As a nation we face widespread poverty, low wages, unemployment, low high school graduation rates, increasing levels of obesity, rampant drug and alcohol use, and other associated social problems. Proposed solutions abound for each of those issues. Yet one common consequence of many social ills is hopelessness. The governor of West Virginia recently set […]
Read the first dozen Psalms. The writers lament (or as we say, complain) to God about their world. Laments have a place. However, complaints ring hollow when we grumble about troubles within our control. Let me point to some common complaints that may be within our control: Everybody seems to cheat or lie. In Christian […]
Many congregations place tract racks in their foyers or hallways. They fill the racks with pamphlets that take up a variety of doctrinal and moral issues. The pieces provide a way of dispensing important elements of our faith. The congregation where I became a Christian had a tract rack. I recall reading those short treatments […]
One is never sure how often to cite the opinions of others. At OVU we tend to point to how US News and World Report or Washington Monthly rank the university in a positive way Recently I also related in another blog what some others thought about the recent OVU lectureship. So I point […]
A few weeks ago Ohio Valley University hosted its 57th annual Bible Lectureship around the theme of Children Mean the World to God. Afterwards we collected these responses: Congratulations on a very successful lectureship week! Just wanted to say I thought the lectureship went very well. I always enjoy being there. From my viewpoint, it […]
Rising costs always alarm us. It’s especially true in education. Students headed to college have two broad choices: private independent colleges or state-funded public colleges. Generally, the latter cost less, but consider these facts: At public four-year colleges, on average 36% of an institution’s budget comes from student payments, while at the typical private […]
Retrieved from http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/607868/Brantly-s-message-inspires.html?nav=5055 Brantly’s Message Inspires April 19, 2015 By Christina Myer (cmyer@newsandsentinel.com) , Parkersburg News and Sentinel When Dr. Kent Brantly came to the area last week for a visit at Ohio Valley University, I was fortunate enough to be in attendance at one of his other stops for the day. He spoke at […]
High school students and parents typically receive numerous well-designed brochures seeking to attract prospective students with their brand. Observers note that most schools tend to say the same thing and obscure the real distinctions. Former English professor at Yale, William Deresiewicz, in Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite takes up some of the […]
About a month ago at OVU we sent out a fund raising letter about the roof on our athletic building. It leaks. We needed help getting it fixed. Friends of the school sent funds to help out. One check for ten dollars came last week. The donor knew we faced a substantial cost on the […]
The people of the Old Testament didn’t paint pictures on walls or carve images in stone like the ancient Egyptians or Babylonians, but they did leave snapshots in words. Many of these images are of their youngsters. Take a quick look at some of the pictures in their scrap book, with some possible captions. Isaiah […]