Introduction
Te great writer Eudora Welty once said that, when she was a child, she looked forward to riding in the country with her parents and other couples. After everyone had packed into the car, she would demand, “Now talk!”
I love that anecdote because, when I was a child, I used to eavesdrop on the conversations between my parents and their visitors, too. My family is filled with raconteurs, storytellers of the first order who taught me about family, life, and faith by vividly recounting their own experiences. Trough them, I learned that one of the greatest gifts we can offer someone is a simple question: “Would you tell me your story?”
Te challenge we all face is that of finding our own voice, our own unique way of telling the meaningful stories of
our lives. As a child, I emulated what I had heard by repeating other people’s stories. But at some point, I realized that I had my own stories to tell, and my own style for telling them.
I think faith is like this, as well: as youngsters, we emulate what we have heard or observed in others, but at some point, our faith transforms to become deeply personal. I’m not just sharing a story, but rather my story, re- flecting how God is personally interest- ed in each of us. And I’m the only one who can tell it just like me.
Around campus, I love to ask the people I meet how they came to be connected with North Greenville University or to be engaged in their specific professional fields. Tese questions usually lead them to talk
about finding their voice in the world — the unique way they can serve others, as they obey God’s calling on their lives.
Te college years are a time when we recover the voices of the past, as we also learn how to listen to the voice of God Himself. At NGU, we practice intellec- tual discipleship: our strong Christian faculty and staff have followed God’s voice in their lives, which led them here, and now they are coming along- side our students to help them discern that voice for themselves.
And it’s as we follow His voice that we finally discover our own.
Dr. Gene C. Fant, Jr. President
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