Month: March 2018
Spiritual Inspiration from Nature and Poetry—An Interview with Ken Dill
Miranda Alexander Rev. Ken Dill is the Associate President for Spiritual Life and University Chaplain of Southern Wesleyan University. Rev. Dill received a M.Div. in ministry from Emory University and […]
Word of the Day: Sanguine
Paul Schleifer If you look in a regular dictionary, the first definition of sanguine that you are likely to find will be something like “cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confidence.” But […]
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast—A Tale from Backstage
Rebecca Reese Sitting backstage before our final performance, I thought back on all the work put into this production. Professor Heather Haithcock began the process of getting the rights to […]
Word of the Day: Polygamy
Paul Schleifer In common parlance, polygamy refers to being married to multiple spouses at the same time, and when people think of the word, they normally think of one man […]
In the Shadows of Redemption—An Interview with Marc Ridge
Samantha Michalski Marc Ridge is an acclaimed author who has written a couple of stories and compiled them into the Between the Shadows series. The novel, Between the Shadows: The Final […]
Word of the Day: Poem
Paul Schleifer According to the OED, a poem is a “piece of writing or an oral composition, often characterized by a metrical structure, in which the expression of feelings, ideas, […]
Storytelling, Literature, and Language—An interview with Dr. Britt Terry.
Amanda Platz Dr. Britt Terry is an Associate Professor of English at Southern Wesleyan University, and she is the Coordinator of the Department. Terry received her Doctorate in 19th Century […]
Word of the Day: Beneficent
Paul Schleifer Beneficent means doing good or performing good deeds. Unlike beneficial, the emphasis is on the second (not the third) syllable: /bɪˈnɛfɪsənt/. The word evolves in English in a […]
What?—Chesterton’s Guide to Cheese, Gargoyles, and the Book of Job
Lyssa Henry G.K. Chesterton had the most unique positions on these three subjects I have ever seen. He had a great passion about the institution of eating cheese with bread […]
Word of the Day: Riposte
Paul Schleifer A riposte is a “quick, sharp return in speech or action; a counterstroke,” according to www.dictionary.com. Synonyms would include comeback, quip, and retort. According to www.etymonline.com, the word […]
Word of the Day: Luciferous
Paul Schleifer The emphasis is on the second syllable, not the first (/luːˈsɪfərəs/). It’s an adjective, as are all words that are derived from nouns by the addition of the […]
What God Chooses for Me—An Interview with Kim Welborn
Rebecca Reese ME: Tell me about your story. How did you come to Christ? WELBORN: My story…The two greatest influences in my early life were my grandmother, who I called […]