Seedbed: 20 Seeds You Might Have Missed
In case you missed it, here’s our special edition alumni e-Link recap of the past few weeks on Seedbed.com. Our Seven Minute Seminary featured renowned philosopher, Dr. Michael Peterson, on What is Trinitarian Orthodoxy, Wesleyan Theologian Dr. Larry Wood on Predestination, Holiness and Science and Old Testament Professor, Dr. Lawson Stone, on location from Israel […]
Alumni Obituaries – July 2013
JOHNSON – Richard J., (1965, MDiv), 91, of West Liberty, passed away Saturday, May 25, 2013, at his daughter’s residence in Knoxville, Tenn. He was born in Alliance on May 13, 1922, to the late Willis B. and Alice Kinsey Johnson. He, also, was preceded in death by two brothers, Horace and Robert Johnson. On […]
Happy Anniversary Asbury Theological Seminary!
by Sandra McKinney, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore Campus, Alumni Office On Monday, May 20, friends of Asbury Theological Seminary came to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the Seminary. Weaved throughout the evening was how to reach the whole world from Wilmore, KY. The first class at the Seminary consisted of three men. After ninety years, […]
Alumni Publications – July 2013
When TV Came To Town by Steve Harper (1973, MDiv) It is a collection of 50 stories about growing up in Haskell, Texas in the 1950’s and ’60’s. Steve notes, “Stories are the threads that tie our hearts together. Reading someone else’s story almost always causes me to say, ‘That reminds me…..’” The book is available […]
Wine in the Wilderness
by J. Ellsworth Kalas I learned something from David the other day. Not my son, though he also teaches me from time to time, but this time from the biblical David. For many years since I was eleven I have read the Bible through in its entirety during the year (“three chapters a weekday and […]
My Experience as a Military Chaplain
by Chaplain, Captain Gabriel A. Rios, USAF I completed my Masters of Divinity from ATS Florida campus in December of 2002, and then attended that campus’ first graduation in May of 2003. I needed the degree to become an active duty chaplain in the U.S. Air Force, which I did in March of 2003. I […]
A Ministry of Presence
by Ric Rivers, MDiv, 2010 A ministry of presence. That sums up my first two years as a Chaplain in the Army. Since graduating from Asbury in 2010, the Lord has taken my wife and I on an incredible journey. We have moved across the country to the beautiful state of Washington where I serve […]
Sailor Circuit Rider
by Chaplain Commander Otis D. Essex, Jr., (1963, B.D.), USN (Retired) Early on during President J. F. Kennedy’s term in office, our nation faced one of the most critical times in recent history. The USSR had threatened to set nuclear weapons in Cuba. Several World War Two destroyers were deployed to establish an embargo to prevent […]
Golden Graduates – Class of 1963
by Sandra McKinney, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore Campus, Alumni Office Thirteen members of the Asbury Theological Seminary Class of 1963 descended upon Wilmore May 24-25, 2013. This was a weekend to reunite, remember the past, and share in the rewards of each others 50 years of ministry since parting ways. The Golden Graduates and their […]
President Tennent’s Charge to the May 2013 Graduates
by President Timothy C. Tennent The first sermon series I ever preached as a newly minted United Methodist pastor back in 1984 was a series on the Seven “I Am” sayings of Jesus found in John’s gospel: Jesus said, “I am the bread of life, I am the light of the world, I am the […]