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She has published multiple books. She speaks to groups all over the world. She holds memberships in multiple theological societies. But for Robbie Castleman, associate professor of theology at John Brown University, the accolades are not what are important to her. Instead, she points to her life verse, Acts 20:24: […]
Developed by students and supported by local businesses, Cars & Coffee roars into Siloam Springs bringing cash and customers. Twenty-seven sports and muscle cars line both sides of the street in front of a local business, Ehrlich motorwerks, worth more than $1.2 million in cash value. Typically, these cars would […]
Morgan Asbill grew up learning sign language. She began to communicate using Signing Exact English, or SEE, with her older brother Devin before she could even speak. Devin and Morgan’s father Ron, a current John Brown University student, is hearing impaired. And although Ron does not use sign language, Morgan’s […]
A mural now adorns a wall of Lakeside Manor, the headquarters of John Brown University’s semester in Ireland program. Students from the fall 2012 team shared their love for Northern Ireland and art through the project. Late one night in Ireland, while sophomore Cori Hunt and junior Brian Mellema sat […]
The strong smell of scented wax greets customers as they walk in the shop’s door. Their eyes are quickly drawn around the room to any one of the multiple displays of carefully crafted pieces. The shop is Bits & Pieces, a reopening of the downtown store previously known as Moosabella’s. […]
People ask me all the time. “What do you like to cook?” “What is your favorite meal?” They ask me, I presume, because it’s part of my identity. I commonly spend what little extra time I have learning about food—reading in a subscription, eating at a funky place, asking others […]
When talking about accomplishments that someone makes behind the barrel of a shotgun, most people talk about the deer, ducks and even squirrels they have shot. However, freshman Jeff Williams tells stories of shooting clay pigeons. “I started off when I was nine years old in a small 4H club […]
Jessica Flynn– Imagine coming home for Christmas and experiencing complete shock. I took a year off after high school and went to Costa Rica to attend a Bible college called TorchBearers. After four months of living in another culture, climate and community, coming home to America was probably the worst […]
The Dinger side always made a carbon copy of Thanksgiving dinner for Christmas, only they swap turkey for ham. I only vaguely remember this meal as I ate it in my grandparents’ home. The grandkids would grab paper plates from their desired place—at one card table or the other—and shuffle […]
I first arrived on campus for the spring semester in 1948 as a Navy veteran. My college career had been pre-empted for World War II service and a couple years in Navy and VA hospitals recovering from tuberculosis. While in the VA convalescent ward for a few months before discharge, […]