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...and this morning at Great Lakes Adventist Academy, we've slipped the ribbon m...
Today, throughout the Lake Union and beyond, many of our friends are celebrating...
Jesus: "I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. Wh...
Members of the Wright Seventh-day Adventist Church (site of the first Adventist...
"There is only *one* God and He must saturate *every* aspect of your lives." Pas...
Love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your being, and all your strengt...
"Lord, it is You who have promised a future and a hope..." || Dillon Hickman, Cl...
A great graduation weekend text -- "Go home to your own people," Jesus said, "a...
...followed by the graduating Class of 2012....
The Class of 2013 leads the Baccalaureate processional....
The Medallions of a Great Lakes Adventist Academy grad.
Blessed Sabbath to all...wherever you are in the Andrews World...may worship, pe...
Baccalaureate Sabbath...Great Lakes Adventist Academy.
"Daddy and I are very proud of you...you are our youngest daughter, and you have...
"Thank you, Mom, for having a backbone when I didn't have one!" Tribute to Paren...
Whether you're graduating this weekend or not, may God indeed call you to go thr...
"Go and forgive and live and laugh and expect the unexpected." Pastor Goetz, Clo...
"Your teachers are saying, 'Lord, how are you going to continue the church?' But...
"The way you forgive and accept forgiveness is radically different than the worl...
Each year, we have the privilege of joining with nearby graduates and celebrate...
Directors from the Ellen G. White Estate branch offices around the world enjoyed...
Here's a close-up of "Swimming in a Sea of Diversity" by artist Nick Jones and s...
The official unveiling of "Swimming in a Sea of Diversity" by artist Nick Jones...
Here's a great option for future Andrews University students to get involved in...
Andrews University Pinterest (Chan Shun Hall Meeting Room).
Wednesday Afternoon.
Thanks for the head's up from Dr. Bev Matiko--"If you are able to have your radi...
"Life @ its best is w/another." Screen at PMC during Pastor Dwight's sermon, "Ge...
"We've been designed for relationships...we've been designed for love." Pastor D...
Then the LORD God said, "It’s not good that the human is alone. I will make him...
"There is a sense in which the fact that God is love requires that He be more th...
"The Sabbath is the quintessential gift of God's friendship to His earth childre...
So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was complete...
Spring Sabbath Leaves (Near PMC).
Happy Sabbath, Georgia Cumberland Academy!
"To keep Sabbath well—as both a day and an attitude—we have to think clearly abo...
If you do watch the Second Service live stream, we thought you might also enjoy...
Our on-campus radio station, WAUS-FM (90.7 FM if you're within listening range)...
If you're not on campus today, there are always a couple of ways that you can jo...
Shabbat Shalom...Happy Sabbath...wherever you are in the Andrews World! It's a q...
Jim Nave graduates from Advanced Connections...the customer service training pro...
Congratulations, Class of 2012. May you leave here just plain smarter and bright...
(Right now...)
(Two hours ago...)
We're sharing a lunch at Dining Services with our friends from Vietnam (includin...
And on their heels, our largest undergraduate class to march in recent history h...
...including 32 MBA Vietnamese students in our Griggs partner program in Vietnam...
Some quick updates: Our graduate students have been hooded and doctor- and maste...
Sunrise over campus; Spring Commencement morn...
Tribute To Families "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of th...
"We want to say thank you to our teachers. You were wonderful. We want to thank...
Praise the Lord , all you nations. Praise him, all you people of the earth. F...
....with Sabbath Vespers soon to begin, with roses for the families of graduatin...
The Sabbath evening of Commencement weekend...
The Baccalaureate Choir rehearses in the Youth Chapel.
One of the many nice things about being next to Pastor Hyveth on the platform: T...
"Our destination is heaven, and our focal point is Jesus! Remember *all the way*...
David's prayer in Psalm 51: "Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfail...
"How To Live With What You Can't Fix," Hyveth Williams, Professor of Christian M...
...and the saints come marching in...! (Happy Graduation...if you want to watch...
...and just plain proud last minute photos were grabbed before the matching begi...
President Andreasen talks with the grads before the Consecration processional....
...and flags catch the breeze, the James White Library in the background.
....academic regalia has been donned...
We're outside on this Sabbath eve, this Spring Commencement eve, Consecration (w...
Sneak peek at Spring Commencement 2012 flowers....
Happy Sabbath...Happy Spring Commencement Weekend Friday Morning at the center o...
This weekend, you can keep up with scheduled events, watch live streams of grad...
T Minus One Day to the Beginning of Spring Commencement. For those coming to und...
The Blossomtime Queens (and Kings) of Berrien County are gracing the Andrews Uni...
As we get ready for 2012 Spring Commencement Weekend, the campus smells of fresh...
"God's grace is a gift. It *will* restore you, if you want it... Requiem for a L...
He called out to them, "Friends, haven't you any fish?" "No," they answered. He...
"And Jesus had a purpose in bidding them cast their net on the right side of the...
"After midnight, there's always morning. Don't give up!" - Pastor Dwight
"If Jesus were to come to you and ask to your face the piercing question: 'Do yo...
"Lord I'm amazed, by You, And how You love me You paint the morning sky, With m...
Donna Heyer, 98 years young, baptized just now by Pastor Dwight during Second Se...
A Text For Today: Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was fo...
Sabbath Morning Pine Cone (with evidence of Spring close at hand); Near Pioneer...
As always, if you can't join us today in person, PMC has a live stream of second...
Today at Pioneer Memorial Church: "Requiem for a Loser," the last in Pastor Dwig...
Wherever you are in the Andrews World, Happy Sabbath...Shabbat Shalom. May God's...
Deliverance Mass Choir's End of Year Concert Sabbath May 28, 2012 Seminary Chape...
T Minus One Week!
Thursday's Tulip.
...and to all a good night!
Thanks to our friends in Transportation we are, even now, safely making our way...
...GYMNICS!
GO...
(...and prayer...)
Over the next 15 minutes or so, a condensations of the Andrews University Gymnic...
Hoosier B-Ball!
(Pray. Practice. Perform. :: Gymnics at the Half.)
Congrats also to the School of Business Administration's (
Many congrats to our excellent School of Architecture, Art and Design (
"Gear Up" Standout 2012: May God bless each young life who shared this weekend.....
"What are you expecting? If you think this whole Jesus thing is easy, it's not....
"You belong to Me..."
"The battle is not mine, the battle is the Lord's; so I ain't fighting with my f...
"Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves us so..."
TKO: "No, the sword of the Spirit is God's Word. We don't need to be His 'avenge...
"Jesus has been crucified to set me free..."
Our friend, Andrea Moskalova Jakobsons, coordinator of this spiritual retreat wi...
"Sing with me, How Great is our God!"
This weekend, 150 young Adventists who attend public high school in Michigan, In...
If you missed Pastor Dwight's sermon today on empirical reason, faith, universit...
"Andrews University and our sister institutions exist *because* faith always aff...
"Personal faith and empirical evidence are not antithetical...Mary and Thomas ar...
A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Th...
"The risen Christ is the new meeting place of Heaven and earth." Pastor Dwight N...
Welcome to this sun-filled (and Son-filled) beautiful Sabbath morning at Pioneer...
Today's Tulip Update.
Finally, if you'd like, we invite you to join us for a live, streaming video bro...
As always, our campus radio station WAUS-FM (90.7 FM if you're within broadcast...
Today, Pastor Dwight's series on "The Last Days" is the sermon: "Finis: What Rea...
"Sabbath keeping gives us time to rest from the struggle of thinking as Christia...
As you saw and read earlier today, Dr. Gary Hamel, who the Wall Street Journal c...
Today our very own Dr. Gary Hamel returns to campus at the invitation of Whirlpo...
More than 50 students from Andrews Academy, Grand Rapids Adventist Academy, Hins...
Other than this is Andrews, we're not sure why it's snowing on April 10, either!...
The View From Acceptance to Classes Committee; Administration Building, Room 306...
Our newly configured School of Architecture, Art & Design at Andrews University...
(He is risen!)
It's a beautiful Easter Passion Play Sabbath at Andrews University...and Sabbath...
On this chilled Good Friday morn, a glittery frost coats the grass and the annua...
The dogwoods begin their brilliant emergence on the Andrews University campus.
Easter Passion Play is this weekend! Watch Jesse Lopez, event director, and Past...
The Bluff in St Joseph, near sunset.
Next Week: E-Cycle Your (Defunct) Technology World!
The Purple Blossoms By The Ad Building Update.
If you're here this Thursday, don't miss it! There's an iPad to be won and a fut...
Monday afternoon, International Week, Andrews University.
It's coming...!
The Morning Tulip Update From Trashcan Junction.
Last frame...
Time for fun! It's a preview bowling frenzy!
"Throughout Scriptures are questions, including questions God asks us. Even now,...
"All to Jesus, I surrender....I surrender all to Thee, my blessed Savior..."
....Worship: "How Great Is Our God!"
....University Preview....
Praise Team @...
Our latest arrival to the International Food Fair just pulled in.
New Life, 31 March: "Praise Father, Son & Holy Ghost... Amen!"
"All week long we are called upon to sanctify life through employing things of s...
Chapel: "God wants to put something in your lives that will turn this world upsi...
We live at Andrews for moments (and skies) like these....
...and this Sunday, International Food Fair!
...the Music and Worship Conference begins today...
Spring continues...
Get your free Easter Passion Play tickets now! Rotations fill up quickly and it'...
Welcome back from Spring Break!
As we reach the end of Spring Break here at Andrews University, you might want t...
And, as always, you can listen in on a rebroadcast of the First Service at 90.7...
If you're checking in about now, join us for second service on the live stream f...
"Sabbath isn't eternity, but it's close. It's a kind of precinct of heaven. A we...
Saucer Magnolias by the Church Update.
The Cherry Blossoms: Before they are completely gone, they get ready for their c...
Another great shot of the cherry blossoms, thanks to our friend Dennis Woodland....
And as Sabbath unfolds around the world (including Hong Kong, where these words...
After a morning of classes and introductions to college life our previewers prep...
The Andrews University Easter Passion Play is fast approaching! This year's even...
Our preview guests celebrate the completion of the first day of March 2012 Preview.
The race is on! Our previewers are poised to claim bragging rights on the bus ri...
Worship and dessert as the March 2012 preview presses on.
The Andrews Ambassador are answering the questions of our Previewers today. If y...
The official sneaker of March Preview 2012!
Randy Graves speaks about the purpose of Andrews University.
Getting to know one another with some Andrews University trivia. Here is a good...
Potato bar for lunch, an important part of the day for our campus preview explor...
March Preview 2012 is about to begin, and we are ready!
Happy, blessed Sabbath, wherever you are in the Andrews World. May God's Spirit...
The observatory will be open tonight, Friday, March 9 from 8-11. We will look at...
As a community we would like to say thank you to all of our supporters. If you'r...
My Tuition runs out today! Well, not really....come to chapel to find out more!
An beautiful old oak tree standing in one of Andrews' corn fields.
The creative student leaders working with the Easter Passion Play are looking fo...
The balmy, visualized.
59 and balmy in Berrien this March afternoon (good-bye snow!). (At least for tod...
Board of Trustees begins with a worship about Moses' calling and a beautiful a c...
Pastor Dave Ferguson is talking in Student Life (a board subcommittee) about One...
Pastor Dwight (in a nifty green bowtie) Nelson's handout to the board's Student...
Posters We Like III
Posters We Like II
Posters We Like I
(Official Committee Title!)
The view from Board Finance Committee...
As we've noted before in this news feed, the Legend at Andrews, passed down from...
(Good night!)
Golden Cardinal 8: Best British Accent, Richard Choi (Provost Andrea Luxton, a B...
Golden Cardinal 7: Best Snow Removal Device: Mark Sater, Blowtorch
Staff Excellence in Service Award III: Dean Snow
Staff Excellence in Service Award II: Mimi Weithers-Bruce
Staff Excellence in Service Award I: Marvin Budd
30 Years of Service: Jeane Robinson, Robert Schwab, Tari Popp and Ruth Gardner.
Golden Cardinal 6: Best Name for Griggs/Andrews Integration: Grandrews (Clifford...
Golden Cardinal 5: Best Transitional Office: Center for Intensive English Progra...
Again, the winners of the Daniel A Augsberger Excellence in Teaching Awards.
Rudolph Bailey, School of Education
Martin Smith, School of Architecture
José Goris, School of Business Administration
Bruce Bauer, Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary
Tiffany Summerscales, College of Arts and Sciences.
Glenn Russell, College of Arts and Sciences.
Marcia Kilsby, College of Arts and Sciences.
Herbert Helm, College of Arts and Sciences.
Daniel a Augsberger Excellence in Teaching Awards:
Golden Cardinal 4: Best Dave In A Hairnet: Dave Mason
Golden Cardinal 3: Best New Research Proposal: Shandelle Henson, The Effects of...
Ante Jeroncic, Spiritual Life Award
Again, the winners of the Siegfried H Horn Excellence in Research and Creative S...
Jirí Moskala, Religion and Theology
Duane McBride, Pure and Applied Sciences
Curt VanderWaal, Professional Programs
Steve Hansen; Arts, Humanities and Education.
Siegfried H Horn Excellence in Research and Creative Scholarship Awards:
Golden Cardinal 2: Best Budget Reduction Idea: "Air Andrews: Required Flight Ser...
Oh, and since it's Board Weekend (which is now Board Monday/Tuesday), we should...
This is the Sunday before Board Meetings which means that tonight is Board Banqu...
One Of Life's Essential Reminders (on red bumper, with scattering of snow).
Welcome, Kingsway College (and down on the bottom there, the van's sponsors, our...
A special shout out of thanks to the academy music teachers who accompanied thei...
"I Know My Jesus Lives"
Zork leading the choir in "I am the Rose of Sharon."
Choral conductor Stephen Zork takes to the stage to lead the Music Festival Choir.
The Music Festival Orchestra, Claudio Gonzalez conducting, in the Howard Perform...
Welcome, Mt. Vernon Academy!
Welcome, Indiana Academy!
In case you didn't get a chance to come home to Pioneer (either in person or via...
You can also come home to Pioneer and watch it all live; PMC has a a live stream...
As always, if you're not right here, you can always listen to Pioneer Memorial C...
Happy Sabbath Morning, Andrews World, from an almost snowy Sabbath day. Here on...
(Once again...Happy Sabbath, Andrews World!)
Welcome, Shenandoah!
Welcome, Spencerville!
As Sabbath begins its unfolding around the Andrews World, we like this quote by...
Up on the third floor of the Administration Building, President Andreasen is rec...
"Consecrate. Watch. Walk." Dick Duerksen's final admonition in University Forum...
"The old ladies came and told their neighbors: 'Going to the clinic is as if Jes...
Posters We Like In The Lobby Of The Howard.
Today's Row O' Bikes, University Forum ( Dick Duerksen, Speaker).
Welcome, btw, to schools from throughout the US and Canada who are here for our...
We're in the midst of the schizophrenic bliss of winter at Andrews University......
Andrews University Career Services has launched a new Facebook Page. You will fi...
Tickets to the Ernie Haase concert are selling fast! The ground floor is practic...
The observatory will be open tonight, Sunday, February 26, from 7:45p to 10:00p....
As a reminder of ways things work around here: Yesterday, a tumbly bluster of sn...
"It's always God's will to...glorify His name...save the sinner...revive the chu...
Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive,...
"Tim Tebow has become a household name...knee to the turf, in an attitude of pra...
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it wi...
"All I have needed Thy hand hath provided,/Great is Thy faithfulness! Lord unto...
Sabbath School Art That We Like (PMC Edition).
If you can't join us in person to worship at Pioneer Memorial today, we invite y...
"The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a w...
If you're not close enough to attend, we invite you to join us, as always, in a...
Welcome to the last snowy Sabbath of February 2012 (we promise!) on the main cam...
As Sabbath continues to unfold, begin and approach in the Andrews World...here a...
Our Power Pac Weekend on The Way (and the book of Acts) continues and features o...
And in another corner of our campus snow is falling on the old Andrews Universit...
Today's Winter Wonderland, courtesy of Dave Ferguson.
Some simple, but powerful, words from Carl Garrigus about the power of our knees...
Need some advice? Help in career development? Checkout Andrews University Career...
"Authenticity was important to the early church, even if it meant suffering...th...
Ahhh, the muffled silvery wonders of a Dense Fog Advisory.
Some words from Philip Yancey that we like: "Previously, my main motivation in...
If you're a fan of your Moleskine Notebook, you might enjoy this short video of...
Send A Note To A Student Missionary Boards That We Like.
We're of the humble opinion that parking restrictions like this in the Seminary...
If it's a Wednesday morning in late February in southwest Michigan, certainly th...
Earlier today, we found this powerful devotional thought that speaks about the P...
A stunning photo (well, 12 photos actually) of our beloved Howard Performing Art...
From our friend Dominique Wakefield: Everyone is invited to the first Health & F...
Advanced Darkroom Photography Class Photographs That We Like On Flickr.
Earn $100 Scholarship for a Published One Voice Submission The Lake Union Heral...
Yesterday's fave tweet: "Hello everyone! We are looking for males to play disci...
"Snowflakes keep fallin' on my head..." (To be sung to the tune from that "But...
Our fave tweet from last Friday (thanks Pastor Jose!): "In Bell Hall @AndrewsU...
It's President's Day in the United States: Here's some fun background on the pre...
While it's well past the time to talk about Christmas presents, we got a great b...
As an interesting footnote; here's the flip-side message from the 1943 postcard...
Old School Postcards of our Dear Old School (aka Emmanuel Missionary College, ci...
"Day is Dying in the West"...the Thai version. God's blessings around the Andrew...
While today was Pathfinder Sabbath, Pastor Dwight is three sermons in (as of las...
Finally, you all (well, many of you) know the law and pledge ("Keep a level eye....
Or, if you're ready to watch some great dress Pathfinder uniforms (and still can...
If you'd like to join us at Pioneer Memorial Church this week, as always, there...
Good Sabbath morning, as our friend Dr. Joseph Warren just wished about an hour...
Happy Sabbath morning (or afternoon or evening...or day yet to dawn)....to the A...
And as Sabbath unfolds around the Andrews World: "Above all, we realize in our S...
The Arrival of Daffodils, The Promise of Spring: The Administration Building Edi...
Welcome to Sabbath eve from the international headquarters of Andrews World! If...
Be sure to pick up the latest copy of Envision magazine at the campus center today!
"You need to know what your witness and testimony are for Lord Jesus Christ." -L...
As we pass the halfway point of Black History Month, a great quote we just found...
One day late, but true! We do like you....a lot!
Intricate Recycling Signs That We Like on the Third Floor of the Administration...
You've seen photos and posts this week from "the One project" meetings in Seattl...
Campaign Posters, Continued.
Valentine's Day wonders at Dining Services, 2.0.
Valentine's Day wonders at Dining Services, 1.0
(PS We just happily exercised the privilege to vote in the AUSA elections!)
Pastor Japhet De Oliveira, one of the leaders coordinating the One Project gathe...
Posters We Like.
"Hallelujah We're going to see the King!"-the One Project, Seattle
Pastor Sam Leonor at The One Project in Seattle.
"For the Lord God Almighty Reigns!"--The One Project in Seattle
In Seattle, the One Project is getting underway. Hundreds of Seventh-day Adventi...
A little sunny Second Sunday Concert if you're close by: Later today at 4 p.m. I...
The Cardinals celebrate!
FINAL SCORE: Andrews 50-Hinsdale 37!
End of the 3rd: Andrews over Hinsdale: 36-25.
The trophies make an entrance as we enter the 2nd half.
Zoom!
Planking, it was bound to happen.
End of the 2nd: Andrews over Hinsdale, 21-18.
End of the 1st: Andrews over Hinsdale...16-12.
The Hurricanes are in the building and gunning for that trophy.
Jr Cardinals strategizing for the last game of the night here at the Cardinal Cl...
Jr Cardinals strategizing for the last game of the night here at the Cardinal Cl...
The winning Lady Hawks....!
Ozark women over Shenendoah: 33-24, final score.
A strong message from HAA.
Ozark 2.0
Ozark Skyhawks in a strategy session prior to their championship game!
(Live Feed...feeding!)
Adidas Heat Check ( Dunk it, HAA!)
@FaithBasketball on Twitter (and like 'em here on FB).
faithbasketballacademy.com
The Triple A*-Twin Cities (Minnesota) campus get ready to take on the courts......
How to spot (pardon the pun) a CAYA Mom: It's the scarves!
The Cardinal connects with CAYA right after the win...
No Memorex...Live!
Check out the CAYA artwork!
Collegedale Adventist Youth In Action (women) leads the Indy Eagles.
The Cardinal sits in on his Classic...
Get your RBKs, Air Force 1s, Air Jordans on....Cardinal Classic Finals are in th...
The Cardinal Classic championships begins with the National Anthem. The Lady Eag...
If you missed Pioneer earlier today...here's a recording in the third sermon in...
On this snowy Sabbath, we like this quote from Mark Buchanan: "Abraham and sons...
Finally, if you're got a great internet connection, we invite you to join us for...
Pastor Dwight's sermon title today, by the way, is “The Last Days: The Eleventh...
Happy snowy (SNOWY!) Sabbath morning from southwest Michigan. Whether you're clo...
As Sabbath begins (and continues to unfold) around the Andrews world...a few imp...
(There be snow...)
TCHAMBA 42!
The Men at Noon: Hinsdale vs Spring Valley!
The Women: Collegedale Adventist Youth in Action vs Hinsdale Adventist Academy.
Schedules, scores and, on Saturday night, a live stream of the finals:
We just heard someone singing Christmas carols on the sidewalk in front of the A...
President Niels-Erik and Demetra Andreasen just shared the following sad news wi...
The Cardinal Classic is underway! Teams from academies all over the United State...
As a reminder, Cardinal (Basketball) Classic is in the house, with friends from...
Forget Romney, Santorum, Paul, Obama, Gingrich: It's AUSA Elections! (Mr Lamel S...
Wheeled Transportation Options, University Forum.
AUSA Election Speeches are tomorrow. Pick up a copy of the Student Movement to s...
We're gearing up for the official launch of Envision Magazine, scheduled for Thu...
Behold the shimmer of the Johnson Gym floor. Cardinal Classic. Here it comes!
Cardinal Classic Basketball Tournament! Gum on down...we're ready! (Sorry: The p...
Posters We Like (From Our School of Business Administration's Students In Free E...
If you live in the area, take note: The intersection at Garland Avenue and U.S....
Welcome to the unfold of the new week, regardless (or perhaps because of!) of th...
On this fragile frosty silvery edge of a February Sunday, a reminder that winter...
More from Benton Harbor today and our friend @JoseBourget: "(Picture of the) R.O...
A great song from our Andrews University Singers from an appearance a few years...
Nice Things To See On M-139 On This Sunny Early February Sabbath Afternoon: Thre...
Book Covers About The Sabbath That We Like (By Our University's Namesake: Bonus...
At 11:30 am Eastern today (GMT -5), we invite you to visit Pioneer Memorial Chur...
By the way, throughout this week, provocative billboards have popped up through...
For a Sabbath morning around the Andrews World (at least morning her in North Am...
Join us at Pioneer Memorial Church for the First Sabbath of Black History Month....
One picture we like when you Google Image Search "Sabbath"... May your Sabbath b...
As we prepare to celebrate the Sabbath throughout the Andrews World, some great...
Here's a great shot from Week in Pictures (thanks Nathan Roe) of the Andrews Obs...
No snow, just snowmen in St Joseph on a Friday afternoon.
Display Cases We Like At The Seminary (Go Chaplains!).
A few minutes ago we walked across a warm and sun-bashed parking lot here at And...
The Official February 2 Andrews University Snow Update.
Seminary Faculty Quartets That We Like.
Services for Daphne Knecht, a former Andrews University student and member of th...
A beautiful young life gone too soon. Rest in peace Daphne till Jesus wakes you...
Easter Passion Play auditions take place today. Be a part of this powerful minis...
It's an exciting time for the newly renamed and expanded School of Architecture,...
Deliverance Mass Choir Spring Auditions Sunday January 29, 2012 Lamson Hall Cha...
Ever consider being a student missionary?
Planning is underway for this year's Easter Passion Play! Interested in being ca...
Daphne, a former Andrews student and super-talented Andrews University Gymnics t...
"Her laugh was contagious and her wit was outrageous." --Don Murray, former dean...
For anyone having trouble accessing the live streaming of Valerie Phillips memor...
The service will begin in just a few minutes.
Live streaming of the memorial service for Valerie Phillips begins tomorrow, Jan...
Last winter, Seminary student Haengso Hong survived falling through an icy pond...
Lots of prayers for our friend @Daphne Knecht (formerly here at Andrews and on G...
Here's an audio of today's sermon by Pastor Dwight Nelson, the first in a new se...
If you're far away (or just snowed in!) you can listen to Pastor Dwight's sermon...
A new sermon series begins today in Pioneer Memorial Church—"The Last Days"— and...
"The Sabbath day often enables us to discover new insights into our own calling...
Intricately Branched Trees That We Like On Snowy Days At Andrews University.
And so, lightly, the snowflakes begin to tangle gently loose from the heavens...
Sometimes, the JN Andrews Snow-O-Meter doesn't always work...in that case, just...
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration begins with University Forum today and c...
Andrews Facebook Fact-Checker™: The view behind the JN Andrews Sculpture.
The New & Official 2012 Andrews University Snow-O-Meter™: To make the snow-o-met...
For those of you who read this feed, we just had a great conversation about all...
The Observatory - Andrews University will be open tonight, Tuesday, January 10 f...
Someone wondered in this Newsfeed last Friday about the current timeliness of cl...
While, as you know, Andrews is second to none in putting the Winter into Spring...
A thought for the end of the Sabbath day: "All week long, we are called upon to...
If you happened to miss it earlier, here's audio of the third sermon in Pastor D...
Tucked away in Newbold Auditorium of Buller Hall, Pastor @Japhet De Oliveira is...
"But what about the Sabbath? Sabbath was made for man. It was something God prep...
Also, you can listen in to a rebroadcast of the First Service.
Join us for church if you'd like — a live stream of second service and Pastor Dw...
And....for those who are Andrews students (or about to be brand new ones this Sp...
Universities Near The South Bend Regional Airport That We Like (Which Is Also To...
The funeral for Dean Valerie Phillips will be at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 21, 20...
"You are greatly beloved." --Pastor Dwight K. Nelson
Pioneer at worship on this Christmas Eve morn.
Listen to Pastor Dwight's first sermon (December 17, 2011) in a three sermon ser...
The Birth of Jesus 1 At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a...
Your Andrews University Facebook Team will be away for the next week or so durin...
For those who find that the link doesn't work, here's a shot of our Andrews Univ...
Great music for the season (and all year round, including PMC church services an...
Adventist News Network Featured Photographs That We Like.
Some great Christmas music from our Andrews University singers in the Howard a y...
|| Grief Support Offered Today at 11 a.m. In University Towers Auditorium || S...
More precious memories of Dean Phillips on the Lamson Hall RA/SD Staff page...ou...
Some powerful words for the season from writer Philip Yancey: "The Bible affirms...
On this quieted Wednesday evening before Christmas, we love and miss our friend,...
Valerie Phillips, assistant to the dean for University Towers, was found decease...
After attending the Andrews University International Student Banquet last night,...
And to all a good night! (And to our friends in AFIA: Officially....Yum!)
Silmara and Irlacy lead out: "Silent Night, Holy Night..."
Enrique Sonduval, "O Holy Night."
Some of our students share a play about the miracle of a Christmas Eve truce dur...
Our friend, Dr Jeanette Bryson, talks about how the greatest gift of love at Chr...
...where 250 of our international students and their families are attending the...
We're at the Fil-Am Church in Berrien Springs...
Andrews Christmas Trees That We Like.
Christmas Greetings from the Alumni Team (and our president, Dr. Andreasen) That...
"Let us make no mistake about it. Redemption is drawing near. Only the question...
Dr Niels-Erik Andreasen, president, records an open and close for an Andrews Uni...
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around Andrews! Here's a peek at Chr...
Seek Snow. Affirm Faith. Change the World.
Yes....we have a snow thing going on at Andrews...
BTW, here's a thought we read this morning and find to be a great reminder of Go...
God's great blessings as Finals slip into closure...travels begin....the connect...
One of our students, Nathanael Beisiegel, recently created an amazing visual for...
The Andrews Christmas Tree.
Prayers of blessing for our students as they begin Finals Week!
JN Andrews Sculpture and Pioneer Memorial Church, 11:47 pm, Friday, December 2,...
As the blaze of sunset defines Sabbath up into the heavens and unfolds around th...
Flat Screen Displays in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, That We Like.
Here's some more info about tonight's Downtown Berrien Springs Christmas Open Ho...
We are joining our Berrien Springs neighbors tomorrow (Thursday, Dec. 1) for the...
It's a beautiful sunshine filled day, meaning it should be a great night to gaze...
Taking place now until 9 p.m. in the Smith Hall Art Gallery: "Ivan LaBianca in L...
The Observatory - Andrews University will be open tonight at 7 p.m. All are welc...
From Psalm 95: Come, let us sing to the Lord ! Let us shout joyfully to the Ro...
Volunteers are needed for a Poverty Simulation at SMCAA on November 29 from 1-4...
The Observatory - Andrews University is open tonight, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. Check ou...
Our students are starting to head out for the Thanksgiving holiday. We wish them...
Students got a ride today to the Grape Road area to do a little Christmas shopping.
The Office of Campus Ministries is working to offer support to our Berrien Sprin...
Emergency crews are working in Berrien Springs with a house fire on Valley View...
If you're not one of the 950± in Johnson Gym, follow along at the live feed link...
...professional (and up close) pix to follow in Week in Pix....we'll keep you po...
And so it begins...
Anthems, starting with Puerto Rico, Canada ("we stand on guard for thee:" in Eng...
Coach Lighthall & Opening Prayer...
(GLAA!)
And so they enter, even if hand carried (note the crutches just behind)
Puerto Rico!
Meet the gymnasts (Washington Adventist University)!
Go Acro-Squad from Spencerville!
...go Southwestern!
The United States of Texas is in the house....
...13....14...15!
"All I know is that God has been in this event. This is a Christ-centered event...
One thousand athletes from Puerto Rico, Canada and the United States...!
Lunch Boxes We Like (Behind the soundboard at Acrofest 2011).
Acrofest made local headlines! Thanks to The Herald-Palladium.
And don't forget you can watch a live feed of Acrofest, an event that brings tog...
Our homepage has gotten a subtle visual facelift complete with helpful navigatio...
We looked more carefully as the inexplicable chilled white hit our car....simply...
Gingkomania!
While the parking lots are crowded, a peek at what it looks like to serve 1,000...
We prefer to think of it as snow *mixed* with rain.....not just plain out SNOW!...
The live streaming link for Acrofest 2011 is up! Watch Acrofest Thursday and Fri...
A live stream of the second service today at PMC, including number nine in Pasto...
If you'd like to listen to his sermon later this morning (11:30 am Eastern, GMT...
Today, Pastor Dwight continues with Part 9 in his series on the Book of John; yo...
Happy Sabbath throughout the Andrews World (coming to an end in some places...in...
Thanks again for visiting Health Professions Preview, our Southern, Oakwood and...
Dr Keith Mattingly greets guests from Union College, Oakwood and Southern Advent...
Two weeks ago...
Excellent Things For A Saturday Evening at Andrews University.
Posters We Like, #2.
Posters We Like, #1.
The view from just before the President's board debriefing in the Newbold Audito...
Today's Autumn Leaf, 2.0.
Today's Autumn Leaf.
"I don't care if you quote me," says Elder Dan Jackson, president of the North A...
More scenes from the new Lamson Prayer Chapel (members of the Student Life sub-c...
The ceiling of the new prayer chapel in Lamson Hall.
...and the inside of the brochure for an event that will bring 1,000 gymnasts fr...
We're hearing about Acrofest (November 10-12) now in the board sub-committee...w...
The sub-committee continues, and we're just heard from our chaplains (Jose, Japh...
We're sitting on the board sub-committee for "Students, Leadership & Spiritual L...
And as this new week begins, a few wise words from Dietrich Bonhoeffer: “I'm sti...
Welcome to the early dark of a new Monday, a new board of trustees meeting (or a...
(Welcome again to this brand new week. May hope and God's loyal love fill your l...
"...When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence....
"God's loyal love couldn't have run out, His merciful love couuldn't have dried...
We like the way that The Message paraphrases these verses from Lamentations 3:
It is Fall, and we feel like an important acknowledgement of the season is to re...
PS: 1:52 am, All Night Football, Andrews University.
Good Sabbath Night To All (and see you in the new week)!
Reger Smith Cutting Edge Award, "Envision" magazine, Andrews University Communic...
Project Design, Best in Class, Andrews 2010-2011 Calendar; and, Photograph, Best...
Marketing/PR, Marketing Gift, Best in Class, Andrews Seek Affirm Change mug and...
New Media App, Winner: Andrews Homecoming; New Media, Email Newsletter, Winner,...
Andrews University student Kristina Penny has just won the top student communica...
Just after Sabbath sunset...west of Chicago.
Once again, just an hour from now (6 pm Eastern, GMT -4), family and friends wil...
"God loves forgiving repentant sinners. This our hope, this is our joy. *This* i...
"Never waste a crisis...!" Elder Livesay
"As we prayed and studied together in the Book of Acts, God started doing things...
"Worship is always the best when youth and young adults are involved. Our young...
Andrews University helped arrange the church service for this year's Society of...
The Sabbath Morning Sunrise, M-139 (north of the Andrews campus).
Finally, hear/watch the entire second service on Pioneer Memorial Church's live...
If you're not on campus, but still would like to listen, you can hear a rebroadc...
In PMC today, Pastor Dwight will continue his series on the Book of John with th...
Once again, this Sabbath will draw to a close on our campus as we remember and c...
Happy Sabbath morning, throughout the Andrews World!
For those who love and mourn Dean Esperanza there will be a live internet-based...
"Experience is the ability to recognize a mistake when you make it again." Dr Ro...
"America is still the indispensable nation, and we need to be the hope and beaco...
"It's nice to be here in America's heartland. In fact it's good to be anywhere o...
Funeral Services for Esperanza Alvarez-Muniz Funeral services for Esperanza Al...
On this rainy October day, a reminder to get your flu shot (like we just did)
"Welcome to Andrews where it's sunny year-round. (Pause.) It's just that it's ha...
Our friends at our sister institution, Southwestern Adventist University shared...
"There are all sorts of signs from God, but what brings us truly together is to...
"The bad news is that God doesn't have a blueprint for your life...but He *does*...
Song Service, University Preview Worship.
We remember...
Our friends, Cardinal Number, at the University Preview supper...
Just a reminder for those who want to join in memory, prayer and celebration of...
Our Best friend, Naomi, leads out in the Icebreaker for University Preview.
Welcome to our friends from Grand Rapids, Battle Creek and beyond (all 100 or so...
Things you can see while driving amidst the float of autumn leaves on M-139 (Sto...
This evening, the Andrews community is invited to a memory and prayer service in...
An updated release about Dean Esperanza's untimely death, campus grief support a...
I know that God lived in Dean Esperanza...Where do you think comfort came from?...
"When I see someone who is different that I am, it reminds me to stop and realiz...
"In the sweet by and by...that's God's promise! In the day, we shall meet Dean E...
Assistant Dean Esperanza Alvarez-Muniz, 1970-2011
Or, you can also watch the second service live via PMC's video stream at the lin...
WAUS carries a rebroadcast of the first service at 11:30 am at 90.7 FM (or via t...
Pastor Dwight continues his series on The Last Word (a series on the book of Joh...
And, from Agenda last evening, the details of the tragic accident, and a chance...
And as we remember and celebrate the heartbreaking loss of Dean Esperanza yester...
This Sabbath and in the days and years to come, we remember and celebrate the be...
There has been a tragic death in the Andrews University family. Esperanza Alvare...
As Sabbath unfolds here in a rainy windy eve in southwest Michigan, and througho...
If you're a successful Andrews University student reading this on Facebook, it t...
Bushels of Apples We Like (From Our Friends in the Department of Agriculture).
With a murmuring drizzle of rain (after a week or so of warm and sunbashed days)...
A post-recess message we found on Gum Guy's page...Yuletide anticipation and all!
Happy Fall Recess!
Happy Fall Recess! When you come back and move into the home stretch of this sem...
Deliverance Mass Choir reunion concert in final rehearsal for tonight's concert...
Finally, if you'd like to watch the entire second service online, check out this...
Also, if you haven't been following it, Pastor Dwight has a Fourth Watch Blog on...
If you aren't on campus today and can't attend either the New Life Anniversary C...
The New Life Fellowship 20th Anniversary Celebration continues through this even...
Today, at Pioneer Memorial Church, Pastor Dwight continued in his series of "The...
Silent Praise (first concert event for the New Life 20th Anniversary Celebration...
(By the way, the anniversary celebrations for New Life are in the Howard this we...
Tonight the New Life Anniversary Celebration begins with a reunion of Silent Pra...
YouTube Videos We Like From Our School of Architecture (and its very creative st...
Dean Buckley's shoes on his last day at Andrews before he assumes his new role a...
We wrote here yesterday about Dr. Andreasen's remarks on health care education;...
Joining in the celebration was Dr Rudi Bailey, fellow Canadian and owner of natt...
...for one of Canada's newest citizens: Our provost, Dr Andrea Luxton (who kept...
Canadian cupcakes (red velvet and white frosting)....
Gymnics (Gymnic) at the University Preview earlier today.
"Group Two will be with me..." Naomi Best, Public School Enrollment Coordinator
"We have come to worship the Lord!" Deliverance
Somewhere between 75 and 100 area public school students are visiting Andrews to...
"Half of the fastest growing professions in this next decade will be in health c...
The birthday cake that went with Dr Andreasen's belated birthday song (he said h...
"Thank you for the belated wishes; actually I've stopped counting birthdays," Dr...
A pic from last evening's Homecoming Gala, which featured our University Singers...
Wagon ride leaving from Harvest picnic filled with alumni and their families.
Alumni enjoy time around the campfire at Harvest Picnic.
To follow along (visually) with some of the on-campus events for this year's Alu...
"Will there be a generation that says, I'm tired of waiting...I want to go Home....
"Where the passion of Adventism today? Where's the fire today? When was the last...
"Kierkegaard was right, we have somehow turned wine into water. John intends tha...
"Let me just talk one on one with you; has the wine in your journey turned to wa...
Finally, if you'd like to watch and listen all at once, Pioneer Memorial Church...
If you haven't come home for Alumni Weekend, or are farther away and would like...
Also, if you've missed you've missed the first four sermons in this series, you...
Today for Homecoming, Pastor Dwight continues his series on the book of John in...
A Sabbath morning sky that is a much better way to welcome our (alumni) friends...
For those who have come home to remember their journey...for those who are amids...
Here's the rest of the schedule online (along with some pix of what has already...
So sorry to inform everyone -- because of the inclement weather, the Alumni Para...
"If I had known how many speeches I had to give as President, I might have turne...
Alumni who attended five decades ago, the 1960s, stand to be recognized, along w...
Graduates from the 1930s (!) and 1940s and beyond now standing as part of the we...
As Homecoming begins, what are some of *your* favorite memories of Andrews Unive...
"We used to have a road called College Avenue up until 1961...then we had Univer...
We're at the beginning of it all, the Spirit of Philanthropy Homecoming Banquet.
"It's all about Jesus! More of Jesus and less of me. Some of us think it's 'Jesu...
"God does not need your permission to decide who will speak for Him..." Chaplain...
Chapel transportation of the two-wheeled and one-wheeled variety.
Home of Homecoming Picnics...
More evidence Alumni Homecoming draweth nigh (Flag Raising, 6:30 pm, Friday: ht...
Today's Favorite Pre-Order For Our iPhone (or Mac or PC). Release Date: 10.10.11!
Welcome Home, indeed....! Homecoming begins tomorrow (alumni.andrews.edu for a f...
Tonight's Official Futebol Photo.
You're invited to be part of two great Andrews traditions--This Friday, Septembe...
"Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings." - Jonathan Lockwood Wha...
It was simple...and simply wonderful...to have a concert where every song began...
PS: You can "Like" them, too, on their own Facebook page.
Tonight! Committed! The Howard! The show is sold out, so even if you can't come...
"Foot washing: It's a small idea, but if the God of the Universe is willing to d...
If you can't join us today at PMC, but would like to watch the second service, c...
In case you missed last's week fourth sermon in the series "The Last Word" (whic...
A great video from this year's Worship and Music Conference for a Sabbath mornin...
On this early Sabbath morning, rains gently fall on the campus of Andrews Univer...
Fall Week of Spiritual Emphasis ends today at Pioneer Memorial Church, with the...
As Sabbath unfolds throughout the Andrews World...Happy Sabbath, Feliz Sabado, B...
"God isn't running away from us...we are running away from Him. He wants to be w...
"When God's Light shines us, we can see out brokenness, but it also it gives us...
The grasses grow tall on the Andrews prairie...
Our own Dr. Peter Pribis made it onto the local airwaves today with results of h...
Capturing interest nationwide right now is a recent study by our own Dr. Peter P...
It is a sunbashed afternoon here in Michiana (or, to quote Dr. Mattingly, "welco...
You may have missed the piece on salvation in a recent Adventist World by our ch...
Earlier today, we sat in on a meeting with our friends in the Bachelor of Scienc...
One of the fun pix from Week in Pictures (get the whole gallery by clicking on t...
Travel back in time with a most excellent Week in Pictures from this week's Agen...
Week in Spiritual Emphasis continues this morning at Pioneer at 11:30 am Eastern...
A great piece from North Carolina yesterday talks about businesses with a consci...
Brian wisely asks if we can watch Week of Prayer; you should be able to do so at...
Pray for and with us as the Fall Week of Spiritual Emphasis begins here on the...
The winning class(es), class rankings and more pix to come next week! (And, for...
And in the end...a draw...Juniors/Seniors and Grad in a tie.
Well, maybe a little more Cattle Pull; Juniors/Seniors vs Grads...
While your Andrews University Facebook Team won't be here until the end of the p...
(Juniors/Seniors win)
(Graduate wins!)
"The Star Spangled Banner"
"Annie Oakley"
The Most Excellent Freshman Coaches, the Perry's!
The Head Sheriff and Yee Haw Founder of Almost Anything Goes, Dr David Faehner,...
Goes! (May the best class win!)
Anything!
Almost!
It is a chilled near-autumn eve in late September at Andrews University, and nea...
Our friends Shelli and Paul are getting married this December, and Paul introduc...
The first potluck of the year for the Brazilian Club: "Comida e gostosa!"
We are proud to be honorary permanent members of the Brazilian Club, whose Spons...
7 simple steps on how to share Jesus: #1—First, meet Jesus yourself. #2—Spend...
The seven steps from today's sermon...
"...Like Philip when he found the Saviour, we shall invite others into His prese...
From today's sermon (and Steps to Christ, Chapter 9): "No sooner does one come t...
"Everything prior in John the Baptist's life is prelude to this single sentence...
"It was a sun-baked, wilderness moment when the Word made Flesh first made His a...
And from last week, part 3 of Pastor Dwight's series...including some reflection...
The second sermon in the series...
We're thankful for a campus that is filled with prayer...praying people...and Go...
Prayer Thought: Father, we pray for knowledge & spiritual understanding for the...
[These prayers were for Buller and Nethery Halls and Johnson Gym] Bible Verse:...
Here on our campus, Katrina Blue is in charge of the PMC Prayer Ministries, whic...
Tonight! Freshman Concert @ 8 pm — organized, in part, by our Best Friend, Naomi...
The Shoes: Dean Buckley after AUSA Assembly.
Yup: Autumn is upon us...
There's a great piece in this week's Newsweek that talks about a growing number...
It's almost here! Yee haw! (Pix to follow Saturday night..)
Rainbow over the Springs...
"Ultimately, it is our redemption, not our perfection, that looks unique. It is...
"When we find the gospel to be true and start to wrestle with the implications,...
Good Thursday morning Andrews world! We like this quote by Christian writer Dan...
We like the fact that Chan Shun Hall has its own mailbox...
Calling all Student Missionaries, former Student Missionaries...and anyone inter...
Great Lakes Adventist Academy treats Students (some) to Taco Bell on a Saturday...
Richard Orrison, long-time member of the Andrews University faculty, passed away...
Andrews University’s New Life Fellowship is celebrating its 20th Anniversary on...
Andrews University Gymnics had a clinic at Great Lakes Adventist Academy on Sept...
Before the graduation service, traditional Vietnamese music.
Drs Arthur, Stemmbridge and Andreasen (left to right) head into the graduation s...
Dr Andreasen, Hanoi MBA Grad: "I became fascinated with the idea of internationa...
A crisp, sunny autumn morning at Andrews.
Our friends, the greeters, with gift packs of information outside this afternoon...
Dr Andreasen makes a point at a seminar about American (and global) higher educa...
Dr Andreasen talks to an English as a Second Language class at The University of...
Dr Nam, president of The University of Danang, and our friend, Dr Andreasen, pre...
Take a look at photos from the One project, Labor Day Blast and Cardinal men's s...
Dr Andreasen: "I'd like to encourage all of you to stick with it, because in a y...
Dr Andreasen, photographed earlier in the year doing the presidential conferring...
Tonight we are at The Legend Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City to welcome 100 new Global...
"...and on our campus, at our graduations, our students can speak a hundred diff...
"Andrews and Griggs University is committed to international education, even tho...
Dr Andreasen: "I want to congratulate you, and it's a pleasure to be with you. M...
Graduation soon to begin in Ho Chi Minh City in the Hotel Continental Saigon.
And from Seoul, Korea.....happy Sabbath afternoon (happy Sabbath morning to be b...
Finally, if you'd like to watch the entire second service as it happens, PMC now...
As we mentioned below, you can catch Pastor Dwight's sermon today on a rebroadca...
This morning at Pioneer Memorial Church on campus, Pastor Dwight continues his s...
And, before a long trans-Pacific flight...great and wondrous Sabbath blessings w...
End of Week Two: Some worthy words to the wise among us for succeeding at this l...
The proof is in the bicycles; a year of Thursday chapels begins...
Posters We Like.
State of the University, University Convocation, Party on the Green, Opening Nig...
Ever wonder about your purpose and calling in life, especially as you begin or r...
And...this Sunday...welcome to the second week of school at Andrews...and whatev...
If you missed yesterday's great sermon by Pastor Dwight, the first part of a ser...
Tonight is opening night of the 2011-2012 Concert Series at the Howard Performin...
On this brilliant sunny Sabbath morn in southwest Michigan, God bless again as w...
Also, thanks to PMC, you can watch the whole second service live (also at 11:30...
We realize not everyone can join us today...there are two ways, though, that whe...
Today at Pioneer Memorial Church, a whole new school year of Sabbaths begin and...
In the starry unfolding here (and daylight elsewhere)....and the Spirit of God e...
The Lady Cardinal soccer team will kick off their first game of the season today...
Get your spot in the Cast! Pictures for the annual student directory will be sna...
Now open for business (our new residence hall for grad women and older undergrad...
Friday morning, 6:48. The last day of the first week of school begins...and the...
We're glad you're back, too, and sincerely apologize for not including you in th...
Earlier today, during University Convocation, we welcomed and acknowledged a who...
We're with Nick (and 12 more friends) from Korea who are here studying English a...
Each year at University Convocation, Dave Faehner, vice president for University...
It's official... Committed tickets (Sept. 25 concert) are sold out!
And....the post-Convocation Party on the Green.
"As SDA Christians, we believe this world is not our permanent home, but we also...
Our hidden cameras followed Dr Andreasen as he went to his own new second job (s...
2. Our basketball team won a national championship. The Cardinal was pretty exci...
5. World class motto: "Seek Knowledge. Affirm Faith. Change the Weather." 4. McD...
Dave's Top Ten: 10. Unlike Lamson Hall with firm curfews, Damazo Hall shares a l...
Andrews University Students, University Convocation, 2011.
The school song!
The regalia gathers...
Moments from now, the 2011 Andrews University Convocation.
Welcome to what our friend Dr. Keith Mattingly might call "another beautiful day...
The Provost, Dr Andrea Luxton, speaks of the global perspectives needed for Andr...
"We needed to invest in the heart of Andrews University...and Buller Hall is the...
Dr Andreasen talks about the State of the University, remarking on the significa...
Students: Committed tickets are only available to YOU right now, and there are j...
"I'll complete what I promised God I'd do, and I'll do it in company with His pe...
A Psalm for the day (the last part of 116):
Welcome to Day Three! Need to improve (or learn how to do better) note-taking? H...
Back to School for Berrien Springs - Bus Schedules, Lunch Menus, School Supplies and more
As friendships are made (and renewed)...a great article about God-honoring frien...
And, on this first night of school...sweet dreams!
Once again, thanks everyone in the Andrews family for your patience on this sign...
We got a call a short while ago from our Chief Information Officer, Lorena Bidwe...
And finally, in this evening's advice round-up...whether you're brand new this y...
If you haven't checked out Adventist Youth Space's Prayer Wall, it gives you a c...
This is the time of year when pre-med majors are dawning everywhere you look; so...
First Official Unicycle Pic of the Year.
Andrews Students: Need to find your class? Stop by any of the academic dean's of...
We apologize that the computer system on campus isn't working (which means, in f...
And on this first day of classes, new school year sidewalk usage begins...
And the other step for success at Andrews is to continue to know God personally...
And also for that first week of class, some words of wisdom from a Prof at the C...
"Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord, and you will gai...
"My child [and university student; Andrews addition!] listen to what I say,...
Welcome to the First Day of the 2011-2012 School Year at Andrews University. Som...
(The hand of Pastor Ron at work...)
All Fired Up! (literally) picnic for our new undergrads...
We mentioned the Berrien County Youth Fair recently. Andrews was there in force,...
New graduate students @ Andrews are soon to receive an Andrews Study Bible from...
New Graduate Students Orientation ("Be Changed...Then Change The World") about t...
The US View.
A look at the Andrews University world through new undergrad students (or, their...
Welcome to New School Year Eve!
"..All rest, all impurity, all care and anxiety flee before Him. Therefore, at t...
"For Christians the beginning of the day should not be burdened and oppressed wi...
Some great thoughts for the morning from Dietrich Bonhoeffer:
This is it....the Sunday before the Monday! Welcome to final steps of financial...
And so...within hours...it begins! May God bless, indeed, every single corner an...
Returning students will return, the brand new Buller Hall will begin to host stu...
We just visited a friend of ours who is recovering from heart surgery, and on th...
Finally, if you'd like some detailed reading and reflection on the Sabbath in th...
"...Unless we trust God's sovereignty, we don't dare risk Sabbath. And unless we...
"Sabbath-keeping requires two orientations. One is Godward. The other is timewar...
Or, if you're close enough to listen in to our campus station, WAUS-FM (90.7 on...
If you'd like to watch today's sermon live (we were joined last week, internet-w...
On campus here, Pastor Dwight continues his series on "Life Lessons from Alaska"...
Happy Michigan (Thunderstorm-y) Sabbath Morning! Our new freshmen who live in ou...
"Is it too early to say Happy Sabbath?" "HAPPY SABBATH!" (All of us in response...)
New Student Fusion soon to begin...
Mocha Latte (Creme de la Creme) Family Group Supper @ Mr & Mrs Gum Guy's House f...
Once again, on this pre-school year Sabbath...may God bring order and the holy i...
"...are set aside by being put in order and thus integrated into our present exp...
"...not in the way a teacher may look back upon the past of a student at examina...
"...can worship on the day of rest really produce such a response and offer us s...
Motel Signs on Old US 31 That We Like.
Fall Fellowship, All Fired Up!, First Stop, Berrien County Youth Fair--it's all...
The Friday View: The sun-dappled path through the trees that leadeth unto All Fi...
Welcome to Sabbath Eve (all over the world!) and the last Friday before Monday's...
The Andrews University Heroes of Summer: Lawn Mowing Division.
Illumined leaves and one big white tent: All Fired Up! (Day Two)
The grand, glorious, giddy, welcoming gauntlet of welcome right deep into the ha...
Pastor Dave (Ferguson, head of Undergraduate Leadership Program on campus) leads...
Please help us spread the word to returning AU Students -> Committed's concert a...
Free popcorn at the Andrews University Bookstore when you buy books (or even if...
Sombrero Optional!
New students putting the Nacho to the Libre (and meeting campus clubs and depart...
First Stoppin' continues...and we continually to happily welcome our new friends...
Things We Like: New Students Eating Lunch at Dining Services (tag yourself accor...
Just past "Hole 16" on our campus' flying disc (aka Frisbee) golf course, the Al...
Sunday, 25 September @ The Howard: Our very own Committed (we at least claim, ha...
Steve Yeagley, coordinator of all things New Student Orientation, stops by the g...
Steve Yeagley, coordinator of all things New Student Orientation, stops by the g...
Advisor Breakfast under way, including our friends from Biology.
Advisor Breakfast under way, including our friends from Biology.
And, of course, hundreds of you are brand new to this university thing. This wee...
Thanks to each of you who have entrusted the gift of your child to us here at An...
Over the first few days of this week, a lot of parents have said good-bye (or wi...
And so the All Fired Up! tent gets its start.... (AFU! begins Wednesday night...)
And our friend Ezra, in violin and voice leads us in a closing hymn of "Be Thou...
Pastor Tim leads out in a prayer of dedication amidst the ringing of the old Net...
Pastor Japhet shares bookmarks to go with the new Bibles...
Ricardo's Andrews Study Bible.
Students go to receive their Andrews Study Bible.
Pastor Dwight and President Andreasen greet students.
Dean Faehner gets ready for a new Andrews tradition "Bridge To Your Future" (new...
New school year, new autumn leaf (the sneak preview edition).
New Parent Orientation Breakfast.
(And, yes, happy new week...happy new school year!!! God bless...
If you didn't get a chance to grab your New Student Orientation Guide (or, if yo...
By the way, if you happened to miss First Stop today and you're a new student, j...
Unofficial Prediction of the 2011-2012 Campus Phenom: Long Skateboards.
Corn Roast!
And lest we forget, Berrien County Youth Fair starts tomorrow; Elephant Ears and...
Christian gets his Cast photo taken...
Today's Update on Student Life Dean Paul Buckley's Cool Shoes.
Our friend Adele from Wisconsin (who loves the Beatles), gets the very first ID...
...begin their First Stopping in the Howard.....
Anna and her family, from Georgia, who we saw second in line a short while ago...
Once again: howard.andrews.edu.
And speaking of the Howard, check out their great new season, including Committe...
Behind the Scenes (before the doors open): Perhaps most importantly, this small...
Behind the Scenes (before the doors open): After the shot is taken for the ID ca...
Behind The Scenes (before the doors open): One of the key parts of First Stop is...
(The taken while stopped in our car first shot of the traditional loaded for sch...
Our first friends in line today (from left to right, they are from California, G...
First Stop! 28 minutes!
And so, tomorrow....First Stop and the 2011-2012 school year....begins! God bles...
Our friend Alice Hyde, a student at Andrews, recently won a contest to share her...
"...For the Israelite, Kippur symbolized the purification of the world, a true r...
"In a way, Kippur reminds us, then, of the weekly Sabbath, evoking like that day...
Last week, we shared a great thought on seminary by our Professor, Jacques Doukh...
Again, wherever you are in the world and however you are celebrating your Sabbat...
Finally, as always, you can listen in thanks for our friends at WAUS (90.7 FM)....
Pastor Dwight's sermon today is titled “Life Lessons from Alaska (1): The Kingdo...
If you're a new student yet to arrive, or a current student ready to ramp up for...
An early Happy Sabbath, Shabbat Shalom, Feliz Sabado all over the world and at A...
(And if you're returning, too...100% gospel truth!)
48 hours from just about now on Sunday, First Stop begins (and goes to 6 pm) at...
Next week, behind this "A" and this "U," a white tent will rise up towards the h...
Song Service: "In Christ alone, my hope is found, He is my light, my strength, m...
The lakeshore in question...
We're crashing the Lamson Hall RA Retreat on the shores of Lake Michigan, where...
...and waiting for business!
Open...
If you are in the Berrien Springs area tonight, there's a free concert at 7 p.m....
Some great things are happening with our distance education friends (now part of...
For those who are attending this year and have already wisely registered for cla...
Remaining evidence of yesterday evening's doozy of a thunder/hail/wind storm her...
Somewhat Inexplicable University Towers Bulletin Board Posters That We Like.
Congrats to Alice Hyde (Andrew's own) for winning the Pulse FM CELL PHONE SUPERS...
Also, if you're brand new this year as a undergraduate this year at Andrews...be...
Gum Guy, it appears, wishes to continue to weigh in: "And....if you're a returni...
One week from today: First Stop!!! If you're a new undergrad at Andrews (a fresh...
"...We spend time in prayer, searching for His will and resting in His presence....
"...During our worship times, we praise God and adore Him, focus on who He is an...
"We choose to spend our time, especially on Sabbath days, in company with others...
Or, if you'd like to watch the entire second service online, Pioneer Memorial Ch...
This morning on campus, our friend Pastor Esther Knott will be preaching the ser...
Welcome to the last Sabbath in Southwest Michigan before Fall Fellowship, First...
Our friends from Nuevo Tiempo in the Inter-American Division are at the Siegfrie...
Alice Hyde, one of our Andrews students is one of two finalists in the Christian...
Concrete Engravings We Like.
Posters We Like.
If you're planning to attend Andrews for the first time as an undergraduate this...
Graduation: The Day After.
Just a couple of days ago, we officially opened Buller Hall, half of the new Und...
Some great photos over on the Griggs page from the arrival of our friends from V...
"Before you retire, save...before you die, visit Jamaica...or....before you die,...
"Do thing God values. Because He unconditionally values, so should you. Before y...
"Graduates you will continue to build a better world by a life determined to mak...
"When you walk with the Lord, your destination will be good." Dr. Weymouth Spenc...
J. N. Andrews Medallion: Dr. Richard Davidson
The processional on summer grad has just begun; if you're not with us, follow al...
The Alumni House congratulates its future members...
Watch for a video of the entire graduate processional after today's ceremonies.
(No breeze for display, but the Vietnamese flag at one end of the Flag Mall.)
Just arriving on campus, our Griggs MBA grads from Vietnam.
The final moments of calm...
Where the flags come from for Summer Grad.... (Thanks, friends!)
Happy, sun-blissed summer graduation morning. Flag-drenched pix to follow (and w...
One of the high points of summer graduation this year are the Griggs MBA graduat...
"Make sure you go from this weekend with a conscious sense of the call, of the C...
May God bless on this day of commitment to, understanding of and transition to t...
Happy Baccalaureate Sabbath Morning this Summer Graduation Weekend! Our Board Ch...
Happy Sabbath, Blessed Grad Weekend, Feliz Sabado, Shabbat Shalom!
Tune in to Consecration via this link (apologies for the shortcomings of iPhone...
And the actual cutting of the ribbon.
President Andreasen offered words of thanks at this morning's ribbon cutting cer...
If you'd like to join us for Consecration this evening (8 pm Eastern, GMT -4), b...
"...A robust devotional life causes us to live better, which helps us write our...
"...There is a critical and prophetic power about them. We are not just believin...
"Our devotion time is not to be an end in itself; it is to be a spiraling proces...
A great thought for our devotional lives (and an important reminder for grad wee...
Today's a big day on the Andrews campus--the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Buller...
Welcome to summer graduation weekend (as our friends from Alumni just noted, it...
The Summer Graduation Picnic, hosted by Alumni Services, is today at 6p.m. Lear...
What's the most important thing(s) you are packing in your suitcase for Andrews...
Our Seminary's Natural Remedies and Hydrotherapy Workshop is full! But there's always next year!
"...finding the rhythm and grace in this sacred effort of waiting teaches us to renew our hearts through divine resources instead of conjuring up some pseudo-strength of our own. Waiting goes against our natural instincts. But when we stop and wai
"In essence, true spiritual renewal arrives when we become boldly aware of our own weakness. The exposure is painful, but in these moments we are closer to God than we could know. When we wait on God, we develop an expectant faith, pregnant with hop
Some great thoughts on spiritual patience from Brian Orme:
Yearbook Covers We Like (thanks Alumni House!).
Also, PMC now does a live stream video of their second service (again, starting around 11:30 am, GMT -5). You can watch that live stream at the link below (again, featuring Walter Rogers as today's preacher).
Our old friend Walter Rogers (going all the way back to the 90s, in Canada!), who does a great and world-changing ministry among kids in Benton Harbor, is preaching the sermon today at Pioneer Memorial Church. If you're not here on campus, you can l
"It is one of life's highest rewards, a source of strength and inspiration to endure tribulation, to live nobly. The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired."
Welcome to Griggs University & International Academy! Last week, a welcome reception was hosted in the new Griggs Hall. Here are a few photos from the event:
While it's not yet open today, here's some of the great produce currently being sold at our Andrews University Farm Stand in the parking lot of Neighbor to Neighbor (just past Apple Valley Market and a corn field as you head towards downtown Be
"... In our home there is no sorrow, there is no disease, there is no end to joy (Revelation 21:4). In our home our treasure does not fail, there is no thief to steal, no moneybag to grow old (Luke 12:33)."
"We, the family, walk as sojourners (1 Peter 2:11), as travelers, loving and serving the people around us, all the while remembering we will one day be home. A home that has been prepared for us (John 14:3), where we will live in ever increasing joy
Good (albeit probably really warm/hot) Thursday! We liked this thought about our ultimate home, heaven:
Happily, though, at 95 degrees, things are much cooler downtown.
Interested in teacher certification? Our colleagues at Griggs offer you seven distance ed classes that can help you reach your goal of NAD teacher certification... Find out more on their new Facebook page ("Like" the page, too, so you can follo
Outside the Seminary, 2:02 pm.
Our School of Ed has a busy week, from Leadership/Educational Administration to Curriculum and Instruction (who help train the best prepared future teachers of any college or university in the state of Michigan....for three years running, the only perfec
If you live locally and are interested in fresh fruits and veggies please stop by the parking lot of Neighbor to Neighbor in Berrien Springs and check out the Andrews University Farm produce stand. There are peaches to berries to squash at reasonable pri
We're big fans of Griggs University/International Academy, now owned and operated by Andrews University. They've got their own page, and we encourage you to follow along as they settle in here in Berrien Springs and reach out around the world.
Earlier today, we visited our friend Alayne Thorpe, newly moved president of Griggs and dean of the School of Distance Education, and found this uber-cool floral arrangement on her desk.
We may have missed this nice new sign on Friday...
The new guest rooms at Damazo Hall (part of University Towers).
Entrance to the History Department.
The Student Lounge on the first floor of Buller.
The Bridge, Exterior, 10:22 am.
(Posters We Like.)
Final touches on the bridge between Buller and Nethery in the new Undergraduate Learning Center.
Behavioral Sciences.
The new auditorium...
The Prayer Chapel (Interior).
More sneak peeks at Buller (Ribbon cutting a week from Friday).
The new Prayer Chapel at Buller Hall.
We also invite you to watch the entire second service live through PMC's video stream at the online link below. You can join us—even if you're not on campus—by clicking on the link below around 11:30 am Eastern (GMT -5).
Once more, we invite you to listen in/watch to our new evangelism pastor at PMC, Rodlie Ortiz, as he shares his personal testimony during his sermon today "What Will You Risk To Experience The Presence of God." You can listen to a rebroadcast o
Come to PMC if you're here at 8:15 am or 11:20 am (Eastern time, GMT -5). However, if you're not on campus, we'll share more details on Sabbath morning about how to connect and listen in/watch... Once again, Shabbat Shalom!
If you're on campus tomorrow, we invite you to come listen to our friend Rodlie Ortiz, the new evangelism pastor at Pioneer Memorial Church. We got a note from him earlier this week, and he wrote that his sermon will be titled "'What Will
Happy, Blessed Sabbath...wherever you are in the world...!
"...Our concentration on who God is, as part of our Sabbath keeping, gives us a new framework in which to refocus our thinking in the days to come." || Marva J. Dawn, "Keeping the Sabbath Wholly"
"...but the Truth that nevertheless prevails and gives us hope is that our gracious God is still sovereign over the universe and (is) ultimately bringing His purposes to completion. This broader perspective re-establishes our bearings..."
The Founder, Frederick Griggs.
Today, we welcome Griggs to our campus and Griggs Hall (aka the Lake Union building).
Our School of Architecture and Professor Mark Moreno are making local headlines with a great summer program for kids they offer each year!
Berrien County Youth Fair 2011
On a belated note, weather drama whipped through Berrien Springs and Andrews University this past Monday with a destructive thunder, lightning and wind storm. One example of the effects of the storm could be found with this grand old tree, partially dest
"How Sweet Are The Tidings," Level IV.
Level III performs "Turn, Turn, Turn" for Action America graduation ceremonies at Andrews University...
The animals are back to St Joseph, Don Quixote influences and all.
Monday, 4;55 pm
The Student Movement is seeking staff for their 2011-12 year! They need students interested in being an editor of news, sports, arts & entertainment, religion and politics or lifestyle, as well as those who might like to become a writer or photograph
Join us for the first annual Leadership Conference, a unique two-day opportunity to learn about your strengths and potential for vibrant and creative leadership. Sponsored by the Office of the Graduate Dean, the Graduate Student Association, the Departme
If you live near Andrews, the School of Architecture's Renaissance Kids Summer Day Camp still has a few spots open for Session 6, which runs July 11-20.
Wherever you are in the world, God's incredible blessings to you and Happy Sabbath, Feliz Sabado, Shabbat Shalom! (Feel free to add your own language!)
A Sabbath quote for Fourth of July weekend here in the US, from Abraham Heschel: "It must always be remembered that the Sabbath is not an occasion for diversion or frivolity; not a day to shoot fireworks or to turn somersaults, but an opportunity to
Friends from Adventist universities and church organizations in Colombia, Peru. and Brazil, here for Action America, meet with the President and Provost.
The Griggs Bookstore takes shape at Andrews University in its new Lake Union Conference outpost...
...and the pink blue explosion of hydrangeas...
At 5:58 pm and 79 degrees Farenheit...and the only thing interrupting a silent campus is the scamper of a chipmunk...
Your Andrews University Facebook Team member ran out of battery before Dr Fortin finished his sermon at Lake Region Conference Ordination. Since our notes are less than legible (!!!), we'd like to share a couple of Dr Fortin's powerful points f
By the way, our good friend Elynda Bedney (director of Student Financial Services at Andrews), holds an important role as president of the Lake Region Conference Shepherdess Association (and we like her hat a great deal!).
"Where was Goliath from?" (Gath...correctly answered by the young lady second from the right for 10 points).
The clock is set...and the teams buzz in!
(The technology behind Bible Bowl.)
Youth Tent, Camp Wagner (Just before Bible Bowl.)
"I was in a sad, mad, bad place...but the heavens opened up and Glory came down and filled my soul! ...your extremity is God's opportunity!" Our friend Dr Lael Caesar, Sermon, Lake Region Camp Meeting
"And for the first time in five years I got down on my knees and prayed. Here's what I prayed: 'I don't know you God...but you're my dad's God and he has been serving you for 60 years...if You're real I need You to help
Song Service, Bradford Pavilion. ["They shouted out their oath of loyalty to the Lord with trumpets blaring and rams' horns sounding." (2 Chronicles 15:14 NLT)]
Another beautiful camp meeting Sabbath for Lake Region at Camp Wagner in Cassopolis (the still under construction Youth Pavilion is on the horizon...).
Proverbs 29:18: "Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he."
Our Continuing Series On Hydrangeas We Like At Andrews University.
The back-up supply.
Flags We Like in the International Student Services Office.
Welcome to our friends from around the world (including Colombia and Brazil) who are here for our annual Action America intensive English and American culture program.
Elder Keith Gray: "Every day, we will say in our hearts, 'I have decided to follow Jesus!'"
Elder Keith Gray: "One of the reasons you have trouble connecting with Jesus is because we're connected to too many things. As a result, this is the decision you have to make, whether the flesh or the Spirit will win. We think if you don't
Our friend, Elder Keith Gray (formerly part of the enrollment team at Andrews; now part of the staff at our great sister institution, Southwestern Adventist University), is preaching today in the Youth Tent on this text from 1 Samuel 20: "At last Jo
"I want to praise, praise...praise Him all the time!"
"Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their ancestors I would give them. Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate fro
For the text this morning at Lake Region Camp Meeting, we read Joshua 1:1-7 responsively, including these great texts at the end, verses 6 and 7:
What the Youth Pavilion at Camp Wagner will look like when construction is complete (the steel framework and floor/foundation is in place now).
Elder Bedney: "Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on him while He is near." Isaiah 55:6
(This member of your Andrews University Facebook Team is also honored to serve as a member of the Lake Region Conference Campmeeting Usher staff...)
We're blessed to spend Sabbath morning at Lake Region Camp Meeting out at Camp Wagner in Cassopolis. The theme, "Toward A Clearer Vision," I'd based on Proverbs 29:18: "Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint;
Hydrangeas We Like On A Friday Afternoon On The Campus Of Andrews University.
Signs We Like In The South Bend Regional Airport.
PPS Dr John Fowler, after 53 years of service to the church and work, most recently, as associate director of the GC's Dept of Education, is the gentleman whose retirement was acknowledged today at the General Conference...
Sitar playing (and more) at the retirement event today at the GC...
We're here at the General Conference today, meeting with our colleagues from Griggs University and International Academy, who make their move to Berrien Springs and Andrews University a month from now. Also at the GC today, a special event involving
Today, the Andrews family says good-bye to our dear friend Barb Friesen who spent nearly four decades on our campus, teaching generations to swim, hike, canoe and more...and for the last seven years as an Assistant to the President, with responsibilities
This is the board meeting, by the way, where once every five years the administration of Andrews (president and vice presidents) are elected, and board chair, Elder Benjamin Schoun, has just announced the reelection of the current administration of Andre
President Andreasen gives the worship to the June Board of Trustees (meeting for the first time in the Council Chambers of the Lake Union Conference building, now owned by Andrews University to house the School of Distance Education, including Griggs Uni
God's blessings, wherever you are, as this brilliant June week begins...
"The more clearly we learn to recognize that the ground and strength and promise of all our community is in Jesus Christ alone, the more calmly we will learn to think about our community and pray and hope for it."
We like these words by Dietrich Bonhoeffer about the source of true strength in Christian community:
The Newlyweds.
We've stopped by the Howard, where our friends (Chaplain) Keren Toms and Casey Graves have just become Mr and Mrs Graves.
During today's retreat, Elder Benjamin Schoun, board chair, Dr Niels-Erik Andreasen, president, and Dr Edwin Hernandez, board member, take part in a case study discussion about how to strengthen and perhaps even change the Adventist education offere
The beautiful centerpieces for the Board lunch from our friends at Dining Services.
This afternoon the Andrews University board is gathering at the Adventist Frontier Missions Retreat Center (which is the training site for AFM missionaries before they go serve around the world). The Center is on the site of the old Pennellwood Resort (b
And this morning's text, with great thoughts about making the choice to serve God alone!
Our campus FM station also carries a rebroadcast of the first service at PMC, also at 11:30 am Eastern (GMT -4). Listen in on 90.7 FM if you're within broadcast range...or click on the link below for an internet stream of that service at the same ti
Welcome to a brilliant Sabbath morning here in southwest Michigan. If you'd like to join us at PMC, thanks to the internet, you can watch second service, live, via the PMC website feed (starting around 11:30 am Eastern, GMT -4). Just click below at
We like verse 9 from Great Lakes Adventist Academy's Baccalaureate Scripture reading this morning (II Timothy 1:8-10): "For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was His plan f
Lake Union academy grads get a Bible from Andrews this year (act surprised if you are a graduating senior!), and this is what it says on the bookplate.
New Department of Engineering & Computer Science Trailers That We Like.
...and, if you know the right places to look, the campus is also awash in flowers. Wondrous, these final days of Spring!
This member of the Andrews University Facebook Team is happy to be back home and on campus, where it is one of those blissfully perfect sunbashed May afternoons here at Andrews with nothin' but blue skies overhead...
Gymnics Home Show Video Fans rejoice! James Gigante: I finally have the Gymnics Homeshow DVDs from 2006 and forward all available! Copy the links below to order! 2006
(And:) "What is also implicit in the Sabbath command is our need for restoration. God ceased from creating, not because He needed rest or restoration, but because we do and God wanted to set the precedent, to lead by example."
"Cease from what is necessary. Embrace that which gives life. These two things, taken together, make up Sabbath's golden rule."
Most importantly, wherever you worship, or have worshipped, on this Sabbath — Happy Sabbath, Feliz Sabado, Shabbat Shalom — around the world! We like the following words from Mark Buchanan's book "The Rest of God" about this re
And, finally, as you know....you can now join a live video stream of PMC's second service each week on the internet. Just click on the link below at the time listed.
If you're close enough to pick up WAUS 90.7 FM on your radio, you can listen to a rebroadcast of today's first service at 11:30 am (or, if your antenna isn't quite tall enough, click on the link below at that time!).
Today, the series "The Gospel According to Gabriel" continues, and you can download a study guide here.
Last week, Pastor Dwight Nelson began his series on "The Gospel According to Gabriel" — if you missed it, you can watch the first sermon in that series by clicking on the link below.
Adventist Enrollment Association Meetings 2011 near an end in the auditorium of Canadian University College.
The Adventist Enrollment Association now moves to the beautiful hilltop campus of our host Canadian University College, former home (either academically or as an employer) to, at the very least, academic deans of two schools/colleges at Andrews (Educatio
This morning, Cleon White of Andrews Academy was featured as a 16 Excellence in Education award winner!
The Canadian Rockies (co-starring the Andrews enrollment team, here in Banff for the previously mentioned Canadian University College-hosted Adventist Enrollment Association meetings).
With Air Canada complications, NAD President Dan Jackson instead visits his home conference of Alberta (and the Adventist Enrollment Association) via Skype to weigh in on the mission and possibilities of Adventist higher education.
See what's happening on campus and where some of our students are studying around the world!
We're now in Canada, where the Adventist enrollment professionals from throughout the North American Division are gathering for their annual meetings, hosted this year by our sister institution, Canadian University College (whose home is in Lacombe,
Campus life has slowed a bit following graduation, but there's still plenty taking place! Here are a couple of events from last week.
And every Mae got her own scepter.
Every mother (and a few daughters) got tiaras...
...but first, a Mother's Day program (while we realize this is sadly not always possible...have you called your Mamae, as they say in Portuguese?)...
Last evening, we returned to the Adventist church in Burra da Tijuca to talk to future Andrews students and families...
Andrews materials for those who are interested, in storage under the pews at the Barra Da Tijuca church.
The sermon, which reflected on what we would do if we had a chance to be God for an hour in the face of tragedies in this world (ie the earthquake in Japan and a recent school shooting here in Rio) and turns to the theme "Let God be God in your life
Church in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro...where moms were honored...
And, Happy Sabbath around the world (including, this morning, from Rio de Janeiro, where this member of the Andrews Univeristy Facebook team is about to head off to church!)
You can also listen to a rebroadcast of the sermon "Make a Statement" and the first service of Pioneer Memorial Church either at the link below or via WAUS-FM (90.7) if you're within broadcast range.
At 11:30 am this morning (GMT -5), Pastor Esther Knott will preach the sermon "Make a Statement." You can watch a live stream of the Second Service at the link below...
A spread of magazines (with our very own Andrews Focus on top) we found on a table in a waiting area near the Division President's office.
While we were talking with Pr Kohler earlier today, and we were happy to discover this Study Bible on the shelves behinds where he sits.
Hallway Decorations, South American Division, Part Two.
Hallway Decorations, South American Division, Part One.
Novo Tempo (New Time) is the television network run by the Division. This program, airing on a television in the lobby of the Division is, roughly, in English: "Target the Truth." And those with eagle eyes might note a familiar logo in the uppe
Superbom (Super good! -- it's true; we've tried it) is a health food company operated by the Division.
A goal of the Division is to start two thousand (dois mil) new church buildings during 2011.
We stop by the South American Division to visit with our friend, Pastor Erton Kohler, president of the Division.
(Morning, Brasilia.)
And, at 9:02 pm, the Brasilia Airport, ground level. (Tomorrow morning, a visit to the South American Division office and a meeting with our friend, Pastor Erton Kohler, president of the division.) [Which means the obsession with airport scenes will stop
City Bus, Streets of Sao Paulo earlier today.
The Motorcycles of the Garulhos Airport (Sao Paulo) at 7:32 am.
Early (very early!) this morning, 818 kilometers to go.
International Departure Lounge, JFK: Alexander Calder's "Flight."
JFK, New York City.
Funky Tulips We Like Outside of the Campus Center.
(The day after graduation...the only sounds are birds in the trees and heavy equipment, somewhere far off, building Buller Hall.)
And....the Undergraduates!
In case you missed it in person (or online)...here is the recessional for our Graduates from earlier today.
The J.N. Andrews Benediction.
Dr. Niels-Erik Andreasen: "The way to get a degree is to get it conferred. It doesn't take long, so I'll do it now...I confer on the candidates who have met all requirements of their respected courses, the degree for which they are recomme
Dr. Niels-Erik Andreasen: "Thank you, Dr. Mwansa...perhaps you should go back to Washington, DC, and give that same speech!"
Pardon K. Mwansa, Undergraduate Graduation Speaker: ...They forgot two things: Be content with what you have. Spend only what you have. Save for the day that you don't know."
Pardon K. Mwansa, Undergraduate Graduation Speaker: "My mother gave me $50 and told me to go put it in a bank. It's important to have savings; and then she said to me: 'Only spend money when you have it.' Many American people are gett
Pardon K. Mwansa, Undergraduate Graduation Speaker: "The final thing I want you to remember is that you'll be managing finances. If your parents are like me, they are not expecting to spend more money on you! Right, parents? They are really are
Pardon K. Mwansa, Undergraduate Graduation Speaker: "You will also find yourself managing relationships. There are very few people who have not fallen in love. Good relationships will not build not only your career, but your life in general. Life wi
Pardon K. Mwansa, Undergraduate Graduation Speaker: "Congratulations, graduates. You deserve to give yourselves an 'Amen!' ....I want you to remember three things: You will do a lot to manage a career for 40 years or so...you have to remem
John Nevins Andrews Medallion: Tom Goodwin, Biology
And so the Undergraduate Commencing begins!
Graduation Marshal Dr David Steen.
John Nay, Graduate Commencement Speaker: "Measure your success, instead, by the lives you change for the better. The two things to remember are 'Love the Lord and your neighbor at yourself.' You are what you focus on, and if you focus on t
John Nay, Graduate Commencement Speaker: "For years, I used to keep a handwritten note by my computer: 'What have I done for my staff today.' If you focus on the data, the research, the profits...you'll miss the humanity. Treating oth
John Nay, Graduate Commencement Speaker: "No matter where you go or what you do, keep that phrase in mind. If there was one thread in my 50 thoughts, it was how your treat others will make all the difference in your life 10, 20 or 30 years from now.
John Nay, Graduate Commencement Speaker: "I figured I should boil my list of advice from 50 things down to just one thing...'Love your neighbor as yourself'...it appears in the Bible nine times."
John Nevins Andrews Medallion: Dawn & Paul Dulhunty.
Graduation Service Scripture: For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another. (Galatians 5:14, 15)
And if you're in the World of Mac....this free software will help you be able to watch the WMV streaming video that's available via the link below.
Once again, if you're not with us today, you can follow along by clicking on the Grad Live link on the page below...
Graduation Morning Tulips.
(Provost & President)
The platform party...
Faculty line up for their Processional...
...it begins!
And so (President Andreasen and Provost Luxton pictured here)....
"...Love God, your God, walk in all His ways, do what He's commanded, embrace Him, serve Him with everything you are and have." :: Happy Graduation to everyone receiving degrees today...may you indeed walk in God's ways as you leave t
"...And now GOD, your God, has given rest to your brothers just as He promised them. You're now free to go back to your homes... Only this: Be vigilant in keeping the Commandment and The Revelation that Moses the servant of God laid on you...&q
"You have carried out everything Moses the servant of God (*perhaps not unlike a professor's teachings - Ed.) commanded you and you have obediently done everything I have commanded you. All this time and right down to this very day you have not
In Joshua 22, Joshua calls together the Reubenited, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. They weren't exactly graduates, but his charge to them (paraphrased here in The Message) seems like worthy words for a graduation morning...
...Andrews University Commencement morning...
Welcome to...
Weather for Graduation Sunday: 8 am - 2 pm, 10% chance of rain...partly cloudy transforming into partly sunny! See you on the flag mall!
Once again...Happy Graduation Day!!!
And, if you're on a Mac, you'll want to use the following (free) download, which will allow you to watch the Windows-based live video stream (it adapts your QuickTime player for that use).
Good graduation morning! If you're not with us today, you can watch graduation live over our internet stream at www.andrews.edu/graduation — Graduate Commencement at 8:30 am, Eastern (GMT -5) and Undergraduate at 11:30 am. Just click on the li
(And the first graduates and family members arrive...)
As a surprise, Chaplain Tim Nixon worked with the three main student organizations on campus (along with Dr Andreasen's wife and His executive assistant) to surprise President Andreasen with the official graduation regalia from Vanderbilt University
The roses that accompany the Tribute to Family and Friends.
(Korea!)
(Brasil!)
(A magnolia update or two...)
...and Sabbath Vespers.
The approach of Sabbath's end...
And, if you're not here on campus, you might enjoy watching some of our programs for the weekend online. Those include Consecration tonight at 8 pm, Baccalaureate Services on Sabbath at 8:15 and 11:20 am; and Commencement itself on Sunday — Gr
Graduation weekend begins (officially!) in about 45 minutes here at Andrews University...here's the complete weekend schedule here if you're close by...
The Flag Mall (and campus) gets ready for Graduation weekend.
The President responds to the singing of Happy Birthday (with sparklers).
...and this part is a surprise (so don't tell Dr Niels-Erik Andreasen, who grew up in Denmark, and doesn't yet know about this)--the supper will end with an early celebration, with cake and ice cream, of our President Andreasen's 70th birt
The Senior Picnic gets underway beneath the big tent...
Visual map of where tonight's Alumni Grad Picnic will be held at 6 pm (park next to Johnson Gym)!
Today's magnolia update from the HR office on the Ad Building's second floor.
"Ponder and meditate on it day and night, making sure you practice everything in it. Then you'll get where you're going; then you'll succeed. Haven't I commanded you? Strength! Courage! Don't be timid; don't get discour
This is a paraphrase from The Message (and it is part of God's advice to Joshua after encouraging him to meditate on God's word — in this case, "The Revelation of Moses" — but for us, the entire Bible!):
And, as you get ready to graduate, those of you who have done every single class, credit, paper, exam, project and requirement...these words from early in the book of Joshua seem to be most worthy advice as you prepare to move on from your journey at And
Tonight, everyone who's graduating this weekend has the chance to enjoy the annual tradition of the Senior Picnic (which immediately precedes Rehearsal). This year, with the raininess, we'll gather together at the Hospitality Tent (from Passion
Perennial Accents, St Joseph.
Today's Tulips.
Exam week continues its slow steady march to completion on this rainy Wednesday morning...and graduation waits in the wings (with sunshine for Friday and Sabbath, at least, or so weather.com promises). Good Wednesday morn!
Posters We Like.
What it looks like to attend the first Strategic Planning Committee to begin developing the next five year plan for Andrews University.
What happens to the cherry blossoms after we enjoy them at Chan Shun Hall (and the winds come).
A sneak peek at the graduation weekend program, as it's being designed by Matthew Park of IMC.
The magnolias, from Room 316 in the Administration Building.
Part of the Undergraduate Learning Center includes the renovation of Nethery Hall, including the updating of these iconic windows.
God bless this Monday morning as here on campus, exams begin in earnest (with, among other things, the promise of weekend graduation, scores and grades willing [!!!] for some of us, on the other side).
"...it is certain that our joy is hidden in suffering, and our life in death; it is certain that in all this we are in a fellowship that sustains us. In Jesus God has said Yes and Amen to it all, and that Yes and Amen is the firm ground on which we
"...because all things are possible with God; that no earthly power can touch us without God's will, and that danger and distress can only drive us closer to God. It is certain that we can claim nothing for ourselves, and may yet pray for every
"If we are to learn what God promises, and what God fulfills, we must persevere in quiet meditation on the life, sayings, deeds, sufferings, and death of Jesus. It is certain that we may always live close to God and in the light of God's presen
And as we move into a new week of exams after Sabbath's annual Andrews University Easter Passion Play...we like these words from Dietrich Bonhoeffer about the significance of what that play portrayed...about the significance of Christ's life...
Thanks to Karl and Esteban who included an excellent series of pictures from this weekend's Passion Play on the campus of Andrews University. We thought you might also enjoy this piece in the local South Bend Tribune talking about the blessings and
Happy Exam Week! (And even Happier Graduation if that's how your week ends...) For the rest of us, blessings with your regularly scheduled programming. =:)
Once more: Shabbat Shalom, Happy Sabbath, Feliz Sabado...all over the world.
May God bless indeed as we're ready for a new week to begin. And for those of you have have the reality of exams on the very near horizon, may you absolutely and totally remember everything you studied. We look forward to seeing the right some of yo
At the end of this brilliant, sunny, rainless (and even snow-less!) Andrews University Easter Passion Play Sabbath, there is a smudge of clouds high above the Lake Michigan horizon that has a blur of rainbow captured in its heart — a reminder that
If you missed Pastor Dwight's great sermon this morning about how "divine worship diffuses human fear" (and the resurrection scene which provided the glorious end to today's Passion Play, as we documented on this newsfeed earlier toda
Sabbath Afternoon, With Magnolias.
(Amen!)
Also, as some of you have enjoyed this year — you can watch a video feed of the entire second service via the link below, once again beginning around 11:30 am Eastern (GMT -5).
This morning at Pioneer Memorial Church, Pastor Dwight Nelson will preach the fourth sermon in his series "Earthquake: God's Seismic Love for our Broken World." You can listen to a rebroadcast of the First Service on WAUS-FM, 90.7 (if you&
If you're unable to join us today for the annual Andrews University Passion Play, we invite you to join us (via live photos of the full rotation) around 11:30 am, Eastern (GMT -5) via this newsfeed.
Today's Passion Play Forecast: 10% chance of precipitation up until 11; 20-30% to 2; 10% for the rest of the day...high of 63.
(Today!)
Incidentally, if you're not on campus tomorrow, we'll take you along (via pictures) through the Andrews University Passion Play, starting around 11:30 am, Eastern (GMT -5)...right in this newsfeed. (And final Passion Play forecast: 20% chance o
"...to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world." Once again, Happy Sabbath...especially on this Sabbath day at Andrews where we also celebrate the life, death and res
"The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to *holiness in time.* It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what
Happy Sabbath...Shabbat Shalom..around the world. Some wise words on the Sabbath by Abraham Heschel:
(Tomorrow.)
For those who have missed it for the last week: Friday, 9:12 am.
"Circle Zion, take her measure, count her fortress peaks. Gaze long at her sloping bulwark, climb her citadel heights—Then you can tell the next generation detail by detail the story of God, Our God forever, Who guides us until the end of time
And noting the end of the school year, we were reading Psalm 48 this morning, and while we realize that Andrews is not Zion (we have a ways to go...as all of us do!) we thought these texts at the end of that Psalm, as paraphrased in the Message, were a g
Welcome to April 22, 2011....the eve of the Sabbath...the eve of Passion Play...the eve (a couple of days removed) from the beginning of Spring Semester Exam week...and the eve (by a week) of the beginning of Graduation Weekend, and the step into Changin
Official Magnolia Update.
The Market Scene set for this Sabbath's Passion Play takes shape.
"AU," lush with pansies, emerges from the snow...
The cherry trees that we are enjoying at Chan Shun Hall.
...and the magnolias in front of the Administration Building begin their blossom.
On the final full day of classes for Spring Semester 2011, the heavens cooperate, all sunny and breathless blue...
"...It keeps us in the saving fellowship of the community...our spiritual home... It is a source of peace, of patience and of joy...it is like a pure deep water in which the heaven, with its clouds and its sun, is clearly reflected; but it also serv
"Daily, quiet attention to the Word of God which is meant for me, even if it is only for a few minutes, will become for me the focal point of everything which brings inward and outward order into my life..."
Words we like this morning from Dietrich Bonhoeffer:
Sabbath Passion Play Weather Update: 20% (instead of 30%) chance of rain...mostly sunny! =:)
Rainsoaked Signs We Like.
Current Sabbath Forecast: 30% Rain....Highs in the low 50s. (No Snow for Passion Play!)
Cherry blossoms, sans snow.
Perhaps the restaurant operators in Berrien Springs know something about the weather that we don't. (Caitlans, 18 April, 12:30 pm)
Downtown Berrien Springs, 18 April.
Today is Cherry Blossom Day (despite the snow!). If you're on campus, stop by the Campus Center, 11:30-1:30, for Japanese snacks, green tea and sushi, courtesy of the Andrews Arboretum Council (and be sure to see the cherry blossoms ringing the Cha
Welcome to Monday. Welcome to, um, snow.
The Passion Play sets take shape for this Sabbath's program, and when the winds still, you can hear a crowd shouting in rehearsals elsewhere on campus: "BARAAABBAS...BARAAABAS!"
And then the sun came out (albeit briefly, like yesterday's snow). We're here in the Howard lobby with STANDOUT, our public high school spiritual retreat which began on Friday evening and finishes with a final Worship Session that begins shortl
After a day of rain (and snow), the JN Andrews sculpture. Sabbath evening, 16 April 2011, 10:41 pm.
In case you missed the third segment of Pastor Dwight Nelson's series on "EARTHQUAKE: God's Seismic Love for Our Broken World," you can click on the link below and listen!
Finally, at this link, beginning around 11:30 am Eastern (GMT -5)...you can watch the entire Second Service through PMC's live video stream. So, whether you're on campus, or far from your Andrews home...we look forward to sharing this Sabbath m
Missed the first two parts of Pastor Dwight's series? You can watch or listen at this link here...and download a study guide for part three of the series.
For those who like to "visit" PMC via your computer or radio...we'd like to share again a couple of ways to do that. First, our friends at WAUS-FM (90.7 FM if you're within listening range) re-broadcast First Service each week, beginn
Wherever you are — here or far away, may God's grace and His Spirit continue to infiltrate and transform your life this Sabbath day!
Welcome to a rainy (and increasingly green!!!) Sabbath morning here in Southwest Michigan. We'll be spending our day worshipping with STANDOUT, our spiritual retreat for Adventist and other students from public high school students (you can follow a
As it has unfolded....and continues to unfold...around the world, may you have a happy, blessed and Spirit-filled Sabbath.
Postcards We Like.
Tomorrow night in the Howard: The final concert of the year by our Symphony Orchestra (seen here rehearsing a few moments ago). The pre-concert talk is at 8:30 and the concert is at 9. $5/adults, $3/students & seniors, Free/12 and under. And, on Sund
The base where our Andrews globe will return a week from today.
Our annual public high school Spiritual Retreat — STANDOUT — starts this evening at 7 pm...for videos, pix and quotes from throughout the weekend, click on the link above (starting this evening shortly after 7)...and, to all our friends who a
The globe-less entrance as of 4/15/2011
This Crane Has Got The Whole Globe In Its Grasp. The truth is, it wasn't aliens...rather, someone was riding by the globe recently and saw it shaking in the wind (sermon illustration alert!), and it was discovered that some of the foundation posts/p
"Grace for other humans is the key to healing from our wounds, as well. It realigns our priorities, and puts people back in the proper place in our hearts. When we realize that humans are not our providers, healers, or redeemers, then we are freed
We like this thought about grace by Christian writer Andrew Schwab...
Campus Facilities That Are No Longer In Active Use.
Early indicators that Easter Passion Play is on its way (a week from this Sabbath).
Earlier this week, we shared an image of the Andrews gold pansies on a trailer...and now, voila!, thanks to our most excellent Arboretum crew...here they are, ensconced in earth and awaiting graduation.
A sneak peek at the cherry blossoms in waiting for next week's festival.
Today is Poem In Your Pocket Day, and we like this display in the James White Library celebrating that fact...jeans and all. Want your own pocket-sized poem? poets.org/pocket
Awards and recognition offered today at University Forum, including a celebration of our national champs, the Cardinals basketball team (championship hoodie modeled here by our friend Josh Faehner).
→ Andrews University: The beautiful cherry blossoms are getting ready to come out in all their finery – watch for our very own cherry blossom extravaganza at Chan Shun Hall (we don’t have to envy Japan or Washington DC!). Cherry Blossom
Posters We Like.
And let the Andrews gold pansies (from Ecuador) be planted in preparation for the glories of grad.
The Season of the Forsythia is Upon Us.
Well, the tiny daffodils have appeared as well.
Posters We Like.
Sunday Sun = Monday Daffodils @ The Howard.
And at the end, after all the twirling and jumping and human pyramids and rings and silks in the air...the Gymnics family ended their Home Show with a wordless, eloquent and creative retelling of the story of the Bible and our Savior--beginning with the
(Jump!)
(Kids first...)
(Gymnics Home Show!)
84 degrees and balmy during one of these final Sundays of Spring Semester (SPF 25, we say!$.
Tonight at 9....tomorrow night at 6:30...in Johnson Gym: Aperio (The Gymnics Home Show!)
"I find a small measure of comfort n the line I just read: 'The LORD was not in the earthquake.' In the NIV it says that the sound follows the earthquake, wind and fire is in a 'gentle whisper.' We find God not in the cataclysm b
"Self-pity is a spiritual disease. Is there any cure? ...Good news, you can make it to heaven after being a massive meltdown failure. It can happen to all of us...God understands and He loves you in the middle of your blue funk. We must 'wait p
PMC's children collect dollars for Christian education during today's offering.
Two of our students, Corey Lambertson (pictured) and Yuk Mui Ku give their lives to Christ in baptism during Second Service
A congregational symphony in prayer.
Deacon In Training.
Today's first Song of Praise, PMC Second Service.
Preparing for Songs of Praise.
Sabbath Daffodils, Bell Hall.
If you're not here on campus today, we invite you to Second Service at Pioneer Memorial Church (via a streaming video), where Pastor Dwight Nelson will continue his series, "Earthquake: God's Seismic Love for Our Broken World." If you
If you'd like to download a Study Guide to today's sermon (and/or watch, listen to the first sermon in the series) click on the link below.
You can always listen to a rebroadcast of the First Service at PMC (which began a short while ago) at 11:30 am Eastern (GMT -5) via WAUS (90.7 FM if you're within listening range...or click on the link below). Part Two of Pastor Dwight's sermon
On March 26, Pastor Dwight Nelson began a series on "Earthquake: God's Seismic Love for Our Broken World," which continues today. If you missed the first sermon in the series, you can watch it here via this link — including sobering
"We're depending on God; He's everything we need. What's more, our hearts brim with joy since we've taken for our own His Holy Name. Love us, God, with all You've got—that's what we're depending on."
"Watch this: God's eye is on those who respect Him, the ones who are looking for His love. He's ready to come to their rescue in bad times; in lean times he keeps body and soul together..."
Hey, Happy Sabbath morning (afternoon or evening) wherever you are...as the day unfolds here in SW Michigan, we like this paraphrase of the last few verses of Psalm 33, as found in The Message — they seem like a great thought for the heart of the S
Tonight's the last Fusion of the school year...and if you're not on campus, you can listen or watch live via the link below. It all starts at 8:15 pm (GMT -5).
As Sabbath begins to unfold here in southwest Michigan....Shabbat Shalom around the world (where Sabbath has already begun...or where it still awaits). May God's grace fill this day in which we worship as community — wherever you are.
Posters We Like, 2.
Posters We Like, 1.
The centerpiece(s) at the School of Education's Teacher Education Council in the Lincoln Room in Dining Services.
PMC, 7 April 2011, 12.17 pm
Official Update on the Daffodils by the Administration Building.
"We have one another only through Christ, but through Christ we really do *have* one another. We have one another completely and for eternity."
"...Our community consists solely in what Christ had done to both of us. That not only is true at at the beginning...but also remains so for all the future and into all eternity... The more genuine and the deeper our community becomes, the more ever
"One is a brother or sister to another only through Jesus Christ... The fact that we are brothers and sisters only through Jesus Christ is of immeasurable significance. My brother or sister is..that other person who has been redeemed by Christ, abso
We like this quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer about who is a brother or sister:
Hey! Sunshine!
...T-Shirts We Like (available all week at the base of the stairs to Dining Services).
Shoulder Bags and...
Today's Daffodils (outside the Campus Center, Lamson Hall side).
From President's Cabinet: Posters We Like.
Posters We Like.
The final song....bubbles and all....boa noite!
"Sau Voce," Tiago Arrais :: Teatro Municipal Uma Noite Bem Brasileira
Tonight's song...
Our friends Stephanie and Melanie (and their dad, Dr Nilson Ferreira) at Teatro Municipal. Extra arm provided by their mom, Silmara.
Viva Brasil! We have the privilege of joining the Brazilian Club tonight for its Teatro Municipal Uma Noite Bem Brasileira (video dining music provided by Brazilian singer Roberto Carlos).
We're always happy to hear Dr Scott Moncrieff and Cardinal Number.
(By the tree in front of the Ad Building.)
Cirque du Soleil has nothing on us! (A Poster We Like Reminding Us That The Gymnics Home Show Is Nearly Here.)
Seminary Concert Posters With Small Typography (Which Made Us Notice Them) That We Like.
Our University Preview is beginning this afternoon with nearly 100 students, parents and sponsors, all of whom are part of a prayerful journey to consider God's calling for their lives. Welcome to them (and, if God happened to call you here already
We like the piece that our president, Dr. Niels-Erik Andreasen, wrote for the most recent Lake Union Herald as part of a report for the upcoming Lake Union Quinquennial Meetings this May.
Welcome to Sunday...the Georgia Guitar Quartet at the Howard (see link below)...a University Preview....and, well, the equation unfolds of April Showers=May Flowers (rinse and repeat!).
Flowers. Yes, flowers.
"Jesus is coming soon. Believe it, accept it...we are all part of the same household of God ." Elder Ted Wilson, Pioneer Memorial Church
Welcome to International Sabbath at Pioneer Memorial Church. Our GC President, Elder Ted Wilson, is about to speak (and these are the stained glass windows in the balcony where we're sitting with our friend Dillan Forsey, who's visiting from At
We like how The Message paraphrases Psalm 27:4 and 5: "I’m asking God for one thing, only one thing: To live with him in his house my whole life long. I’ll contemplate his beauty; I’ll study at his feet. That’s the only quiet
Happy Sabbath morning from a southwest Michigan filled with flannel grey heavens. As the Sabbath unfolds here, there is the bright interruption of that grey, though, with the flags of the world on International Sabbath (and Elder Ted Wilson as preacher f
As we continue to pray about, reflect upon and even to support the recovery in Japan — you'll want to listen to Pastor Dwight's powerful sermon from last week (if you missed it)...the start of a series on "God Seismic Love for our Br
Wherever *you* are—near and far—in the God-blessed international family that is Andrews....may you have peace, joy, wonder, worship and restoration this Sabbath day.
Welcome to the eve of International Sabbath on the campus of Andrews University — tomorrow we'll share some of the flags and recognition of the rich tapestry that makes Andrews well, Andrews! Our General Conference President, Elder Ted Wilson,
The dawn of Sabbath eve in southwest Michigan (Shabbat Shalom from your friends at Andrews as the Sabbath unfolds around the world).
→ Andrews University: Want to know more about your graduate degree options *and* possibly win an iPad2 (yes....*the* iPad2)? Be sure to stop by the on-campus Graduate Fair in our Campus Center between 12:30 and 2 pm. Meet graduate faculty and progra
In the middle of this week, International Sabbath approaching and spring stirring....the joggers are out with the robins, and a coupla guys in view of Burman/Meier take on the athletic fields as their golf course....golf bags in tow. God bless in this fu
An art student who used his senior exhibition to secure sponsorship for 20 children through Compassion International; delivery of the Andrews Study Bible to students studying at Collognes, and a visual recap of the Andrews University Music & Worship
International Student Week unfolds...flags loose in this chilled spring breeze.
If you click on the link below, Pastor Dwight Nelson, who spent part of this childhood in Japan, is beginning his sermon on God's seismic love for us in this broken world.
Tops of Old Buildings That We Like in Benton Harbor.
Friday Flat Screen Signs That We Like, Part Two.
Friday Flat Screen Signs That We Like, Part One.
The always excellent (and Spirit-filled) annual Music and Worship Conference returns to campus this weekend.
Ted Koppel here in Michiana for a speech at The Economic Club of Southwest Michigan.
No GCA bus at gym, but look at great new Gymnics truck!
We're happy to have our friends from Pine Forge Academy visit Andrews today (Georgia Cumberland Academy is here too...and we say welcome to them, also!....we just couldn't find their bus when we were taking this picture).
And here's the video from Slyvan and Katerina's appearance this morning on Fox 28's Morning Show!
Flagpoles up in prep for International Weekend.
Flat Screen Display Signs We Like.
Posters We Like.
Here’s a sneak peek behind the scenes on the set of our local Fox 28 Morning Show. Two Andrews students, Katerina and Slyvan, appeared to talk about the upcoming International Food Fair, which is Sunday, March 27, noon-7 p.m. in the Johnson Gym.
Snow....and then, happily, brilliant brilliant sunshine in the new day...
Yup: Snow. (We're not sure we get it either...)
A sneak peek at tomorrow's chapel speaker, Eddie Hypolite, along with our friend Japhet, at Gate C3 in Chicago's O'Hare. The title of his chapel talk? "I Am Christianity."
This part of your Andrews University Facebook Team is returning to campus from the Washington, DC area with the good news that spring (and, eventually, Griggs University) is on the way..,
The Andrews University Music & Worship Conference is this week and there's still time to register! Workshop topics include young adult worship, planning and leading music, teamwork, hymn singing, use of scripture, guitar techniques and audio-vis
...and from the 2010 GC in Atlanta, this painting by our friend (and Andrews University neighbor) Nathan Greene.
We're here at the General Conference this afternoon as we visit our friends and partners at Griggs...and also see this great sculpture by Victor Issa (which was unveiled at the 2000 General Conference session in Toronto)...
We're always impressed with the creative ways our students "Change the World!" For example, there's design major Ryan McCabe's BFA Thesis Exhibition 2011. Come to the Smith Hall art gallery today (Tuesday, March 22) from 6-8 p.m.
While we await the flowering of the cherry trees on campus, a sneak peek from a morning drive in the DC area.
Some of your Facebook Team are currently visiting our friends at Washington Adventist University, including our fellow enrollment professionals from the Adventist higher education system in North America (and the presidents of those institutions, too). W
Attention Andrews students, staff and faculty--we want to see how you spent your spring break! Did you participate in a study tour? Stick around campus to get some extra hours in? Or maybe you've got a great photo of you in some other exotic locatio
Traveling behind our president, Dr Andreasen, in the tunnel at the Detroit airport; on the way to meetings in Washington, DC.
[Once again, Happy Sabbath....to our friends around the world.]
"To keep the Sabbath means that we embrace a wholly different set of values from those of the world around us. In the first place, we embrace intentionality; we choose carefully how and why we do what we do. We live deliberately in order to embrace
While this is the last Sabbath of Spring Break, you might also be able to catch a live stream of the second service (again, starting at 11:30 am Eastern, GMT -4) via the link below — if it doesn't work, try the WAUS link in the previous post.
This morning at PMC, Sharon Terrell will preach about one of our favorite tax collectors: Zaccahaeus. You can listen to a rebroadcast of her sermon, "The Testimony of a Tax Collector," from first service on our local FM station, WAUS (90.7 FM l
Feliz Sabado! Shabbat Shalom! Happy Sabbath! Here...and wherever you are around the world...
"Sabbath...is letting go, for one day out of seven, all those parts of our identities and abilities in which we are constantly tempted to find our security and discovering afresh that we are His children and that He is our Father and shield and defe
We have been noting that arrival of springs via various signs lush with optimism (robins, daffodils budding). Here, from earlier today, is another one: A student on a two-wheeled Razor-type scooter, enhanced with bright orange backpack, literally footloo
As we reach the one week anniversary of the quake/tsunami/nuclear disaster in Japan, we continue to encourage prayers and help — you can do that through a number of charities, including our own Adventist Development & Relief Agency (including t
Today's Daffodil Update.
It's a bit quiet this week on campus due to spring break, but we've still got some great photos from a recent Andrews University Gymnics performance, Wellness Week and campus construction in this week's edition of Week in Pictures.
Posters We LIke.
....and the bridge to Nethery on a Wednesday afternoon (a sunny afternoon!).
Buller Hall...
A special community prayer session for Japan will be held tonight, Wednesday, March 16 at 7 p.m. at PMC. Join Pastor Arnie Swanson and others to pray for Japan and an opportunity for the Church to share God’s love in times like these. This is open
Still Valentine's Day at Panera...and following this mist-swept morn...sunny, sunny, sunny and a high of 55.
Early lunch, Tim's Too, St Joe.
On the Monday after Spring Break begins....the skies continue to muse about being sunny. Next on the Agenda: Warmth.
This is part of an all day series—"Astonishing Discoveries from the Land of the Bible"—by these two professors from Andrews and Southern...if you like, you can catch a rebroadcast of their first sermon, "Babylon, Sumer and the
Today at Pioneer Memorial Church, Second Service (11:30 am, GMT -5): “The Greatest Discoveries in the Land of israel," Ron Clouzet & Michael Hasel. You should be able to watch a live stream via the link below.
As our prayers continue for Japan: News on how the Adventist Development and Relief Agency is joining other organizations in offering aid and assistance after the tragedy (and how you can help).
"The love of the Sabbath is the love of man for what he and God have in common. Our keeping the Sabbath day is a paraphrase of His sanctification of the seventh day." :: Abraham Heschel | As you paint on the canvas of time...may God draw close
As Sabbath unfolds, all over the world: "The art of keeping the seventh day is the art of painting on the canvas of time the mysterious grandeur of the climax of creation: as He sanctified the seventh day, so shall we..."
As we pray for our neighbors in Japan (and elsewhere) following the natural disaster earlier Friday...some ongoing reporting from the New York Times on latest details.
Local Motel Signs We Like.
Happy Spring Break!!!!! (With sun promisingly unfolding overhead.) For those who are breaking...see you soon.
“It was such a blessing. Jesus is awesome!” “I want to be saturated by Jesus.” Find out what the buzz is about! Learn about the One project.
Spring: T Minus Six Days.
A local newspaper talks about Andrews Cardinals' David vs. Goliath championship...and Christian example to other teams (see next to last paragraph).
Official Bird Sighting On Campus Yesterday: Red-tailed hawk, hanging out on a tree next to an Ad Building (for hours, actually). Official Weather Sighting On Campus This Morning: Snow (well, it is Spring Break almost....which hopefully will give us a cha
Over the weekend, we shared the story of one of our seminary students, William (Haengso Hong) who fell through the ice — and was later helped by someone who's now a colleague here at Andrews, Rob Fuste. Here's their amazing story of rescu
Hans K. LaRondelle, a former professor in our Seminary, has passed away. Read his obit at the Adventist Review:
To paraphrase "My Fair Lady:" The rain in Southwest Michigan falls mainly on the plain.
The Cardinal Men's Basketball team homecoming from winning the USCAA Championship, a bench press competition in the men's residence halls, the Honors Poster Session, and several music performances in the Howard Performing Arts Center. It's
→ Andrews University: On the way out of Dining Services a few moments ago: Guy 1: "Beautiful day!" (Throws arms wide). Guy 2: "Yeah, I've got to study, but that's good." Guy 2: "Boo, boo yah!*" Arms thrown wid
Daffodils, almost! (By the Administration Building.)
The bridge from Nethery to Buller in our Undergraduate Learning Center, Monday morning.
We shared info about this earlier in the weekend, but we just talked to someone who went last night and they said it was great, great, great!
Sunny (not warm, but sunny!).
Our Men’s Cardinal team won the USCAA Basketball Division 11 Tournament Saturday evening, at Penn State Fayette in Uniontown PA, under the leadership of Coach and Athletic Director, David Jardine. They're arriving back at Andrews at approximat
Setting up the slide show for our visiting guests...
And, as we said earlier today...welcome to our Preview guests....!
Still snow....but going fast...
A member of our University family is in the hospital after falling through ice Sabbath afternoon. Seminary student Haengso Hong, who also goes by the name William, fell through ice. Emergency crews rescued him. Steve Yeagley, associate dean for Student L
Many prayers for one of our seminary students who is in a local hospital after falling through the ice earlier this afternoon; initials details from this news article (and more are yet to come).
We began this Sabbath with a few words from Marva Dawn...and here are a few to end it....including the idea of a prayer that thanks "God for all the gifts of the special day...(and) an expression of longing for the next Sabbath day to come and yearn
"Today's word is an extended alter call....and it begins right now." Pastor Dwight's sermon from earlier today...
"Power and Glory." :: Alan Mitchell conducting.
Alan Mitchell, Festival Coordinator, and Chi Yong Yun, Piano Clinician, introduce the afternoon's program.
From Florida to Canada, here are the academies taking part in the Clinic.
(And, of course, Happy, Blessed, God-Filled Sabbath....wherever you are in this world!)
If you're not on campus and would like to watch a live streaming version of this Sabbath morning's second service at Pioneer Memorial Church, just click on the link below at 11:30 am. (You can also find a rebroadcast of first service at the sam
This week, Pastor Dwight Nelson's series on "The Radicals" (full title below) reaches an end — you can find a study guide at the link below.
So in the peace, the worship, the respite, the joy of Sabbath's approach: Shabbat Shalom and, once again, Happy Sabbath.
If you've followed this feed over the last several months, you may remember that our Board decided to give a collective gift from their own pockets and organizations (about $60,000 altogether) to make sure every Andrews student currently enrolled go
Sabbaths are also a wondrous time to make a joyful noise to the Lord: and our Wind Symphony has a vespers tonight in the Howard (and they join the Lake Union Music Festival Concert Sabbath afternoon). By the way, we think it would be great if you stopped
"...Furthermore, our Sabbath reflection and worship make more urgent our desire to reflect the character of our God, who cares about the poor, feeds the hungry, delivers the oppressed, and bring peace to the world." :: Marva Dawn
"We are much more able to be healers in this sin-sick world when we ourselves have experienced the profound healing that is made possible when we keep the Sabbath..."
Welcome, again, to the Sabbath's approach (and arrival) around the world. We like these words from Marva Dawn, who has appeared in this newsfeed from time to time:
Last Sunday was the annual Faculty-Staff Awards Night. Take a look at who was recognized plus listen to the recorded tributes for recipients of the Years-of-Service, Excellence in Service, Spiritual Life, Daniel Augsburger Awards for Excellence in Teachi
While most of the Andrews Alps are disappearing into Spring...a few (increasingly dingy ranges) remain.
Band Clinic starts tonight (The Pianists)!
Band Clinic starts tonight (part 3)!
Band Clinic starts tonight (part 2)!
Band Clinic starts tonight (part 1)!
Today's Official Bridge & Buller Hall Construction Update.
Our friends from Student Financial Services would like to remind you that now's a perfect time to get your FAFSA (Free Application for. Federal Student Aid for those who have US residency) done. If you're here on campus tomorrow, these friendly
Possible Evidence That Spring Approaches: A) Cluster of bicycles outside the Campus Center on a sunny afternoon; B) First red-winged blackbird of the year sighted earlier today; and C) Tomorrow's high: 37 degrees!
There's still time to register for this week's Adventist Engaged Encounter. A great experience for engaged couples or those seeking to strength their marriage. Learn more about it in the Andrews Agenda.
Welcome to the middle of the week stretch....Sabbath approaching and Canadian geese in sloppy V's loose in the heavens....headed somewhere and proclaiming loudly about it.
"We hope that Andrews University will continue its humble beginnings...and continue to teach and lead its students to Christ and prepare them for His return...we are very proud of Andrews University," Elder Ted Wilson, President, General Confer
"What a definite privilege it is to be a graduate of Andrews University." Elder Ted Wilson, Chair of Nominating Committee for New Board of Trustees
The view from the sound booth while Elder Ben Schoun, our board chair, offers a worship at the beginning of the once-every-five-years Membership Meeting (featuring reports from president, provost and CFO and then election, or re-election, of non-ex offic
Sunny Afternoons (And Seminary Buildings) We Like.
Read more (and see a picture) of a great new church that our Architecture Mission Group (from the School of Architecture) helped design for the Carmel, Ind. Seventh-day Adventist church at the link below.
Take a look at the past Week in Pictures: Chapel with Pastor Sam Leonor, Cardinal Basketball, Family Fusion at the Howard Performing Arts Center, The Slave Salvation Story and more!
→ Andrews University: While we were scurrying into Board this morning, hands full of Andrews Study Bible thank-yous...it was chilly (23) bright, but the star magnolias by the Administration Building are in full bud, each one folded up like praying h
Board in the morning, membership meetings (the once every five years thing) in the afternoon....blessed rest/break in the evening! God bless those meetings....and whatever else is filling *your* day....
After a supper with board members, President Andreasen talks about theoretical physics, a Danish Nobel prize winner, Einstein, a speech by Elder Ted Wilson in Sweden and how Adventism came into in his grandfather's life when the grandfather was a fa
Flatscreen Messages That We Like.
A great worship in our sub-committee from Nathaniel Gibbs, our new AUSA Spiritual VP...focusing on Romans 8:28. "Sometimes we say 'Why God?,' but I think it forces us to think outside of the box and draw clower to Him."
Dean Faehner shows off the cabinets in one of the two student rooms (complete with kitchenette!)
Guest Room #110...
A study lounge....
The Student, Leadership and Spiritual Life sub-committee prepare for a hard hat tour of the new tower.
A rainy, thundery middle of the night rush as "Spring" board meetings prepare to unfold this week — also, on Tuesday, we'll have our once-every-five years Membership (sometimes known as "Constituency") Meetings. Keep us in
The Casinettes (from College of Arts & Sciences) battle for zero points, although Lael Caesar does hold on to his Spiritual Life Award.
Lael Caesar is recognized as employee, faculty or staff who made a significant contribution to the spiritual life of our campus.
The Big Cheese Team: (From right to left): David Faehner (who really was on Family Feud once; we just watched his appearance), our VP for Advancement; Andrea Luxton, our Provost; and, Ben Schoun, Chair of our Board of Trustees (and General Conference VP)
Family Fusion with host Dave Ferguson: First Round, Crusaders vs. Technotrons.
A welcome by Dr Andreasen, President.
Posters We Like.
Welcome to Sunday! Family Fusion (aka Feud) will unfold tonight...and staff and faculty who have done remarkable things at Andrews (recognized by their peers....number of years served) will be celebrated. A few pix to follow before this (slightly) snow m
If you missed part five of Pastor Dwight's series on "The Radicals" (which completes next week)....click on the link below to listen to today's sermon.
“Keep the Sabbath day holy. Don’t pursue your own interests on that day, but enjoy the Sabbath and speak of it with delight as the Lord’s Holy day. Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day..." (Isaiah 58) :: Once again, H
And, as you may have read in this news feed before, you can join us for church, as it were, online — and watch the entire second service, beginning at 11:30 am Eastern (you'll see what you might see on the screens in PMC if you were with us).
Good morning, friends...and happy snowy Sabbath (at least here in Southwest Michigan; btw it is board meeting weekend here and it *always* snows, it seems, for Spring Board Meeting). Here on campus, Pastor Dwight Nelson will preach sermon five in his ser
May you rest, discover...and pursue the glory of God this Sabbath day.
"In the silence of our Sabbath observation our minds can rest, and that often leads to the freedom to learn anew how best to use our minds for the glory of God." :: Marva Dawn
Happy Sabbath....Shabbat Shalom...as it unfolds (or awaits) around the world. Here are a few words to mark this week's arrival of that Sacred Day:
It's PowerPac Weekend "Kingdom Value: Building Community" with Pastor Sam Leonor of La Sierra University. There are opportunities to hear him speak tonight and tomorrow! Learn more by checking out the Andrews Agenda.
Sunshine-y-ish.
Welcome to Friday....the approach of Sabbath (and, we kinda hope, no snow....!)
Official Smoking Truck In The Parking Lot Update (with prompt assistance from local fire and law enforcement officials, along with our own Safety department). BTW, no one was in or at the truck when this happened.
Sofa Throws We Like (Andrews University Bookstore).
"And she said to me: It's not about you, it's about Jesus." Student to D Sam Leonor
"How come they don't come to my church like they do the taco trucks in Southern California? Maybe it's because we don't give them the Bread of Life. I propose that we have Jesus for our lives, our church, our community. I believe we w
"Following Jesus deeply and completely is our purpose in life." Sam Leonor
Posters We Like.
Congrats on the dissertation from Dr Bell, head of DMin in the Seminary.
"I thought about that; I was there when the conference was formed.This conference is in my heart."
Pr Ferreira thanks God, his family and friends on campus and in Brazil. His doctoral dissertation involves why one in three church members are not retained in the Southern Sao Paulo Conference in Brazil.
If you follow our Events Calendar, you'll note that Doctoral Dissertation Defenses are part of life at Andrews. This morning, our good friend Pr Nilson Ferreira is doing his DMin defense this morning...and is about to begin. Here he is, just before,
(And 5 Gum — new flavors — chocolate mint ice cream Extra and all the classics, gumwise....when Gum Guy visits the side door by Lamson after chapel today.) Good Thursday morning, albeit still snowy!
The first PowerPac weekend of the school year, ""Kingdom Value: Building Community," starts later today at Chaplain Sam Leonor of La Sierra University — you can check out the whole PowerPac schedule, including locations and times thr
Robins!
Robins!
The Andrews University Department of Agriculture is sponsoring a book drive to benefit Emmanuel Mission School in Lesotho, Africa. Faculty and students from the Department of Agriculture will be visiting the school in March as part of the Agriculture Stu
Check out the Graduate Student Association's recent banquet, Sandi Patty at the Howard Performing Arts Center, chapel with Pastor Roy Ice, SIFE's free tax prep, and more!
Baguette de France: Love.
Easter Passion Play rehearsals begin in just five days! If you are a volunteer, check out the schedule to see when and where you need to be:
Um, had we mentioned that the first day of Spring is March 20? =:)
Pay no attention to the snow falling behind the curtain... =:)
Happy President's Day here in the US (and on the Andrews University campus). We're not sure about the cherry tree and George Washington, but Kermit does try to get to the bottom of the story...
First the Lake Effect Snow...now the...Lake Effect Rain? Umbrellas needed. Gum boots (no Gum Guy pun intended here) optional.
It might be just a touch rainy today.
Welcome to Sunday and what, is on the campus, a long weekend with President's Day tomorrow. If you traveled away for the weekend from Andrews....safe travels and hurry back— we, of course, miss you!
Encore: "In all His glory, we shall see Him face to Face!"
One of the best sing-along-moments: "Blessed is he who calls upon the Name of the Lord."
"God says yes to you, and He has dreams for You that you may not even know yet...but He holds them gentle in His hands." -Sandi Patty
"I love story, and throughout my career, I have used song to tell how God leads in my life." - Sandi Patty
Sandi Patty in the Howard!
Good Sabbath Morning! It's brilliant sunny (and even more significantly, brilliant non-snowy) here in the land of Andrews and it's Pathfinder Sabbath ("I Will Do My Honest Part...Care For My Body, Etc.") at Pioneer Memorial Church. If
Wherever you are in this world as the Sabbath begins and continues...blessings as you sing the vowels of God's Time...in unison with Him.
"...All week long we are called upon to sanctify life through employing things of space. On the Sabbath it is given us to share in the holiness that is in the heart of time...the Sabbath leads us to a realm of endless peace, or to the beginning of a
"Creation is the language of God, Time is His song, and things of space the consonants in the song. To sanctify time is to sing the vowels in unison with Him..."
Irises We Like in Student Financial Services.
Happy Nearly Sabbath, too!
Friday morning at Andrews: Sunshine on my (our) shoulders.
Trees (Awaiting Spring) That We Like.
If you'd like to join us for chapel today and you're not on campus, you can watch a live stream of today's speaker, Roy Ice — who's been a member of the group Big Face Grace and a chaplain at our sister school Pacific Union Coll
Sandi Patty. Live. In Concert. This weekend at the Howard Performing Arts Center! Get your tickets before the show sells out!
And, Official Sidewalk Quote of the Afternoon: "Cheer up, it's sunny outside!@
We're convinced Spring is on the way...we just spotted the first unicycle rider of the season today.
Welcome to Wednesday. God's blessings as we reach mid-week! Sabbath is coming...
"...I imagine God views each halting step forward in my spiritual 'walk' with the eagerness of a parent watching a child take the very first step." | (Happy Day After Valentine's Day!)
"Infinity gives God a capacity we do not have: God can treat all of creation with unrelieved specialness. As I read the Bible, it seems clear that God satisfies and eternal appetite by loving individual human beings..."
We're only a day late on this thought on love and God from writer Philip Yancey:
AUSA Election Forum, Cardinal Classic, Speed-dating...and so much more! It's all in this week's Week in Pictures photo gallery.
Earn $100 for Taking A Winning Christmas Card Photo: All the snow we’ve been enjoying this winter provides the opportunity to take the perfect photo for next year’s University Christmas card. The Office of Integrated Marketing & Communica
Sunlit Bicycle on Melting Snow Update.
PS And buds on the trees!
The Howard, mid-set up for the live recording of Dr. Nedley's Depression Recovery Program, starting Wednesday, Feb. 16 @ 9 am. It's free to the public with more info at drnedley.com. There's also a two-night series, also beginning this Wed
Hey! Visible grass!
→ Andrews University: The Big Melt is on....we've seen grass emerging from beneath the snow (and, um, yes....we imagine winter will return before we're done!)
While this is the main and official Andrews newsfeed (where your humble Andrews University Facebook Team works day and and occasional night), you can sometimes find some posts about Andrews via the link above (including some great parts of last Friday ni
Welcome to Sunday! Again, our weather forecast for this next week in SW Mich: The Big Melt....
If you missed the fourth part in Pastor Dwight's "The Radicals" series, here's an audio from this morning's sermon. Happy Sabbath, in its final hours (and past them, in some places) around the world.
And, you can also tune in to 90.7 FM for our campus WAUS-FM if you're within listening range, or also use your computer to hear today's First Service, also rebroadcast at 11:30 am, Eastern. Once again: Shabbat Shalom!
You can also join in on your computer or smart phone via our Campus Ministries online radio station...its live broadcast of second service also begins at 11:30 am, Eastern.
As always, if you'd like to join us, as it were, for this morning's church services at PMC there are a few different options. First, the Second Service is streamed live at the link below, starting about 11:30 am, Eastern (GMT -5). Today, Pasto
Happy Sabbath morning, everywhere....here in southwest Michigan, we have friends here for Cardinal Classic (we just said hello to them at breakfast), from sister universities to look at health professions and the seminary...and it's hinting at a bea
(Blessed Sabbath!)
"....It enables us to get our bearing, find our direction, and plot our course. To do all that takes time, special time, that will determine all other time, and the weekly day of rest is meant to provide just that." :: Niels-Erik Andreasen, &qu
"The Sabbath stands in the midst of time, between two weeks, and between two ages, as well: the past and all that has been done and the future with all that might still be accomplished. it is like a traffic island in the rush of time..."
(Ditto.)
(Mishawaka's Hobby Lobby is ready for Valentine's Day.)
...and here are more. We're glad you shared today and the Sabbath...
This weekend we have some good friends from our great sister universities, Oakwood and Southern, who are visiting to explore grad options in areas ranging from Allied Health (ie Physical Therapy and Speech Pathology) to the Seminary. Here are some of our
If you are a current student, February 18 wil be the last day to receive your free Andrews Study Bible. The Bibles will not be available after this date. For undergrads, pick them is in the Office of Campus Ministries. For graduate students, pick-up is
As it approaches here and around the world...may the approaching Sabbath be a time of peace, worship and joy.
Freethrow 2: Nearly approaching the basket, Collegedale Adventist Youth in Action vs Georgia Cumberland Academy.
Freethrow 1: Approaching the basket, Collegedale Adventist Youth in Action vs Georgia Cumberland Academy.
Hinsdale and Mount Vernon academies in an exchange beneath the basket.
Live Update Texting From The Classic.
Cardinal Classic 2011.
Cardinal Classic 2011.
Cardinal Classic 2011.
The (temporarily) bright yellow bridge between Nethery and the still-being-built Buller (looking all bricked over and shiny new from behind).
One of the things we love about Andrews: Edwin, who we just met formally for the first time, stopped us in front of the Ad Building, where he offered up prayer. Amen and thank you, Edwin.
BTW, the Cardinal Classic Basketball Series is in the house. Welcome to friends and teams from near and far!
Mittens, people, mittens!
Today's Update: Sun up, temperature down (way way down: wind chill advisory worries about 14 to 24 below, so dress up warm, warm, warm if you're here). However, bright (loosely speaking) on the horizon: One week from today, according to weather
Have a free Wednesday evening here if you live amidst the snows (upon snows upon snows)? Volleyball intramurals in the gym starting at 5:30 pm and co-ed worship in Meier chapel starting at 9:30 pm. All indoors. All fun and spirt (and Spirit) filled &mdas
Yes, your Andrews University Facebook Team still has no snowshoes (although it was only about four inches over our knees for just a short portion of the trek from the car).
Gnarly, Snow-Covered Branches We Like.
Brr BBQ, AUSA Super Bowl Party, All-Night Volleyball, Seminary Scholarship Symposium...and so much more! It's all in Week in Pictures!
Snow On Campus Sculptures That We (but to be honest, not everybody) Like(s).
President's Office (with a high up, well, third floor view of snowy trees).
Posters We Like.
Today's Campus Superhero Update (continued thanks to Martin Bradfield and crew....at all hours, day and night!)
"Our salvation is 'from outside ourselves.' I find salvation not in my life story but only in the story of Jesus Christ. Only those who allow themselves to be found in Jesus Christ—in the incarnation, cross, and resurrection—ar
We like these words from Dietrich Bonhoeffer (who, on this date in 1945, was moved to the Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II):
Good Sunday morning....it almost seems like it might be snowing again outside... =:)
Andrews Sinfonietta Winter Concert this evening @ 8 pm in the Howard, including works by Meyerbeer, Poulanc and Schumann.
"All the great motifs of our Christian faith are underscored in our Sabbath keeping. Its Ceasing deepens our repentance for the many ways that we fail to trust God and to try to create our own future. Its Resting strengthens our faith in the totalit
And once more, as we often say....Happy Sabbath around the world. May God bless you worship, rest and peace...wherever you live.
And, as always, you can listen to a rebroadcast of the First Service on our campus' WAUS-FM — either at 90.7 FM if you're within listening range — or at the online link below.
For a live online broadcast of our Second Service, check out our Campus Ministries internet based CMRadio. (Again, beginning around 11:30 am).
Happy Sabbath Morning! It's Black History Sabbath this morning at Pioneer Memorial Church and our special speaker for today is Elder (& Dr.!) Delbert Baker, now a vice president of the General Conference and a former presidnet of Oakwood Univers
"Relationship: Shoulder-to-shoulder friendship..." | Love and Respect video
"The real key to motivating another person is to meet his or her deepest need."
And as Sabbath begins here in the Commons of Pioneer Memorial Church and continues (or awaits) around the world: Shabbat Shalom!
You can read more about the Love and Respect ministries (and read a few articles about the topics featured in the series) here:
PS With the worm in the dirt dessert as an, um, highlight! =:)
Veja-Links for the Love and Respect video series at Pioneer Memorial Church (sponsored and coordinated by the Something in Common Sabbath School; the video series features Dr Emerson Eggerichs, whose ministry revolves around the concepts in Ephesians 5:3
(Day is dying in the west...)
The Superheroes of Winter at Andrews University.
"But whenever God steps in, His inspiration is to do the most natural, simple things—things we would never have imagined God was in, but as we do them we find Him there.. But we must take the first step and do it in the inspiration of God.&quo
Good Friday morning and Happy Sabbath Eve...all over the world!
Evidence that your Andrews University Facebook Team does not currently have a snowshoe budget.
Bushes Covered With Snow That We Like.
It's Week in Pictures! Take a look!
Our School of Business Administration is now signing up students for this summer’s study tour to Hong Kong and Beijing, China. This five week-study tour can offer up to six credits. Tour cost includes airfare, entry visa, overseas dormitory and hot
Andrews Alps, Science Complex.
Ashley (and friends), this does indeed give a better sense of snow pile scale. (Windows on top are second story of Chan Shun).
Posters We Like.
Andrews Alps, Chan Shun Hall.
Andrews Alps, James White Library.
The New Andrews Alps.
More sun (James White Library edition).
Here comes the sun (the day after)...
And a good night to all who survived this snow day! (A Snow Day! Andrews!) See you tomorrow, hopefully amidst sun (if not yet warm...).
Snowy memories, continued: The Sutherland House (home of our first president when we became Emmanuel Missionary College in 1901), in a great shot from a year ago by IMC King of the Web (and photographer), Martin Lee.
Campus Ministries will be open until 5 pm today. Hang out with your friends, play the Wii, drink hot tea, and eat fresh popcorn!
Our ongoing gallery of Andrews University in the snow continues: This great shot of the globe at our new entrance comes from IMC photographer (and web guy) Darren Heslop comes from early January of this year.
To continue to (photographically) honor Snow Day, another great shot from Austin Ho who captured this past Sunday's "Barefoot Run" fundraiser for local women's shelter Polly's Place.
In case it got lost in the explanation, Andrews University has cancelled classes today, and only essential workers (such as dining services, residence halls, plant services) are expected to report to work — and many many blessings to them. For the
(And huge thanks to those of our friends who have made the journey to campus today to help keep things working amidst this blowing snow! God bless!)
Those are our friends from places like Dining Services, the residence halls, plant services that help assure that our students remain fed, housed and warm. Otherwise, most campus offices will be closed this Wednesday, save for a few brave souls that have
We've made some comments about this earlier in the news feed today following a question — and it was a good one — and that is whether or not classes cancelled means school closing (that is, other offices will be open and staff will repo
If you've been following this news feed (or SMS's — we got our update at 4:27 this morning)...you'll have note that this Wednesday, February 2, classes are cancelled at Andrews due to inclement weather conditions (ie, more snow, even
Snow Day! (This great shot of Andrews student Sid Polk comes from IMC photographer Austin Ho, from this Sunday's fundraiser, "Barefoot Run," by Andrews University men to raise money for a local women's shelter, Polly's Place).
(Stay safe and warm today!) Once again, due to the snowy blowy weather, classes for today, Wednesday, February 2, have been canceled.
Classes for today, Wednesday, Feb. 2 have been canceled. Enjoy the snow day!
269-471-7660. Weather/Snow Line. Andrews University.
Once more, our prayers are with all of our friends who are in places where it's just plain snowy and cold in many different places in this country (including, yes, Southwest Michigan). Drink an extra cup of cocoa, through an extra blanket on the bed
For our friends who have followed this feed from time to time, you know that we are very good at making mistakes sometimes with information (we're working on that)...and here is key information. Our Weather Line (ok, today, we'll call it the Sn
We've been mentioning the SMS Alert Service — if you're an Andrews student, faculty or staff and you haven't yet signed up for it, you can do it via this link (which uses the campus's Vault system). If a decision for closure is
For those of you close to the home we call Andrews, we wanted to let you know that evening classes have been canceled and the James White Library will close at 7 pm. No decision has been made about tomorrow, but again check our weather line (269-471-7760
Remember, the weather line, if you want to check the latest updates tomorrow, is 269-471-7760. Also, you can also check the Andrews website (andrews.edu) in the morning for any updates. Stay safe and warm wherever you are in the US (we've seen the w
We're at Spiritual Life Committee and hearing a survey report on Outreach (last Sabbath, for example, three packed buses went out to serve)...and this chart deals with Street Ministry, where 40% have taken part 10 or more times over the last semeste
Posters We Like.
Curious about the journey towards a Snow Day (or not!) at Andrews, one that begins at 2 am on mornings like these (including, we imagine, tomorrow morning)? This link offers you all the background details, including the weather hotline to call tomorrow m
Today (well, this afternoon's) Words Are: Blizzard Warning.
Instead, our Seminary is committed, along with our church throughout its 160-year history, to teaching students about authentic Christian spirituality. The post before has a link with a complete statement by the seminary, including its commitment to help
Some of our friends have contacted us about a petition that is circulating on the Internet about the content of a seminary course to be taught in February 2010 (sic). While the petition suggests that the course is about contemplative and emergent types o
Posters We Like.
And then we like this text that follows the best (especially as we yearn for spring here in southwest Michigan): "You'll like (God's Word) better than strawberries in spring, better than red, ripe strawberries." || As this Sunday and
"The revelation of God is whole and pulls our lives together./The signposts of God are clear and point out the right road./The life-maps of God are right, showing the way to joy./The directions of God are plain and easy on the eyes./God's reput
We like how Eugene Peterson paraphrases Psalm 19 in The Message, including these passages:
"God has sanctified the day, and man must again and again sanctify the day, illumine the day with the light of his soul. The Sabbath is holy by the grace of God, and is still in need of all the holiness which man may lend to it." :: Abraham Hes
"The Sabbath is meaningful to man and is meaningful to God. It stands in a relation to both, and is a sign of the covenant entered into by both. What is the sign? ...."
And, finally, starting this year, you can watch most Sabbaths a live-streaming video of the Second Service via the link below.
Second service is also broadcast live on CM Radio, our on-campus online Campus Ministries radio station via the link below at 11:30 am Eastern (GMT -5). As we've noted before, there are all sorts of options, including apps for your iPhone that will
Happy Sabbath Morning....our Student Week of Spiritual Emphasis ends today with a sermon at PMC by Christian Reynoso...you can catch the first service as a rebroadcast on WAUS-FM (90.7 FM if you're within listening range):
We'll confess that we're fond of this tree by the library that embraces the snow in its branches after a snowfall.
This edition of Week in Pictures includes hard hat tours, Andrews Study Bible distribution, Naturally7 and more! If you have photos from any campus events, submit them to Week in Pictures by e-mailing pr@andrews.edu!
Our undergraduate Week of Spiritual Emphasis is under way, with meetings daily at 11:30 am in Pioneer Memorial Church and 7:30 pm in the Youth Chapel — and for the morning service, you can catch it live over the Internet (as with chapels each Thurs
Among the things that has captured attention for the a cappella group Naturally7 are YouTube clips of their version of song "In The Air Tonight;" here they are performing the song on the Paris Metro — a video which has been viewed nearly
A great a cappella group, Naturally7, performs tonight in the Howard at 7 o'clock.
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "I want to share a thought from American poet Robert Frost: 'After Jonah, who could not trust God to be merciful again?' and I would add, after Calvary, who wouldn't want God to be merciful again and again until
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "If He's the God of mercy...shouldn't we be the people of mercy? That's why for 31 days at Pioneer Memorial Church, we're praying a simple prayer: 'O God—Give me your heart for this lost world&mda
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "'...May it not be true that God seeks to break into the consciousness of men, make a 'divine encounter' anywhere and everywhere?... May we not be guilty of the same exclusiveness that cost Israel their special r
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "The Australian Adventist scholar, Gerald Minchin, who taught here 50 years ago, wrote this in an unpublished paper: 'The lost sheep are not all of this fold, although it is intended that eventually they will be. It is in
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "...Wow! Maybe our problem is we're like Jonah — intellectually we understand mercy, but we're hard on those around us...we won't even give mercy to ourselves."
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "God's strategy for salvation is *mercy.* Look at Ninevah...one of the greatest stories in the Old Testament. Peter must have been right: 'In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "There is a *wideness* in God's mercy. That's the line I want you to learn today."
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "Here's question 13 from God: 'Should I not pity Ninevah...about a million people that I made?' This is not radical Jonah, but radical God in this story. Jonah's prayers are like many of ours: we want Jesus
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "Verse 9 of chapter 2 in the book of Jonah is probably the most important. 'But I will sacrifice to you...Salvation is of the Lord.' This passage is important because I don't care who you are and what depths you&
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "Even though Jonah is a runaway missionary, God keeps holding on to this guy...When asked by the men on the ship, Jonah says, 'I'm a Hebrew, my God is Creator of the universe.' And then Jonah says, 'Mea culp
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "We're looking at missions...at a globe that must be reached by this generation. Today, we're looking at 13 questions that appear in the book that Jonah wrote about himself. He writes about going away from the presenc
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "We're in debt to the whole world. The world is our parish at Andrews University."
And, once again, you can now watch live video of the entire second service each week via Pioneer Memorial Church's website. Click on the link below at 11:30 am or so, Eastern (GMT -5).
Campus Ministries Radio (CMRadio) carries the second service live, and there are a variety of ways either on the internet or your smart phone to listen in. Find out more at the link below.
As always, you can also join in with Pioneer Memorial Church on Sabbath even if you're not on campus. Our friends at WAUS-FM re-broadcast the first service each Sabbath around 11:30 am Eastern (GMT -5). You can tune in at 90.7 FM if you're with
We'll share some quotes from this Sabbath's sermon later today, but you can also check out a study guide at the link below for the third sermon in a series by Pastor Dwight Nelson, "The Radicals: This Generation, This World, This Time.&quo
Last evening we had the privilege of stopping by the start of a 4 week series of videos from the Love and Respect conference which includes a free hot meal (we were in charge of serving peas) and then a video by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs. You can preview som
Good morning and Happy Sabbath, Shabbat Shalom, Feliz Sabado...all over the world!
MLK Weekend events, the "We Remember Haiti" benefit, the Andrews Study Bible gift distribution for graduates, and more of Andrews--it's all in this edition of Week in Pictures!
Another reminder that behind the clouds, there is always the Son.
Posters We Like.
Well, it is one of those fill in the blanks on road signs sort of days here (bundling up is also wise; potential windchills of -12 before noon). As we've always said, Andrews does winter right! =:)
Bicycles At Andrews That Have Not Been Ridden Frequently.
(Closer...)
(Closer.)
Graduate students are invited to join Dr. Christon Arthur tonight (Thursday, Jan. 20) for "Supper with the Dean” in the Seminary Commons at 7:30 pm. Dr. Arthur will be there to meet graduate students and hear feedback about your experience as
To read more about the gift of the Andrews Study Bible to our students, funded by the Foundation of Adventist Education and our Board of Trustees, click on the link below. Last week, our graduates reeived the Bible, and as we just wrote, today undergrdua
As you may have read, your Andrews University Facebook Team has been away from campus this week, but we wanted to also let you know that today is the day that our undergraduates will receive a free copy of the Andrews Study Bible. Distribution begins dur
...with Washington, DC (postcard views, at least) in the rearview mirror.
And, in Baltimore, a journey home begins.
And on the final night...Jamaican food!
Elder Bradford, former president of the North American Division, speaks at the memorial services for Elder Neal Wilson.
Some memorabilia from Elder Neal Wilson's life as GC President including his Bible satchel, sermon outlines, copies of memos and notes for a wedding ceremony.
The world globe in the atrium at the General Conference.
The ice melts and later today, there will be a memorial at General Conference headquarters for long time GC President Elder Neal Wilson (father of our current President, Elder Ted Wilson). Overflow parking has already begun at the South Asian SDA for the
Books by our friends in the Griggs University library.
Preparing to take a look at www.griggs.edu.
And a church we may recognize, too.
JN Andrews on a mural at the White Estate in the GC.
A great sweatshirt we found in the bookstore at Griggs University.
And we are here...!
(General Conference.)
(Here.)
An important reading assignment for today as we remember Dr. Martin Luther King and his desire for the power of agape love: "And when you come to love on this level you begin to love men not because they are likeable, not because they do things that
(The journey begins, Terminal A, South Bend....the reboot version.)
(And welcome to Monday!)
Once upon a time (well, early last November), Griggs University and Griggs International Academy became a part of Andrews University (read the full story at the link below). Within a few hours, members of your Andrews University Facebook Team will be off
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "Here's the prayer we're praying: 'Oh God, give me your heart for this lost world, and I will go anywhere in the world You will send me. Amen.' Give me Your heart, God, to dispose of this Gift you have given
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "Take the Gift and share it with somebody. You were created to be radical, and become a radical for Christ in this generation. It means that what you have doesn't belong to you, and you are indebted until it's all gon
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "'...we (have) wrung our hands in pious concern, and said, 'I'm sorry. I'm just not called to that.‟ . . . [But] what if the very reason we have breath is because we have been saved for a global mission (
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "'We owe Christ to the world—to the least person and to the greatest person, to the richest person and to the poorest person, to the best person and to the worst person. We are in debt to the nations. Encompassed wit
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "You want something radical? Here's the most radical of all. David Platt says this: 'Every saved person this side of heaven owes the gospel to every lost person this side of hell.' Mercy: All 7 billion of them? H
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "Read more quote in our study guide today that help offers context to Romans 6."
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "That is the debtedness that Paul describes. Christ gives me a big gift, and with this gift, you go. Christ says, 'Dwight, you're in debt, until you give it to those I have described.' Essentially, Paul is saying
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "The first way you can be in debt: You have given me a $1,000 — so I'm in debt to you and I have to get the money back to you. But there's another way to be in debt. I'd never seen this before. You give me
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "What will happen? Here's what Paul says in Romans 1: 'I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise.' The Romans thought that anybody who couldn't speak Greek was a barbarian. S
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "...Don't be afraid of it...it will happen to everyone who becomes a radical for Christ. He'll say, 'I've been waiting for this, I've been waiting for you.'"
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "Your proud heart will be transformed into childlike humility. On that January night, when I was in the seminary, he came looking for me. Once I got the assurance of forgiveness...and I can't believe this, but there grew i
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "When you meet the glorified Christ, it will well up within you. I love this last line: 'Christ and His righteousness became to Saul more than the whole world.' Did you catch that? God and the Holy Spirit comes over y
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "It happened to me on a January night when I was a graduate student here. I didn't have to go looking for Him. He found me. He'll come to you, too."
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "There was a single sentence that compelled Paul *once* he met the glorified Christ. It's imperative that Paul — and we — have to meet the glorified Christ. If God is calling you to be a radical, it's just
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "Talk about radical reversal. With Paul, you've got an insular Pharisee, sequestered from the world, but in an instant, compelled into the world to become the greatest missionary in the history of Christianity."
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "It is on the road to Damascus that proud Saul comes face to face with the risen, ascendant and powerful Christ."
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "They stone Stephen, and he prays to Lord Jesus, receive my spirit...do not charge them with this sin."
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "If you ever speak a word for Him, your face will reflect the glory of a glorified Christ."
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "If God asks you to speak a word for Him, He will preserve what you say."
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "Our radical is called 'Saulos,' — 'called of God.'"
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "If you were a radical disciple of Christ, what would you be thinking of these numbers? We'll reach 7 billion human beings this year, and if you live another 35 years, another 1 billion will be added — 8 billion peop
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "The net gain on our global population is two every single second. Looking at those numbers, if you were God of the universe, what do those numbers do to you? Every one of those numbers represents an addition to Your family, ev
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "What can I take to make me the same kind of radical for Christ? Come and learn at the House of Prayer on Wednesday nights at 7 o'clock, right here in the sanctuary."
Special Music: "Hallelujah, blessed is the man with a vision/Hallelujah, blessed is one who delight's in God's Word/Hallelujah, he is a lover of Jesus/Hallelujah, blessed is the man who fears the Lord."
Chaplain Keren Toms: "How can you get involved? Check out opportunities on our Campus Ministries website at the link below."
And, finally, as we shared last week, you can join us visually and live for the second service with a new live streaming service that shows the whole service as you might see it on the video screens if you were sitting in one of the pews in Pioneer Memor
Our web-based Campus Ministries CMRadio station has a variety of options, both online and smartphone (or now even some set-top devises like Roku) to use the Shoutcast system to here the second service live at 11:30 am. Click on this link for more info.
As is the case each week, you can listen to a rebroadcast of the first service on our campus radio station. If you're within broadcast range, tune in to 90.7 FM or use their online link for a stream of that rebroadcast. It begins around 11:30 am Eas
Good Sabbath morning! Pastor Dwight Nelson continues the second in his sermon series "The Radicals: This World, This Generation, This Time" at 11:30 am Eastern (GMT -5) this morning. You can download a study guide at the link below (and also li
(May you paint amidst God's beauty as this Sabbath unfolds — wherever you are in the world. Happy Sabbath, Feliz Sabado, Shabbat Shalom...)
"Sabbath-keeping is more art than science. It is more poetry than arithmetic. It is something we get a knack for more than memorize procedures about. It is like painting: Done by numbers, it comes off stiff and blotchy. But done with discipline and
Fusion tonight @ 8:15 pm with Olfa Lingi in the Howard. If you can't be there, join us live via the web at the link above (Eastern time is GMT -5). Also, at any time, you can watch archived videos of previous Fusions at that web page...
Posters We Like.
Dr Cliff Jones: "To help us be lights in the world, Andrews is giving each graduate student an Andrews Study Bible. Appropriately, it's theme is Light, Depth, Truth. Light, Depth, Truth. As you take your Light, remember Light was made to walk i
Dr Cliff Jones: "Light as a binding metaphor weaves through Scripture...Arise, shine, for your light is come...And, light shows up early in the New Testament as a symbol of knowledge, truth and life."
Dr Cliff Jones: "God speaks and it is history. It is done. There is power and efficiency and truth in the word of God. As the light illumines, so does the Word of God."
Dr Cliff Jones: "this darkness is ironic, since the first thing God created was light. God speaks, and light is the result. God is the source of light, God controls light. God in His infinite wisdom first created that which is necessary. When I grew
Dr Cliff Jones: "'And God said their be Light...and there was Light.' ...As technologically advanced civilization is, we live in a world shrouded in darkness, deeper and more stubborn than a million nights."
Dr Cliff Jones: "Truly God is the strength of our lives."
"The Word gave life to everything that was created, and His life brought light to everyone. The Light shines in the darkness and the darkness can never extinguish it" John 1:4, 5.
Dr Hernandez (at left, with President Andreasen): "I hope this will renew our commitment to mission...when you go out to serve, you will foremost do what you are called to do as a person who is inspired by the Bible."
"There was a lot of enthusiasm by my colleagues in the board for this project (which was a Spirit-led initiative...it wasn't on the agenda) and for my wife and I to give a gift that can change and inspire lives, just as it has for our family.&
"I first came as Provost, there was fundraising going on to give Bible to freshmen. That happened and at our board meeting and said that's not good enough and he and others gave generous gifts so that each one of our students could get one and
The Andrews Study Bibles that will be shared with our Seminary students at the end of tonight's Graduate Consecration.
Deliverance Choir rehearses for the evening's program ("How excellent is Thy Name")
This evening's Consecration Service for Graduate Students about to begin.
Outside the Howard, January 13.
Great T-Shirts We Like (Available for $15 in the Student Center; goes to help support our university in Haiti).
Future Student Movement Ads We Like (This Thursday and next our grads and undergrads -- with the exception of new freshmen who received them in the fall -- respectively, will receive an Andrews Study Bible as a gift from our Board of Trustees and the Fou
The Sunrise Before The Lake Effect Snow Warning.
Today's Snow Removal Update (Yaaay and many thanks to our friends in Grounds)....across from PMC, btw.
Icicles and old sign, Andrews University version.
And...
The aforementioned blue heavens.
The walk into the Ad Building the day after the Lake Effect Snow..a little bit of dazzling blue sky overhead before the next round(s?!) of snow.
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "I promise you if you mean that prayer, your life will be changed. I don't know how God will change your life, but you will be changed. Pray as you have never prayed before...I invite you, I challenge you...to pray to see
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "Here's what I'd like to invite you to do. Please, over the next 31 days pray this prayer: "O God, give me your heart for this lost world, and I will go anywhere in the world you send me.' Pray that prayer m
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "David Platt, again: 'Because from cover to cover the Bible teaches that all the church—not just select individuals, but all the church—is created to reflect all the glory of God to all the world."
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "Whoever is privileged is obligated. God calls Abraham (and us) to get out of our sophistication and go into a culture where people are lost. The Radicals: Remember, supreme authority belongs to Jesus Christ. Remember, whatever
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "Everyone is called to be a missionary....and to be a missionary is to be a *foreign* missionary. David Platt writes in his book 'Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream,' 'It's a foundationa
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "All of those divine blessings we see are not bragging rights, but saving rights. What drives heaven night and day are the lost, not the saved. God blesses the saved, so that they might save the lost."
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "In the story of Abraham, all the families of earth shall be blessed by faith. Psalm 67 has a great missionary prayer: 'God be merciful to us and bless us so that your way may be known on earth and your salvation among all
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "3. To be God's radical you must be willing to part with your own blessings. There are times when God comes into our lives and speaks the impossible. God may ask us to do something that's absolutely impossible because
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "1. To be God's radical means that you must be willing to part with your own family (Luke 14:26, 27). It means that Christ must be the supreme authority in your life. 2. To be God's radical you must also be willing to
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "Once upon a time, God went to the most sophisticated city on earth to find a radical and He found one. Talking about radical? Not only are Abram and Sarai called their high class culture, but also to leave their family and the
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "Genesis 12:1 'Now the Lord had said to Abram [the Lord here is the pre-incarnate Christ]....get out of your country into a land I will show you and I will make you a great nation...and in you all the families of the earth
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "Over the next few Sabbaths, we're going to examine a few people from history unfazed by the culture around them."
Pastor Dwight Nelson: "We're going to begin 31 days of prayer and read three pages of Steps to Christ each day — you can find the reading plan in our bulletin at pmchurch.org or via the Facebook page (linke below) for 31 Daily Steps to Pe
"I will follow, I will follow/All of Your ways./I will give You all my worship/I will give You all of my praise/...You alone are worthy of praise."
"Worthy is the Lamb, Worthy is the Lamb/Amen."
"Alleluia, Alleluia/Our Lord God Almighty reigns/Alleluia, Alleluia/Holy, holy/Are you Lord God Almighty."
And our Campus Ministries station (CMRadio) has both online and smart phone application ways to listen to Christian music during the week, and a live broadcast of the second service (again, 11;30 am Eastern and GMT -5). We'll also share a few highli
You can listen in on our campus FM station, WAUS, either at 90.7 if you're in broadcast range, or via the internet, for a rebroadcast of the first service, starting around 11:30 am Eastern (GMT -5).
If you'd like to join us, you can do so through the usual media links (which we'll post in a minute)...and download a study guide for the new series here.
Welcome to a Lake Effect Snow Drenched Sabbath morning in Southwest Michigan. Later this morning at Pioneer Memorial Church is Pastor Dwight Nelson's first sermon in a series for a brand new year: "The Radicals: This Generation, This World, Thi
"...There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath." || May your Sabbath ahead, wherever you are in the world, be marked by a realm peace and the promise of eternity. Shabbat Shalom
"...Even when the soul is seared, even when no prayer can come out of our tightened throats, the clean silent rest of the Sabbath leads us to a realm of endless peace, or to the beginning of an awareness of what eternity means..."
We still enjoy this thought about the Sabbath from Abraham Heschel: "We must conquer space in order to sanctify time. All week long, we are called upon to sanctify life through employing things of space. On the Sabbath it is given us to share in the
AU (The Lake Effect Snow, White-On-White Embossed Edition)
Stained Glass Windows We Like (PMC).
Chapel blog: facebook.com/andrewsgumguy
Posters We Like.
Gum, if you like...after Duffy Robbins' chapel talk today in PMC, which begins at 11:30 am. Gum Guy, with said gum, will be out by JN Andrews immediately after the chapel service.
The semester of warm head gear has begun...!
So, as this new year beings, we send all of the warmest wishes possible from Andrews (regardless of what the outdoor temps may be like at this time of year) and wish you the Yes of God in each of your lives. It's nice to find you all again!
"In this Yes all the life and all of the hope of he world are comprises...Jesus is not *a* human being, but *the* human being. What happens to Him happens to human beings. It happens to all and therefore to us. The name of Jesus embraces in itself t
"...God becomes human out of love for humanity. God does not seek the most perfect human being with whom to be united, but takes on human nature as it is. Jesus Christ is not the transfiguration of noble humanity, but the Yes of God to real human be
"It is not enough to say that God embraces human beings.This affirmation rests on an infinitely deeper one, a sentence with a more impenetrable meaning, that God in the conception and birth of Jesus Christ, has taken on human bodily..."
Welcome to a brand new semester...a brand new year! We enjoy these words we read recently that reminded us of the season just ending, and the blessings of God and Christ in the year to come...from Dietrich Bonhoeffer:
Skiing in Steamboat, Cruise with a Mission, Committed crowned NBC winners and more in this week's 'Week in Pictures'!!
Good morning...Happy Boxing Day! Today is the one week countdown for Spring Semester registration day (if you still have things to complete (from financial clearance to registration, you'll find most of the resources you need available on January 2
And we know: You're asking yourself....where can I get my own ecard for Boxing Day. We're here to help (well, so is Yahoo, it turns out). Also click on the link below...
To our friends in the Commonwealth, Happy Boxing Day (among other things, it can also be like Black Friday, if you live in America). But more details and history at the link below.
We stopped by campus on this silent Christmas night to do the sort of dropping off and picking up of things that you do before holiday travels. It was unimaginably still, with only the trees illumined by Christmas lights. As we drove away from campus we
Today's Christmas sermon was the second in a series about Christmas. If you didn't have a chance to hear last week's, here's an audio file of that sermon, as well. Once again, Merry Christmas and Happy Sabbath....wherever you are!
Here's Pastor Dwight's Christmas sermon from earlier today...
And Christmas at Andrews...a fond look back to a great shot from 2009 by our friend Darren Heslop .
And on most Sabbaths, you can also listen to the second service live via our campus online radio station (also available through mobile devices, as well; the page link describes how). Again, the service begins around 11:30 am Eastern.
This Sabbath Christmas morning, Pastor Dwight Nelson will be preaching a Christmas sermon titled "The Trough—When God Gave Everything He Had." If you're not on campus, you can listen to a rebroadcast of the first service on WAUS (eit
Good morning....Happy Sabbath...Merry Christmas.
The Final Entry In Our Christmas Eve Series: Christmas Videos We Like (and, once again, blessings on this night that celebrates the birth of Christ, as well as the birth of peace, possibility and of God's grace made flesh).
As we celebrate Christ's incarnation...this Christmas Eve and Christmas approaching—centered at the heart of the Sabbath, may Christ indeed be our companion, our guide to the "house of peace and joy." Peaceful wondrous Christmas to o
The God of love who gave us life sent his only Son to be with us at all times and in all places, so that we never have to feel lost in our struggles but always can trust that he walks with us...Christmas is the renewed invitation not to be afraid and to
"God came to us because he wanted to join us on the road, to listen to our story, and to help us realize that we are not walking in circles but moving towards the house of peace and joy. This is the great mystery of Christmas that continues to give
Some words from Henri Nouwen as Christmas wraps about us...
A Christmas Eve Series: Christmas Songs We Like (in this case, the video just has the song and a picture of the children's choir who sings it).
Happy Sabbath...Merry Christmas (and lest we forget...angels we have heard on high!).
A Christmas Eve Series: Christmas Videos We Like
A Christmas Eve Series: Christmas Videos We Like
A Christmas Eve Series: Christmas Videos We Like
A Christmas Eve Series: Christmas Videos We Like
A Christmas Eve Series: Christmas Videos We Like
A Christmas Eve Series: Christmas Videos We Like
Merry Christmas Eve....and approaching Happy Sabbath....all over the world from your friends at Andrews University.
We like the JN Andrews sculpture in all seasons, but perhaps especially often at this time of year and right after a heavy snowfall. Here's how the sculpture looked nearly a year ago (January 6, 2010) following a little Lake Effect Snow... (Thanks,
This is our friend Elynda Bedney, director of Student Financial Services at Andrews University, and she'd like you to remember that if you have any final steps to take (from payments plans to class registration for next semester) that her office, al
Earlier today, our friend Geston Pierre and Committed performed on NBC's Today; here's a clip we found on YouTube of that performance (and yes, this is a Christmas Video We Like).
An interesting interview in which our friend Geston Pierre and Committed talk about their Adventist faith and how that affected their journey on The Sing Off.
"...Our question is whether God really has sent the One who has the right and the authority for complete, all-embracing final redemption. And the Christmas message is the complete, glorious 'Yes' of the answer to this question." || H
We continue to like what Dietrich Bonhoeffer has to write about Christmas, including this thought that in "Christmas we are directed in a new way to the very thing that stands in the center of the Bible, to the simple reality of the gracious and mer
Our friend Gerda asked a short while ago about the famous Berrien Springs pickle (which also shows up as a Christmas tradition, especially if you visit Christkindlmarket). Here's a thorough article largely discounting the theory that the pickle is,
Christmas Videos That We Like.
A short but powerful sentence from Philip Yancey's book "Meet the Bible" that's perfect as Christmas draws near: "In Jesus, God comes close."
The Bluff, St Joseph.
A quick tour of the snowpeople (including one Grinch) of St Joseph, Michigan, three days before Christmas.
IMC photographer Darren Heslop gets close to the most scientific preparation of s'mores for The Great Andrews Campout, as part of classes and offices move from Nethery Hall for its renovation as part of the overall Undergraduate Learning Center, whi
If you're watching Today on NBC tomorrow, be sure to catch our friend Geston Pierre and Committed.
More Christmas Carols We Like (In German).
For those who have been following the progress of Pastor Ron Whitehead following his surgery on a benign tumor in his head last Thursday, here's an update from last evening by his daughter Heidi: "Heidi-Kyle Whitehead-Littell: Dad got cleared t
In these days of the Christmas season and the new year to come....may others clutch at *your* sleeve....for they have heard (and seen) that God is with you. Happy Wednesday morning, wherever you are...!
"In those days ten men from different nations and languages of the world will clutch at the sleeve of one Jew. And they will say, 'Please let us walk with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'"
We love these words from Zechariah when God talks about the restoration of Jerusalem and the God's promise to "rescue you and make you both a symbol and source of blessing." At the end of chapter 8, we like—in particular—how po
And a little Christmas music for this snowy night. Sweet dreams, surrounded by God's blessings...
Here's a Facebook page from Dragos that will give you the chance to find out more and get involved in helping to keep our neighbors warm this winter...
We like this story from earlier this month about our friend Dragos Prahoveanu and his commitment to helping those who need it most have the blankets they need to keep warm this winter. You can also find out more about it via the Facebook page referenced
Interesting piece from Billboard magazine today about what our friend Geston Pierre and Committed plan to do next after winning "The Sing Off" last evening.
Christmas Signs We Like. (Berrien County Youth Fair.)
Merry Christmas Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve, btw!
"We owe all this to God" :: Committed
Our friend Geston Pierre and other friends in Committed Go...All...The...WAY!!!! May they use this platform and opportunity to continue to testify to God and His power in their lives. God bless....and profound congrats!
"You guys are committed to love and life...and I think that's something that the world is craving right now." :: Nicole, Judge, The Sing Off
C-O-M-M-I-T-T-E-D ! (Sung in the key of C, one assumes)
The Best Christmas Story. Ever.
"...God wrote a story, only using real characters, on the pages of real history. The Word became flesh..." :: As Christ, the Word, moves through real history, include yours, may there indeed be reason behind every season of their lives, a reaso
Yancey goes on to reflect on how his fish in a salt-water aquarium must perceive him, but notes that whatever that is, it "is nothing compared to God becoming a baby. And yet according to the Gospels that is what happened at Bethlehem. The God who c
As we get ready to celebrate the significance of Christ's appearance on earth, we like these words from Philip Yancey about that event: "God made a surprise appearance as a baby in a manger. In Jesus, God found a way of relating to human beings
Noodles, Michigan Avenue, Chicago.
The bowling, soccer, football player section.
Christkindlmarket (& the glass ornament store from Germany).
Enroute.
The holiday chariot part.
If possible, it's always a thing of joy to take in Chicago before Christmas (along with potato pancakes and ornaments Christkindlmarket, the huge tree in Marshall Field's/Macy*s, the decorations on Michigan)...with the South Shore Line as your
And, may God bless in this spangly, commercialized season and give us the heart to realize the year round significance that is at the heart of the sermon today, a gift from God that has personal and eternal consequences for each one of us...and for this
He let us know that starting sometime in January, there will be a live web broadcast of one of the church services (likely the second one) so you can watch if you're away — and would like to continue to at least still virtually join this churc
Incidentally, several have asked if there will ever be a way to watch PMC (besides, of course, going and sitting in one of its pews). We had a chance to talk to Pastor Dwight earlier this month and we asked him that question.
And our friends at Campus Ministries use their online Christian radio station, CM Radio, to air a live broadcast of the Second Service — again, starting at 11:30 am, Eastern (GMT -5).
As always, WAUS carries a rebroadcast of the first service beginning around 11:30 am Eastern (GMT -5). If you're within the broadcast area and can't make it to church on your own, simply tune in 90.7 FM (btw, they're also playing Christmas
Happy Sabbath morning, the week before Christmas. Here on campus, Pastor Dwight Nelson will be sharing a sermon called "The Lottery: When God Gave Everything He Had." You can download a study guide below...and the sermon (we'll have info o
"...Immersing ourselves in His love on the Sabbath overwhelms us with His grace, clarifies our perceptions of our role, and empowers us for the tasks that He makes clear." || May God's love indeed surround us, and inspire us to love othe
"We can embrace our calling to share God's love with the exhilaration of knowing that God has uniquely equipped each of us for our particular roles and that He will provide all that we need for the ministry to which He has called us..."
As another Sabbath approaches here in Michigan, we enjoy these words by Marva Dawn about God's love (and the Sabbath):
It's a wonderful way to say welcome, almost!, to the Sabbath...and we wish you a Happy Sabbath, from where it's already to begun, and to where it has still to begin in the hours to come. May God bless in these final days before family and Chris
By the way, after a muttery, blustery week filled with snow and lake effect snow and bitterly intense cold (we may not have left the cold behind), this Friday has a sky filled with a wondrous array of tumbling puffy clouds and brilliant blue (as always,
Our Board of Trustees and the Foundation for Adventist Education have generously provided a gift so that each current student can have the Bible. They'll be shared with graduates on January 13 and undergraduates on January 20 (a few days before Week
Speaking of the Andrews Study Bible: One other bit of Christmas joy for our current students (other than our new freshmen who began Fall Semester and received a copy of the Andrews Study Bible thanks to donations from Andrews faculty and staff) is that i
As we shared earlier this week, Andrews University Press is offering some special prices (both before and after Christmas) for all seven of its Bibles currently being printed — click below for complete details (it might be the perfect New Year gift
As we celebrate the coming of Christ (regardless of what time of year it may have actually happened!), we really like this text from Zephaniah (3:17): "For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty Savior. He will take delight in you wit
We've been praying today for our friend Pastor Ron Whitehead; here's a post from his wife that was put up an hour ago with some good news and an update! "Betty Whitehead After a 4 1/2 hour surgery, the doctor is hopeful that he got all th
Once or twice each year, Financial Management Committee reviews the bulletin for changes to feed and financial processes for students, including these edits to the section on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid ( FAFSA, www.fafsa.ed.gov).
Christmas Trees We Like (President's Office).
Somewhat Inexplicable, But Still Fascinating, Signs We Like (Including Donut Seeds) In Downtown Berrien Springs.
There are so many friends and things that we an and do pray about every day, and while we share some of those things here in the Andrews Faebook feed, we'll admit that we don't do it as often as we should (and we invite you to post and share yo
"....but that will be continued in the life to come; an education that secures to the successful student his (and her!) passport from the preparatory school of earth to the higher grade, the school above." :: As the moon shines full in the deep
And as this Wednesday evening, we like this quote from the book "Education" that talks about putting the "higher" into "higher education" as it suggests that teachers have the incredible opportunity to present "an educa
While many of us are flying to the four corners of the earth to visit family and loved ones, revisit the final days of the semester, including some great Christmas concerts and basketball in the Agenda's Week in Pictures (a great page to bookmark).
Our friend Geston Pierre and Committed will be on the finale of The Sing-Off; and if you're cheering them on, you can vote for them by calling 1 877.674.6401 or text "1" to 979-79 on your mobile phone.
Our friends at the Andrews University Press has a December special on the wondrous and insight-filled Andrews Study Bible. Click here for more details.
"God has brought us so far....God has something great for us." -- Committed
Christmas Trees We Like. (Outside of the Adventist Theological Seminary on the campus of Andrews.)
(Morning has broken.) Welcome to Wednesday!
You may not have often clicked on the discussions tab on the Andrews page, but there's an amazing story (just click on the link below) from about a month back from our friend Kevin Rosado who tells an incredible story of how God worked through his f
"...to know Christ means to recognize Him in his word as Lord and savior of my life." :: Here in Michigan on this pre-Christmas morning, it is snowy still, but wherever you are today, it's our prayer that, indeed, you recognize Christ
"....there are those who object that this is precisely our dilemma: we would like to know Christ and have faith in Him, yet we are unable to recognize His will. This objection, however, springs from a vague and mistaken knowledge of Christ..."
"Indeed, there is no other way to recognize Christ. If Christ is the living Lord of my life, then I am addressed by his word whenever I encounter Him; indeed, I do not really know Him except through His clear word and command..."
If you've been following these posts recently, you'll know that one author we've been reading recently is Dietrich Boenhoeffer, and we like these words of his about the power of Christ in each of our lives:
"Santa" waits to deliver toys to the young sons and daughters of Andrews' international students...
Thanks to our friend Pieter Damsteegt...you can catch Andrews University on CNN's iReporters' coverage of winter weather....see image #5 by Shemaiah Telemaque of our very own campus....
"In Denmark, we have Christmas Eve, Christmas and Second Christmas. On Christmas Eve we have the big dinner, on Christmas we have leftovers and on Second Christmas, we have the scraps...that's how we celebrate." Our (Danish) President, Nie
"O, come let us adore Him!" (Massive Christmas caroling...)
Santa visits Andrews...
The Official Gathering of Sam's Chicken (and Christmas Celebrations!).
Santa's Storehouse #2.
Santa's Storehouse #1.
Every Christmas season, our friends in International Student Services host a special Christmas dinner for our international students and their families (including their kids) who can't make it home for the holidays. We'll have a chance to check
Elevated Retro Bicycles (With Baskets) That We Like.
And the second song (the one that got an A+ from judge Ben Folds) done by Geston Pierre and Committed last evening. Continued success and blessings, friends!
And, last night from our friend Geston Pierre and Committed....the first of their two songs on NBC's The Sing Off.
Snow Globe.
Buller Hall, of Undergraduate Learning Center fame, continues to take shape amidst the snows.
Lemon Ice.
And off into the snowy night....God bless wherever you are!
Committed goes on to the next episode!
"We realize we gave you a hard time on the last one, but that's because you're A students. A+ on this one," Ben, Judge
"You guys did your thing," Shawn, Judge
"You sounded so warm...it sounded so beautiful." Nicole, Judge
Committed about to sing...."we're trying to come out of our shell a little tonight."
While the judges don't enthuse as much....the final shot after Committed leaves the stage is prayer. One more song to come tonight on The Sing Off with our friend @Geston Pierre and Committed.
Also, as before, either our friend Allan Martin or we will post a clip of tonight's performance (or even better, we probably both will!), in case you don't have the chance to see Committed perform this evening.
We're already noted that we're most excited about our friend Geston Pierre and his appearance with his friends in the truly great Committed (which fully formed at our wonderful sister Instituation, Oakwood University, before Geston came to Andr
And now...the non-snow version of Monday (Tree By The South End of the Ad Building Edition).
Here comes the snow (does not apply if you left on Cruise With A Mission earlier today).
We recently read these words by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and like what it says about how Christ works in our world: "Rather, the question is how the reality in Christ—which has long embraced us and our world within itself—works here and now
As you know, we are sometimes pruned to providing reflections on the weather — visual and written — here in Michigan. It's a new week, so here goes: Friday (as you may have seen) was all sunbashed wonder and glory...Sabbath began with fo
By the way, as many of you take Andrews with you this Christmas break (to places like Steamboat, as we just saw), whether it's close by or around the world, we hope you'll share some pictures of your own Christmas joys (from trees and decoratio
Two timezones away in snowy Steamboat Springs Colorado, a group of Andrews students on the yearly ski trip gather with local church members for song service before church.
Also, our Campus Ministries internet-based radio station (called, for perhaps obvious reasons, CMRadio!) carries the second service live most weeks. We invite you to join in, if you like, once again around 11:30 am Eastern (or GMT -5). Just click on the
On this Sabbath morning, if you'd like to join PMC for worship (and you're not right here in the lovely silvery chilled surroundings of Southwest Michigan), you can listen to a rebroadcast of the first service at PMC at either 90.7 FM (if you&#
"When we...rest as if all our work were done, we celebrate God's creative and redemptive accomplishments on our behalf. Knowing that God is the perfect Creator, we spend the day delighting in the beauties of His creation, and thereby growing in
Happy Sabbath morning from here in southwest Michigan, where the fog rises silver up from the fields. May God bless and surround you with His love and blessings as you worship, rest and restore this Sabbath day...wherever you are in this world!
Day (dying in the West). Welcome to the second Sabbath in December here in southwest Michigan.
On this brilliant snow glittery Friday afternoon here in the land of Andrews....happy the approach of Sabbath....here, and around the world.
Another sign of winter in Southwest...heating coils to prevent ice dams (Google it!).
Hey! Sunshine!
It's Friday, and here comes the sun (the Old US 31 view).
We heard earlier from our friend Geston Pierre who, along with his friends in Committed, has been popping up on The Sing Off on NBC these days, and we thought we'd share his thoughts with all of you: "Thanks....AU for all of the support!"
Good Friday morning! For all of you in your final wave of post-exam travel...God's blessings in your travels (or travels to be)...and for those who have already arrived to be with those you love....write down every moment on your heart. God bless in
The sun (sorta) late on a Thursday afternoon through the trees outside of the James White Library.
There were some who wanted a closer look at this week's Student Movement article about our seminary student, Geston Pierre (thanks for the heads up, Samuel), and his group Committed — now appearing on The Sing Off. Here's the complete art
Here's the rest of the piece, again from the front page of this week's Student Movement.
Hey, it's true, we're rummaging through the Andrews photo archives (112,792 photos and growing) and we also wanted to share this great shot of our friend, University Symphony conductor, Claudio Gonzalez, during a recent Christmas concert on our
A great shot of the Cardinal(s) at play last Saturday evening (with thanks again to Darren Heslop).
(Cardinal) Christmas Trees We Like. (Thanks Darren Heslop of IMC for these great shots from the December 4 game last weekend.)
"...Shawn told Terry that his voice was so “butter.” Nicole...told them, 'God is good, and He shines His light through your group.' The crowd went wild for this one. A+" || Way to go, friends!
Entertainment Weekly earlier this week on Committed on The Sing Off :: "Hands down the best performance of the night. These gospel singers combined their serious vocal chops with a surprising, funky arrangement and turned out one amazing song. The
Official Sign of Snowy Weather, Southwest Michigan.
This is it....the final day of exams....and the sun rises up all clementine orange between horizon and clouds. Blessings on any final bits and pieces, papers and tests...and then travel safe with Godspeed (if you haven't already) to those you love,
If you haven't had a chance to read the behind-the-scenes story of the group and their journey to the show, and Geston's (and his fellow singers) commitment (no pun intended!) to use the opportunity as a ministry, check out this article on the
In case you missed our friend Allan Martin's post earlier, here is Committed's performance from last evening on The Sing Off, with a shout out to Geston Pierre, our own seminary students, and his friends from our great sister school Oakwood (an
On this snowy night in southwest Michigan, may you praise God as well with each of your lives... Once again, we'll try to share a clip once again of Committed's performance (which includes one of our seminary students) tomorrow. Sleep well, and
Committed goes on to the next show of The Sing-Off!
(Shot of group praying right after leaving the stage) "We just want to praise God and...share our gifts with the world.
"You guys gave me a feeling that stirs the soul." Shawn Stockman, Judge
"There's so much going on that I don't know what to say. That's amazing, that's amazing...that's all I have to say." Ben Folds, Judge
(Standing O!)
Committed....The Sing Off. "These guys are most versed in singing hymns, than hits."
Christmas Trees We Like (First Floor, Ad Building).
And for those of you who have, well, a day or two of exams left before Christmas holidays start, our prayers indeed continue for excellent memory of what you've learned, and the ability to convey it brilliantly at the right moment!
Good morning to the End of Exam Week Eve (final final Exams for this semester)...and for those of our friends already finished, travel safe to the land of those you love (even if it's right here in the Great Land of Southwest Michigan).
And so the Lake Effect Snow settles in for a long winter's nap tonight. Blessings on the exams yet to go (or already done!), and safety on the trip home or wherever your holiday travels will take you.
Christmas Trees We Like. (Outside the School of Architecture.)
Official Icicle Update.
And we pray, of course, most of all that planes, train and automobiles will safely carry our students to their destinations where loved ones gather to celebrate the holidays, wherever that is. Good Sunday Eve!
And while you might never want to pray for a Snow Day (except for some stretches in February or March)...we do pray for warmth and safety as The Weather Channel muses about the possibilities of 12 to 20 inches by Tuesday morning.
Welcome to this snowy Sunday eve; we talked to some of our friends earlier at the Faehner Christmas Brunch who, well, were in the somewhat unusual position of praying for a week with no snow days (at least not on their travel days, and for many practical
Christmas Decorations, Downtown Berrien Springs.
Happy Christmas Desserts (and to all a good afternoon).
Some is only for looking...happily, much of the rest is for enjoying.
Further Reasons Why.
Cabinets in the Faehners' Living Room That We Like.
We're still in the Christmas zone, so we're on our way up the hill to poke our heads in to see our friends Dave and Franci Faehner, VPs of Advancement and Student Life, respectively. This is the Sunday for their justifiably famous Christmas bru
Green wrapping for women's housing complex Christmas (well, Summer 2011) presents now under way.
S is for Snow.
We also pray for and remember exams also represent at this time of year, the eve of not just a break but of a Christmas where we remember profound things about why we are here and the daily significance of Christ's birth and life and death and then
As we often pray for those of you who are here this year (or taking exams elsewhere)...may God bless with you solid memories of all you have studied and thought about and learned — even the parts late in these final nights!
Good Sunday morning...a Christmas brunch in the wings...snow turns declarative outside (although right now it just blusters a bit in the winds, and the birdhouses all have shock white winter caps)...and, again, these things called exams.
— the anticipation, joy, dread and possibilities of significant snow angels as Lake Effect Snow Warnings linger in the wings, with their urgent whispers of "total accumulations of 10 to 20 inches by daybreak Tuesday." So, God bless....dre
And so one week turns into another, and for those close to where we type these words, blessings as exam weeks unfold, Christmas travels begin and — for those of you here or once here, you'll know of what we speak...
Our friend Demetra tells us that in one of these rice puddings is one almond, and whoever finds it gets a gift. We've not been told what that gift is, however. Merry Christmas from this corner of Andrews' holiday celebrations....and God's
Demetra Andreasen's note for the capstone treat, her homemade Danish Rice Pudding (as you may know, Dr Andreasen grew up in Denmark and Demetra Andreasen grew up in Greece).
Olives, candles, cheese...
(With a warming fire to welcome everyone...)
If you don't mind, we're going to continue to pop by some of the Christmas events and parties around the Andrews community. Tonight, we sneak in to see our friends, the president and his wife Demetra.
"...But they are also simple and versatile, two qualities not to be understated. Jesus, after all, and after him Peter and Paul, and after them the early church, worked out of an understanding of Sabbath that had those qualities of simplicity and ve
And, later by Buchannan: "Cease from what is necessary. Embrace that which gives life. Those two things, taken together, make up Sabbath's golden rule. They are, to begin with, deep-rooted in Scripture..."
"...Our resources are limited. Our creativity is easily spent. Creating wears us threadbare. Sabbath is not for more creating. It is for re-creating."
A great thought about the Sabbath by Mark Buchannan: "We need to be re-created after all our creating. Creating taps us out. It doesn't have this effect on God, of course. But we're not God. Creating, as invigorating as it can be at times,
If you're near campus this evening, Christmas continues at the Howard (including some wonderful repeats from last evening's "Welcome Christmas" concert).
Once again....in these final Sabbaths and days before the joys and wonders of Christmas: "Peace! Be encouraged! Be strong! (...for you are very precious to God)."
The second service is also broadcast live via our Campus Ministries internet station, CMRadio, which you can connect to via the page below (with options for both computers and mobile phones). Also featured in our church services today will be the Andrews
You can catch a rebroadcast of the First Service either on radio, if you were within the listening range, from our friends at WAUS, 90.7 FM. They also have an internet stream of that rebroadcast as well, via the page below (with lots of Christmas carols
Pastor Dwight Nelson continues his series on "The Gift" this morning with "Ellen White: Taste Them Again for the First Time." You can download a study guide below (and as noted, catch up on earlier sermons in the series), and as we�
Happy Sabbath morning! We've been reading the book of Daniel recently, and we liked this promise that comes up amidst all the visions and dreams at the end of that book. We think it's a great way to start the Sabbath...or any day (it's fro
More about Christmas at the Howard....both this Friday evening and Saturday night....
Happy this (snowy) Sabbath....here, and around the world...!
Posters We Like.
We've mentioned, haven't we, that Christmas is unfolding on campus? (This tree we like is between Lamson & PMC.)
Santa and some of his local fans (shortly before, we believe, he uses the Dining Services fireplace as an escape route).
Wait....Santa is here! (And right now Dylan, in particular, is happy about his visit)
We're privileged to be able to sneak into the College of Technology Christmas Party; here is how their Christmas tree looks this year (and we predict Santa will soon arrive).
The AUSA Christmas Tree in full bloom next to Nethery.
Red Berried Bushes By The Howard That We Like.
Yonder Christmas Star (The AUSA Christmas Tree Version).
Christmas Wreaths on PMC Church Doors That We Like.
The AUSA Christmas Tree gets its winter on earlier today, with actual illumination to begin moments from now.
Officially moved past "winterish"! =:)
Yes...winterish in the wings...
And sometimes after one final committee and then some, you drive home through the very latest of late November in the dark, "Feliz Navidad" playing on Sunny 101 and the first snowflakes of our second almost attempt at winter begin, whispering t
Flat Screen Signs We Like (and be sure to stop by if you're here to celebrate Christmas).
And so the final week of classes begins....starting with the pale pale blue of skies that you get in late fall (and winter to come), and now a grey tumble of clouds. Tsunamis of leaves spray out from the leaf blowers and all of these final steps that beg
In case you missed the Christmas concert tonight @ the Howard by David Benoit, you might enjoy his version of "Carol of the Bells." Good night...
"Hark, The Herald Angels Sing," with the Berrien County Children's Choir (conducted by our own Stephen Zork) and, of course, David Benoit.
[ O Tannenbaum ]
The view from the Howard balcony moments before "A Charlie Brown Christmas" begins, which will also feature a children's choir, made up of young friends from throughout our community. As the season begins to unfold, Merry Christmas from yo
Another bit of Christmas unfolds in the Howard with David Benoit and "A Charlie Brown Christmas," beginning in a few minutes. And, yes, we think this might be Schroeder's actual piano...
Welcome to Sunday....the last week of classes before the semester turns into that thing called exam week...and welcome back to all who traveled over the holidays. Many blessings (and much safety and prayers) as you travel (or have already returned) today
Once more...happy and peaceful Sabbath day — Shabbat Shalom — all over the world.
And our Campus Ministries online station (CMRadio) carries the Second Service live online — or, you can even find ways to download apps to your mobile phone and listen that way, too. Again, both WAUS and CMRadio will begin their coverage around 11:
Once more, find a rebroadcast of that first service at WAUS-FM, either at 90.7 FM if you're close enough or online at the link below, for a rebroadcast of the first service at PMC.
Our friends, Alice Williams and Pastor Esther Knott, will share a great passage from Revelation at first and second service: Revelation 19:7-9.
"If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink
In that blog, Goetz shares a great CS Lewis quote:
Be sure to take the time to read the Pastor's Blog this week, "An Invitation to Dinner," which talks about turkeys, presidential pardons, Disneyland...and most importantly, the implications of Christ's parable of the wedding banquet.
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend Sabbath Morning! Today's sermon here on a quiet campus is by our youth minister, Pastor Michael Goetz, "Supper Time." You can follow along in the usual ways, if you're not here at the 11:30 am Eastern (GMT -
This is one of those weekends where many of us are in many more places than usual, but — wherever you are this weekend, wherever you are in the world...Happy Sabbath from Andrews, and wishes for a day of worship, rest and profound blessings.
"You love Him even though you have never seen him. Though you do no see Him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. The reward for trusting Him will be the salvation of your souls." :: So, as the sun sends glor
"So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world..."
"So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more
And in the heavens, it is one of those mornings filled with the dark tumble of grey clouds. However, a few moments ago, the sun broke through, all soft and golden glow...and we coincidentally we were reading these great words from the apostle Peter (1 Pe
Here in southwest Michigan, for those of you who have slipped away for a few days (or for life itself, due to completed studies, graduation and God's calling), a deep chill that suggests winter has settled in....and at least for us, the birdbaths ou
Welcome to Friday morning! We realize that on this particular Friday here in the United States, at least, some of you (regardless of most time zones) have already been up for hours which, we suppose, is an excellent way to get your shopping done before s
And one final salute to the turkey (who is not), this from 1909 and with a shout out to a man woven with Andrews' history, John Harvey Kellogg.
"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'Thank You,' that would suffice." :: Meister Eckhart || Blessings, wherever you are, on a day marked by the giving of thanks (with or without the holiday!).
Our friend Geston Pierre, a Seminary student and member of Committed, will be performing in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade today! You can learn more about Committed, who are contestants on NBC's The Sing-Off, here:
E-mail, Banner and Vault are now functioning. Network drives remain offline until Monday, November 29. Happy Thanksgiving!
"Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who lives from everlasting! And all the people shouted 'Amen!' and praised the Lord." :: Blessings on a day when we can and should be thankful about many things, including those which (and Whom!)
"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! His faithful love endures forever. Cry out, "Save us, O God of our salvation! Gather and rescue us from among the nations, so we can thank your Holy Name and rejoice and praise you."
And, from 1 Chronicles 18, a good text for any day of the year and anywhere in the world, including tomorrow here in the United States:
Amidst the chilling rain of Thanksgiving eve her in Michigan...some Thanksgiving dinner advice coming far too late...a link on at least one way to celebrate that helps preserves the health and life of turkeys everywhere (and one that joins in with our fr
Andrews University e-mail, network drives, Vault and Banner are down until further notice. It may be days.
(Some of the final apples of autumn, just north of Andrews.)
After a day of murky rain (and then some more murky rain — see previously posted rain soaked, puddled immersed leaf), the day dawns partially sunny with promise of the chill of winter descending. The campus quiets as vacation begins officially (or
Rain-Filled Puddle (With Leaf) That We Like.
And here's to Monday....lots of prayers for healing for our friend Jerome Murray after Saturday night's basketball game....and for safety and traveling mercies, as noted before, for the trips ahead to American Thanksgiving gatherings...
Welcome to the soft grey whispering of a Sunday before American Thanksgiving break. To our friends here on campus (and elsewhere across America) who will be traveling over the next several days - near or far - may God bless and protect. And, for here on
Don't forget one great way to celebrate the approach of Christmas tonight is with our own Wind Symphony in the Howard at 8 pm...
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "Finally, Principle Number 7: In your suffering, sing His praises. Listen, now as our choir sings "No, Not One!"
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "This, remember, is when she was writing the book "Desire of Ages" — and the Barna Christian demographic research group shows that the majority of clergy under the age of 40 — in all
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "'My prayer is help me Jesus...let no unkind words be spoken by me.' And then, July 15: 'Not withstanding this, I was able to spend most of yesterday writing on the life of Christ.'&quo
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "Principle #6: In your suffering, read His word. Go back to the Bible."
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "Isn't that something...when Paul says 'His grace is sufficient for me...' he was writing about suffering, too. Therefore Paul exclaims, 'I will exult in my infirmities....for when I am
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "Here's another principle that emerges...June 17 in the diaries from that time: 'During the past night, I have slept but little...I tried to look to Jesus to place myself in the hands of the Grea
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "Principle Number Four: In your suffering, ask for prayer. This is hard, because we often suffer alone, but ask others to join you in praying."
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "James 5: 'Is anyone suffering, pray....Pray for one another that you might be healed."
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "Principle Number Three: In your suffering, give Him thanks."
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "Principle Number Two: In your suffering, talk to God."
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "From a letter at that time: 'In the long hours of night when sleep seemed out of the question...the peace of Christ comes into my heart.'"
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "You, who are listening, know about suffering....Number One: Look to Jesus."
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "Life is difficult, especially for the friends of God. What can we learn from this case study? How to suffer."
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "'During this period,' Ellen White wrote, 'I suffered the most intense suffering of my life...I was unable to lift my feet from the floor without great pain.'"
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "Little does she know that she's sailing into the vortex of the most intense physical suffering of her life. She describes what she went through: '...Just before the conference closed, I was stri
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "For our case study during Thanksgiving season, we're going to look at a 5'2" woman who lived a century ago. She is on a ship and her destination is a rugged destination, outback Australia.
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "We know that life is difficult intuitively. Some of you haven't suffered yet, you've done all right, but it will come. You can't avoid it. The question, then: How then should we live amidst
Pastor Dwight Nelson, Sabbath, 20 November: "In the bestseller 'Road Less Traveled," it begins with three words that can't be denied...'Life...is...difficult.'"
"Come, let us welcome the Sabbath in joy and peace! ...it brings blessings to our hearts; workday thoughts and cares are put aside. The brightness of the Sabbath light shines forth to tell that the divine Spirit of love abides within our homes. In t
Also, our friends over at CMRadio (which is internet-based, and offers great Christian music and talk when it's not sharing the PMC service on Sabbath mornings) carry the second service live. The link below will offer you several options (including
If you're interested in joining us for Pastor Dwight's sermon today, you can listen to a rebroadcast of the 8:30 am service (happening right now) thanks to our friends at WAUS-FM. If you're close enough to catch their radio signal, the bro
This morning's sermon at PMC by Pastor Dwight Nelson continues his series, "The Gift" with the sermon "When Every Nerve Shrieked With Pain." If you want to follow along on the radio or internet (details to follow), you can downlo
Happy Sabbath morning, friends....heer in southwest Michigan on the Sabbath before American Thanksgiving (travel safe, whether you're here on campus or elsewhere in the US and are planning on making a trek to go dine and connect with those you love)
Hey...we just saw the most beautiful Howard Performing Arts Center Christmas tree for the first time....
The aforementioned sunrise on this glorious-skied Friday morn...
So, as this Friday morning...this eve of Sabbath begins (and a busy weekend here, starting today with Outreach Visitation this afternoon, three vespers this evening and Mosaic before bedtime comes), may Christ indeed mold each one of us. Happy Sabbath, F
"Formation occurs only by being drawn into the form of Jesus Christ, by *being conformed to the unique form of the One who became human, was crucified and is risen.* This does not happen as we strive 'to become like Jesus,' as we customari
As this day begins beautifully, we also like these words about God's — and Christ's and the Holy Spirit's — artistry in our own lives. They're from the book "Ethics," by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and we read them earl
This is the chilled Friday morning before American Thanksgiving break begins, and the sunrise fills the heavens with umber and ochre and peaches and pinks and colors whose names we can barely imagine or fully define other than to wonder amidst the brisk
PS and belatedly: Mashed Potatoes We Like.
And, well, pumpkin pie, too...
..the bread and relish tray...
It is, indeed, one week from Thanksgiving, which also means office potluck time...and we've just stumbled across the one for Enrollment Management and for Integrated Marketing & Communication...and its horn of plenty....
Chapel, 18 November, Chaplain Japhet De Oliveira: "There is nothing quite like knowing that Jesus knows us and wants to talk to us. Isaiah 53:2 says "For Jesus grew up before him like a young plant....He had no form or majesty that we should lo
Chapel, 18 November, Chaplain Japhet De Oliveira: "It's quite something to discover Jesus. He speaks...and He has words. But our memories of Jesus in our lives doesn't make a difference if it doesn't have application, if it doesn'
Chapel, 18 November, Chaplain Japhet De Oliveira: "Jesus said to Thomas...'Do not disbelieve, but believe.' And Thomas said 'My Lord and my God.' Those are the two best words you can say....and then Jesus talks about those who ha
Chapel, 18 November, Chaplain Japhet De Oliveira: "I was at college and I had just said good-bye to my girlfriend (now my wife) at Heathrow and I was crying and I went back and my car was gone. I called the police...and I said 'Who would even w
Chapel, 18 November, Chaplain Japhet De Oliveira: "Are you like John or Peter....do you need a nudge? Both had gone into Jesus' tomb and they saw and believed. Maybe today you'll get that nudge>"
Chapel, 18 November, Chaplain Japhet De Oliveira: "I just wanted to follow Jesus. I wanted to know absolutely everything. When I was in 16, I knew I was going to be a missionary. In my head, I had placed Jesus into a box — my Jesus. Then I was
Chapel, 18 November, Chaplain Japhet De Oliveira: "When I was 12, I was asked what I wanted for my birthday, and I said I wanted The Great Controversy. I opened it up and started underlining, and I found that I had underlined the first five pages. E
Chapel, 18 November, Chaplain Japhet De Oliveira: "God, we can only imagine what it will be like on that day when we see You...will we fall at your feet. God, on this Thursday morning...we can't wait for that day." (Opening prayer to talk)
Song Service: "Every day, it's You I live for, Every day, I follow after You, Every day, I'll walk with you, my Lord..."
Song Service: "Now that you have saved me Lord, I give my all to You...."
Song Service, Chapel: "Oh Lord, Our Lord...how majestic is Your name!"
From outside Chan Shun a few moments ago: Brilliant proof that snows and blizzards and all that have yet to begin (and a neat spiritual reminder that even on the most cloudy of days the Son can break through the gray).
On this cloudy morn, clusters of trees that we like (post-leaves) from our morning commute.
As you may know, we had our first snow a few weeks ago (it was an appetizer course....we've been back up into the 60s since....but it's coming!) and our friend Judy Reisz Bedell answered a very important question raised recently in this news fe
Later this morning, one of our three favourite (he's from the UK, so we have to spell it that way) Andrews University chaplains, Japhet De Oliveira will share chapel here on campus — we'll post some quotes from that talk later today, but
Our friends, Dr. Ray Ostrander, Shanna Leak and others have shared this great link from a recent issue of Christian Science Monitor about Adventist education.
Photographers We Like: Darren Heslop.
Leaves & Bicycle Tires That We Like (James White Library).
As American Thanksgiving approaches, Steps With Pumpkins That We Like Outside of the Andrews University Alumni House.
Posters We Like (andrews.edu/sba).
Today's Disc Golf Course Hole #13.
(And before then, flag football intramurals, a Piano Studio recital in the Howard and Co-Ed Worship in Meier....click on Events for details on all...)
Welcome to Wednesday, exactly one week from when Thanksgiving Break will be unfolding....and exactly one day (as we discussed yesterday) from our friend, Chaplain Japhet, doing Chapel in PMC (well, one day and two hours from now). More details on all to
Silver bells, silver bells/It's Christmas time in the university...!
Some great Week in Pix shots, including construction updates, charity basketball games, yummy food at Ruth Murdoch and a piano recital.
New Hoodies for the Andrews Chinese Club That We Like.
Today's Apples, Dining Services.
Chapel Speakers We Like (Dr Doug Jones, tomorrow, PMC, 11:30 am).
"...We are Christ's body on earth, to borrow Paul's metaphor. We are 'in Christ,' a phrase the New Testament repeats 164 times. Those we minister to, Christ ministers to; those we forgive, Christ forgives. When we extend mercy to
"It is our role, rather, to follow in Jesus' steps by doing the work of the kingdom both by our deeds and by our prayers. What is God doing in the world? The answer is another question: What are God's people doing?"
We read these words a few days back by Philip Yancey and liked how they reminded us of our role in doing the kingdom work God calls us to do:
Hey, if you're here on campus as an undergraduate student and want to know more about your grad school choices right here at Andrews, stop by Chan Shun 208 at 11:30 today during Academic Choices (there are even cookies and prizes)!
This glorious, sun-bashed Tuesday (yes, we know, we know....winter creeps in — we saw the frost this morning, too) is a great day for Academic Choices at 11:30 am....and then a little flag football and/or Cardinals basketball tonight. As always, ke
Our friends, the Andrews University Gymnics, just did a great job at Acrofest 2010 held on the campus of our friends, Southern Adventist University. Check out more about Gymnics on their Facebook page, including some great current and historical shots...
The Official Planting of the Bulbs (reminding us that at the other side, Spring approaches!)
Today's Leaf.
Posters We Like.
The doors to Sabbath morning worship (chapels and more) at Pioneer Memorial Church.
And our own Campus Ministries online radio station, CMRadio, carries the second service live, also at 11:30 am Eastern. Check out the link below.
As always, if you're not here on campus with us this Sabbath morning, you can still join us for church. WAUS rebroadcasts the early service on 90.7 FM, or via an audio stream on its website. The broadcast begins around 11:30 am Eastern (GMT -5).
Today's sermon by Pastor Dwight Nelson is "The Gift: Ellen White—But What About Those Critics?"...and you can download a study guide for today (and listen, watch and study all the previous sermons in "The Gift Series," whic
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ
Good Sabbath morning! Here's the scripture reading from Pioneer Memorial Church this morning....2 Timothy 3:14-17:
Fusion tonight at 8:15 Eastern....you can follow along live at the link below...join Fusion on Facebook — this all gets very interconnected! =:) — or catch a video archive of previous Fusions. Speaker tonight is Saul Barcalos — "Sa
Welcome to a fog swirling about the gold and crimson trees of campus Friday morning. This month's Friday night Fusion unfolds before the day is over...and may God bless, worship and community that accompany the Sabbath approaches -- wherever you are
The sort of gold that the fog swirls about today....
Today's Leaf (Hopper's, Berrien Springs).
From The Archives: The title page.
Today's Leaves.
Posters We Like.
The new women's housing complex construction update (the version with windows installed for part of the top floor).
From The Archives: Volume 6 of Andrews' (then EMC's) yearbook...1929 edition.
The view between meetings (the stairs at the west end of the Administration Building).
Autumn Wreaths on the Door of the Alumni House That We Like.
...and the chilly sunny brilliance of a November fall morning dawning here in the Springs...
"We sometimes feel like we deserve things from Jesus...that we earned it. But in Luke 7's story, the Centurion doesn't even feel worthy to meet Jesus. What was it about the Centurion's faith that Jesus found amazing? He somehow knew t
Buller Hall, mid-construction, sports a yellow winter coat today...
Our friends from Gymnics perform for our Junior Preview guests (and this is part of their cool new truck).
Gymnics head for the Johnson Gym ceiling (note top of pic).
Ladies and gentlemen....the Andrews University Gymnics!
In the final moments with our friends from North Shore, Wisconsin, Hinsdale...
...Andrews, Grand Rapids, Peterson-Warren...
...Battle Creek, Great Lakes and Indiana academy juniors. Thanks for your visit, friends...and God bless in wherever your journeys will take you.
And, as always, many many thanks to our great friends at the Howard (howard.andrews.edu) and over at Dining Services, the residence halls, our academic departments, faculty, staff and current students...friends everywhere and throughout campus...who do s
Welcome Signs We Like.
Behind the scenes of some of the staging for the opera "Scrooge: The Stingiest Man In Town."
Today's Leaf, Post- (and Pre-!) Snow.
More behind-the-scenes Scrooge stuff!
The part of Junior Preview with special music (thanks Arielle and Ilana Cady).
The Andrews Ambassadors introduce themselves to the 200 visiting juniors from the Lake Union.
Waiting for the chemistry demonstration during Junior Preview.
Our friends in Physics prepare for the Amazing AU Experience....
(Light as waves.)
Objects produced from the 3D printer in the Engineering & Computer Sciences Department.
Posters We Like.
We're sitting near our friend Dave Ferguson of ULEAD (Undergraduate Leadership)...and he's talking about invisible gorillas (and other things we imagine) for Junior Preview worship tonight.
Well, Battle Creek...were soldiers, they had their hands on the gospel plow..."
Students Berrien Springs Middle school and some other area students getting ready to enjoy Scrooge: The Stingiest Man in Town at the Howard Center.
Today's Leaf.
Today's Leaf.
The Andrews University fall board meetings begin, with (left to right) Brent Geraty, university legal counsel; Niels-Erik Andreasen, university president; Ted Wilson, General Conference president (in anticipation of seating General Conference VP Ben Scho
Our new board chair and university president work through the consent items on the agenda.
A board's-eye view of this blustery weathered day.
Motorcycles Parked Outside of the Seminary (and Blue Heavens Above) That We Like.
Today's Leaves (by the doors to the Howard).
President Andreasen's board briefing, which includes an update on one board member who felt inspired to support giving more Andrews Study Bibles to students (as you read earlier in this news feed that faculty and staff had sponsored Andrews Study Bi
(And after a blustery, storm-filled day...the sun rises against a backdrop of blue-ing skies.)
And....
Today's Leaves (downtown Berrien Springs).
A neat piece of historic symmetry on the fence that surrounds the Buller construction site.
Today's Leaf.
Buller Hall under way on a sunny autumn afternoon.
From flowers to leaves to autumn to...
Today's Leaf.
Today's (Rain-soaked) Leaf.
Nate Lyles, preaching at BSAS this Sabbath evening. "This woman [with the issue of blood] had a different experience with Jesus. The crowd had a casual contact, but this woman had an intimate experience" - Sermon taken from Mark 5:33.
Posters (& Cows) We Like.
Today's Leaves.
Berrien County Youth Fair
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