a year off because of illness. “We were able to push Jay in practice further than we did last year and increased his distance in the pool significantly. Jay knew what he needed to do this year, and he was able to swim smarter races, which comes from experience

slides effortlessly from the philosophy of Schleiermacher, to the symbolism of Frankenstein’s monster, to the genocide in Rwanda. They never miss a beat. To hear Josh and Catherine discuss some of life’s most interesting topics and the world’s most vexing issues speaks exactly to why the International Honors Program has become such an important part of their college experience. They don’t simply study issues from afar – they study them from a variety of perspectives and in a variety of disciplines

said. “I don’t know why I keep doing this. I guess I like challenges.” He’s not sure how he’ll be received in Saudi Arabia. But as long as he can help and support people – individuals, families and couples – in finding mental solutions to their problems, Abbas knows he’ll be doing what he’s meant to do. “It’s an awesome experience,” he said. “This is my calling. This is truly something I want to do for the rest of my journey.” Read Previous A Streetcar Named Desire Read Next Campus Safety keeps

series of movies that were being developed out of the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy. The rest is history. “The entire experience was fantastic,” said Perry of his time working with Peter Jackson and the Lord of the Rings creative team. Not only did he help the Ents attack the tower, but he helped the lighting team with Gollum, and he created some of the larger battle scenes. Perry is working for the next six months in Vancouver, B.C., on special computer generated effects on the next “Final Destination