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MIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY
Vol. 33, No. 3
Fall 2009
Infectious hope
President
The Holy Spirit still moves and our students respond
Edwin H. Robinson, Ph.D.
with joy and passion. That should inspire us all.
Vice President, University
Advancement
There are many benefits of hanging out with emerging adults at MNU — making an
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aging university president continue to feel young, having resident techno-tutors for
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my new iPhone, and keeping up on the latest developments in social networking and
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reality TV. Perhaps the greatest benefit is the infectious nature of hope they engender in
those who take the time to listen and observe their spiritual passion.
Alumni & Friends Office • They give me hope that the Holy Spirit still moves,
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calling them to seek God’s purposes and live with
integrity in pursuit of those purposes.
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• They give me hope that “taking up one’s cross”
Executive Editor
is not about the drudgery or resignation of a reluctant
Michael L. Johnson
disciple, but about finding the joy of temporal sacrifice
Managing Editor
in order to embrace an eternal purpose as a devoted
Carol Best
follower of Jesus.
• They give me hope that the church to which I’ve
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given most of my life in servant leadership can be
April Hansen placed in their care as the next generation of leaders.
Contributors
• They give me hope that spiritual dreams and
missional visions are not the stuff of fantasies. Spiri-
Jim Bradford, Laura Berry,
Hope comes from an
Roberta Coons-Redig
tual dreams and visions worth having are
worth pursuing. army of student volunteers
Photographers This hope is not merely positive thinking, wish-
Carol Best, Jen Christenson,
ing things are better than they really are. My hope is
who change the contour
Michael Johnson, Megan Love,
grounded in what I see and hear in the lives of MNU
Ethan Craighead
of communities with their
students. Hope is grounded in watching them respond
during Spiritual Deepening Week to the simple
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pioneering spirit, their
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challenge of trusting God with their aspirations as well
to alumni, friends and supporters
as their fears. Hope comes from a fifth-year senior ath-
passion to serve and
of MNU. It is produced for University lete who visited schools in Haiti, saw a need, shared
Advancement by the MNU Marketing his vision, and persisted until the need was met. Hope their purposeful lives.
and Communications Office. Postage is
comes from a group of students who spent a week
paid at Shawnee Mission, Kan., and
sharing life with Guatemalan villagers, assessing
additional mailing offices.
health needs, listening to the villagers’ aspirations, and contending with the social and
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economic limitations endemic to life there. They dreamed of raising $50,000 from the
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the goal. Hope comes from an army of student volunteers who change the contour
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I trust this issue of Accent will make you feel a little younger, a bit more informed
about what’s happening on campus, and reconnected to classmates, faculty, and friends.
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But most of all, I trust it will give you an infectious hope for the future of MNU, the
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