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in this ISSUEFall 2008/Winter/Spring 2009Volume 13Number 1EditorBarbara A. ChaapelAssociate EditorHeather Roote FallerArt DirectorKathleen WhalenEditorial AssistantKeri Willard-CristCommunications AssistantMichelle Roemer SchoenStaff PhotographersRachel Achtemeier, Joel Bock, Daniel Escher,Sung Hwan Kim, Matthew Nickel, Len Turner,Matt Parker WrzeszczinSpire is a magazine for alumni/ae and friends ofPrinceton Theological Seminary. It is publishedthree times a year by the Princeton TheologicalSeminary Office of Communications/ Publications,P.O. Box 821, Princeton, NJ 08542-0803.Telephone: 609.497.7760Fax: 609.430.1860Email: inspire@ptsem.eduWeb site: www.ptsem.edu/inspire/20 • CONVERSATIONS, CONNECTIONS, AND CALLINGExperiencing Reunion 2008Share the experience of the 2008 Alumni/ae Reunionlast October in photographs and in the words of thosewho attended.BY RUSSELL CARSTENS, HEATHER ROOTE FALLER,AND BARBARA A. CHAAPEL30 • TALKING TOGETHER IN THE TENT OF ABRAHAMSeminary Hosts Scriptural Reasoning WorkshopLearn how Christians, Jews, and Muslims are engaging eachother by reading their sacred scriptures together.BY BARBARA A. CHAAPEL32 • SPIRIT MOVES IN MULTICULTURAL WAYSBecoming a Church of All NationsFollow the groundbreaking path forged by a multiculturalcongregation in Minneapolis.BY HEATHER ROOTE FALLER34 • HISPANIC THEOLOGICAL INITIATIVEA Community of ScholarsDiscover how Princeton Seminary is supporting Latina/oscholars for the church and the academy.BY HEATHER ROOTE FALLERThe magazine has a circulation of approximately20,000 and is printed by George H. BuchananCo. in Bridgeport, NJ. Nonprofit postage paid atBridgeport, NJ. © 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Princeton Theological Seminary.All rights reserved as to text, drawings, andphotographs. Republication in whole or part isprohibited. Princeton Theological Seminary, thePrinceton Seminary Catalogue, and the logos ofPrinceton Theological Seminary are all trademarksof Princeton Theological Seminary.Not all the views expressed in inSpirenecessarily represent those of PrincetonTheological Seminary.On the CoverThe Hebrew Bible, the Qur’an, and theNew Testament embody the stories of thethree Abrahamic faith traditions and providea foundation for new and promising dialogueamong Jews, Muslims, and Christians.Cover photo: Kathleen WhalenDepartments2 • Letters4 • inSpire interactive7 • On & Off Campus36 • Class Notes48 • Outstanding in the Field49 • Investing in Ministry59 • In Memoriam61 • End ThingsinSpire • 1

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009LETTERSPhoto: Jon RoemerFrom the President’s deskDear Friends and Colleagues,Yes, we can….We have just seen a change ofadministration in the United States, andmay anticipate what is promised to bea massively different style and outlook.That does not mean that change will beeasy. I am certain it will not be. Yet I amconfident that this great nation has thepotential to redeem its reputation in theworld and to surprise us all.We at Princeton Seminary are alsostruggling with change, and are even nowarticulatingour progressin a self-studydocument for ourre-accreditationby ATS andMiddle StatesCommissionon HigherEducation, underthe guidance of Dean Nancy LammersGross. We have embarked upon a newacademic calendar. Change isn’t easy, butthis is a wonderful institution, which hasthe capacity to take any of us by surprise.Here are a couple of examples. GrantBrooke is an M.Div. middler who has justbeen named as executive director of theMatthew 25 Network, a 30,000-memberPAC and 501(c)(3) named after the passagein which Jesus says, “Just as you did it toone of the least of these my brothers, youdid it to me.” The organization addressesthe issues for which people of faith areoften the only advocates: prison reformand the death penalty, torture, immigrationreform. Grant has said, “From a practicallevel, people on the margins of societyoften have no other voice, and they’redependent on people of faith to stand upon their behalf.” I am so proud of what heis doing. His initiative takes us by surprise.Yes, we can….Gordon Mikoski is our assistantprofessor in Christian education. Tocelebrate the 500th anniversary of Calvin’sbirth, Gordon has initiated “A Year with theInstitutes,” a yearlong discipline wherebyyou are invited to read the Institutes.You can actually hear the daily passagesbeing read aloud, and there are weeklyreflections on the PTS web site. Here is thesurprise. By the end of January 2009, therehad been a total of 49,303 hits on the website from 91 countries. There were 18,504audio downloads in January. On January5, Calvin was the 35th most downloadedreligious audio podcast in iTunes. Imaginethat! Calvin. What an achievement! Whatinitiative! Who says the Reformed traditionis not alive and well? Yes, we can…. Butit takes someone like Gordon Mikoski toshow us, backed by a wonderful group ofothers, Joicy Becker-Richards, RaymondBonwell, Barbara Chaapel, MichaelBrothers, Michael Gyura, Katie Douglass,Jason Santos, Joyce McKichan Walker,and others.Recently I was in Damascus withMorag. On our last evening, we wereinvited to dinner at the home of ShaykhHussam-Eddin Farfour. Morag and I werestaying in the labyrinthine old city. TheShaykh’s son came to our hotel. He saidit wasn’t far and was a clear evening andsuggested we walk. I was interested, as,knowing it was to be a dignified evening,I was inconspicuously dressed in thescarlet cassock of a chaplain to QueenElizabeth. So the Shaykh’s son and I walkedthrough the old city, a Christian and aMuslim together. We paused twice so thatwe could enter two historic mosques andadmire their beauty. Yes, I thought, wecan…. The Christian and the Muslim maywalk together, very conspicuously and inwarm friendship, delighting in each other’scompany. When we arrived, the Shaykh puthis arms around me and said: “This is yourfamily and this is your home.” I felt like theprodigal son. It was early morning whenwe eventually left, cold and moonlit. As wewalked to the car, the Shaykh took off thescarf he was wearing and put it around myshoulders. I reflected to myself that I hadbeen so very privileged as to meet a figurelike Abraham. Peace between the nationsand a deep love for our neighbor? Yes,we can….Truly, I believe this is what Princetonis all about. In the service of God we areconstantly taken by surprise.Yours sincerely,Iain R. TorranceMission InspirationI have always appreciated receivinginSpire, but the spring/summer 2008 issuevery definitely lived up to its name. I foundmany of the articles especially interesting,and the mission articles were right on target.As a former fraternal worker (twenty-sixyears in Venezuela, and raised in Chile andColombia) I believe that these articles point toPCUSA mission as it has been, and how it cancontinue to be—a partnership, a two-waystreet, where all the participants are blessed.I especially appreciated Barbara Chaapel’sarticle [“Community across the Border:Churches Bridge Culture with Friendshipin Mexico,” page 38] on her experience atPuentes de Cristo, part of our PresbyterianBorder Ministries. I have the joy and honorof being on the board for Compañeros enMisión. I would hope that our good friendsat the national level will read these articlesas they discuss the nature of “mission in thetwenty-first century.” Thanks again.Bob Seel (M.Div., 1948)Tucson, ArizonawI was very, very pleased by the last issueof inSpire, where I read the experiences ofPTS students in different parts of the world.There seems to have been a renewed interestand vision for such trips. Congratulations.I remember back in Mexico hearing ministerstalking about el pastor “Juanito,” as they2 • inSpire

knew President John Mackay. They talkedabout the powerful missionary force thatPrinceton “used to be.” My hope is thatwith such initiatives, many more graduateswill catch the vision and be called to go tothe ends of the world. Thus, I can think that“used to be” still can be “is.”Juan-Daniel Espitia (M.Div., 1966)Oceanside, CaliforniaComing to AmericaThe painting introducing your article“Coming to America” [spring/summer 2008,page 33] certainly did not inspire me. Myancestor Samuel Greaves arrived in NewYork harbor in February 1820 on the shipRichmond and later became a Methodistclergyman in New York State. The ship in thepainting seems to be of a completely differentera (1500–1600). After the wars between theEnglish and the French in the later eighteenthand early nineteenth centuries, Englishships were released from military serviceand began carrying passengers across theAtlantic. The Richmond left Liverpool in 1819–1820, stopping at Cork in Ireland, with aroundforty passengers including children.These ships were frigates or early steampaddlers,not the “Niña, Pinta, Santa Maria”type illustrating the article.The “Foreign Mission School” alsopictured—is it the one in Cornwall,Connecticut, mentioned in the article?The author presented the story ofBernard Jadownicky very interestingly.Another item in the same issue did inspireme––that Thomas Torrance’s collection wasgiven to Speer Library. He was a great man,one of the few theologians who consistentlypromoted Protestant-Orthodox churchecumenical dialogue. It will be a privilege tosee the collection once it has been arranged.Charles Graves (M.Div., 1956)Geneva, SwitzerlandEditors’ note: Mr. Graves is correct.The illustration was not meant todemonstrate the type of ship used, butto suggest sea travel. The school picturedis the Cornwall school.wThe article in the spring/summer 2008issue of inSpire regarding PTS’s earliestinternational students was apparently widelyread and appreciated. Among the letters andcomments received was a copy of a portraitof John Mitchelmore (M.Div., 1824) from theLewes Presbyterian Churchin Delaware. A letter in theSeminary archives givesfirst-hand testimony toMitchelmore’s powerfulpreaching, which drewpeople frommiles aroundto join hiscongregation.He oversaw theconstructionof a “largenew house ofworship” inLewes that, itwas predicted,Portrait of John Mitchelmorewould be“entirely too large and would never be filled.”Contrary to expectation, this church building“was always filled and generally crowdedduring his time.”This same building, constructed in 1832,is still the place of worship for the LewesPresbyterian Church today. It is listed onthe National Register of Historic Placesand the congregation is currently involvedin a Sanctuary Restoration Project. Theywere glad to have further information abouttheir former pastor to use in the campaign.A cenotaph in the vestibule of the churchcommemorates Mitchelmore, the story ofwhose heroic and untimely death was told inthe article.Another request for the article andrelated materials came from Germany, wherea scholar is researching the life of BernardJadownicky, the former Solingen rabbi whoattended Princeton Seminary from 1823to 1825.Kenneth W. HenkeReference ArchivistPrinceton Theological Seminaryfall 2008/winter/spring 2009LETTERSWomen in MinistryMy wife, Eileen Gergsten Remington(M.Div., 1945), and I attended the FirstPresbyterian Church in Schenectady, NewYork, where we felt the call to ministry. Uponrecommendation of the pastor, Dr. HerbertS. Mekeel, we went to Princeton Seminary.President John Mackay was helpfulto Eileen in becoming a full-timestudent with me. She graduated inthe Class of 1945 with a Master ofDivinity degree, the second womanto graduate from the Seminarywith this degree. After seminary,loaned by the Presbyterian Boardof Foreign Missions, we went toEcuador, Colombia, Mexico, andCosta Rica. Eileen designed churchbuildings and missionary housing,and I worked in broadcasting. Weboth worked with national pastorsin Spanish- and English-speakingchurches. God led us all the way!Robert A. Bennington (M.Div., 1945)Pasadena, CaliforniaEditors’ note: Eileen Gergsten Remingtonwas mistakenly omitted from the timeline in“Outstanding in the Field,” spring/summer2008 issue, pages 40–41.Oh, Canada!I enjoyed the spring/summer 2008issue of inSpire a great deal, particularlythe articles on mission. However, in ClassNotes, it says I retired from my church inFort Erie, New York. While Fort Erie is joinedto New York by the Peace Bridge across theNiagara River, it most definitely is in Ontario,Canada. With all good humor, having beenthe International Students Society presidentfor 1969–1970 while doing my Th.M., it mightbe wise to alter the web site to affirm myinternational student status, as all my thirtysixyears of active pastoral ministry wereserved in Canada. Thanks!J. Cameron Bigelow (B.D., 1969; Th.M., 1970)Ontario, CanadaEditors’ note: Correction made on theweb site.inSpire • 3

500 years ago he says to our age, influencedthe last half of the twentieth century byexistentialism and the first part of the twentyfirstby post-modernism, “To know God, startwith what you already know, yourself, and gofrom there.”Gene R. Smillie (M.Div., 1982)Elmhurst, IllinoiskJohn Calvin wrote that when he was aroundtwenty-one years old, God “turned my coursein another direction.” By an unexpected orsudden conversion God subdued and “tamedto teachableness a mind too stubborn for itsyears.” Calvin’s wholehearted commitment toGod was symbolized by the seal he adoptedfor himself, a flaming heart on the palm of anextended open hand and the words, “My heart,I give you, O Lord, eagerly and sincerely.” Iwas about the same age when Jesus Christconfronted me and I dedicated my life to him.In my ministry, I had a stained glass made ofCalvin’s seal and had my business cards printedwith his seal and motto on them. This seal andmotto have been a source of inspiration allduring my ministry.John M. Robertson (M.Div., 1959)Sun City, ArizonakAs a United Methodist student, I wasn’thappy about studying Calvin! But then I readthe first two statements of the Institutes: inorder to know God, you have to know yourselfand in order to know yourself, you have to knowGod. In the fourteen years since graduation,I have shared that with many parishioners asa starting place for spiritual, emotional, andpsychological growth. And I come back to itmyself time after time as a way to deepen bothmy relationship with God and my understandingof myself. Thanks to John Calvin from a followerof John Wesley!Elizabeth A. Perry (M.Div., 1994)Astoria, New YorkkI remember so clearly being taught thatCalvin’s answers would often times be at oddswith my beliefs, but that he always asked theright questions! As a United Methodist pastor,I have frequently consulted the Institutes inorder to ask myself the proper questions inpreparations for Bible studies and sermons.The results have been rich and rewarding.William H. Yeager (M.Div., 1977)Gainesville, FloridakJohn Calvin’s efforts to make Christiantheology accessible to the emerging educatedmerchant class have been both an inspirationand a model for those of us who live andserve amidst people to whom the church isalien, Christ is relatively unknown, and life hasanother agenda. Here [at Payap University,Chiang Mai, Thailand] in the heartland ofBuddhism, everything we do for Christ involvesbuilding cultural bridges and reiteratingtheological truths in words, languages, andmetaphors that must be prayerfully andtediously discovered and developed. Thisbrings us to as many perils as it does pearls, asit certainly did for Calvin.Kenneth Dobson (D.Min., 1987)Chiang Mai, ThailandkOne of the most profound observationsin theological writing is found in the firstsentences of the Institutes: “Nearly all thewisdom we possess, that is to say, true andsound wisdom, consists of two parts: theknowledge of God and of ourselves. But, whilejoined by many bonds, which one precedes andbrings forth the other is not easy to discern.”Calvin unfolds the relation between God andthe self in a characteristically unambiguousway, but, clearly, the door has been opened tonot only the modern sense of ambiguity in therelationship, but a striking sense of symmetry aswell. Calvin eschews simple-minded causationfrom the side of either God or the self. I find thatvery helpful in thinking about life.John Simpson (M.Div., 1962)Mississauga, Ontario, CanadakMy husband, George Furniss, and I recentlyreturned from being visiting pastors in theReformed Church of France. We discovereda congregation that is fully immersed in theReformed tradition—their new motto is “Tobelieve is to think!”—coming straight from JohnCalvin’s influence. In a congregation of 400,more than fifty people attend weekday eveninginteractive lectures about the reformers, andmore than sixty members participate in anannual long-weekend bus tour led by the pastor,retracing the tracks of the reformers. I amawed by the zeal that members have for furtherunderstanding Reformation theology andattribute that to pastoral scholarly excellenceand the close bond that Reformed churchmembers feel with John Calvin andfall 2008/winter/spring 2009inSpire INTERACTIVEIt’s not toolate to join “A CALVINYear with theInstitutes”!Participate in2009a daily readingof John Calvin’sInstitutes ofthe ChristianReligion tocelebrate the 500th anniversary of Calvin’sbirth. Go to http://www2.ptsem.edu/ConEd/Calvin/ to access daily readingsand reflection papers, to comment, or todownload a podcast of the readings.their Reformed roots.They are also enthusiastic about imbibingwine and champagne (even at councilmeetings) and it is notable that the seeminglystuffy Calvin’s salary was often paid in wine.I hope to claim each of these patterns in mypastorate in the U.S.Sandra Larson (M.Div., 1977)Colbert, WashingtonkFor my Ph.D. dissertation at PTS I studiedCalvin’s theology and practice of churchdiscipline in Geneva based on his writingsand the registers of the Geneva Consistory.The Geneva Consistory was established byJohn Calvin and became a unique organizationfor church discipline, where clergy and laityworked together to help believers to correctlyunderstand the Protestant faith and practiceso that they could produce a lifestyle suitableto the gospel. Church discipline is, for Calvin,“sinews, through which the members of thebody [the church] hold together, each in itsown place” (Institutes, 4.12.1). Although churchdiscipline today has become something rathersticky and seemingly powerless, I believeit so crucial for the health of our church tolearn about and apply more of the Reformer’semphasis on and application of discipline.Jung-Sook Lee (Ph.D., 1997)Seoul, South KoreakI first read the Institutes in college. At thattime I thought of Calvin as the seminal thinkerwho provided the intellectual foundation forReformed thinking. If that sounds like a textbookanswer, it is. In my first solo pastorate I had anepiphany that went beyond the textbook. I wasserving as a board member for the JeffersonCounty (Ohio) Mental Health Center. ThoughinSpire • 5

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009inSpire INTERACTIVECalvin2009: Spring Events on CalvinCALVIN2009March 29–30: A Calvin FestivalCalvin, Worship, and Music: Glad Surprises for theChurch TodayMarch 29 at 6:00 p.m. A musical service of thanks for the life ofJohn CalvinMarch 30 at 9:00 a.m. A lecture by Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff onCalvin’s liturgical theology, followed by worship and workshopsApril 28: A Calvin Lecture by Dr. Elsie McKee“Calvin the Exiled Pastor to His French Flock: Insights onCalvin’s Pastoral Character in the 1541 French Institutes“6:30 p.m.For more information or to register for the festival, go tohttp://www2.ptsem.edu/coned/calvin.Presbyterians were a denominational minorityin the area, nine of the fourteen people sittingaround the table were Presbyterians. Calvin’sinfluence is in the DNA of our faith. Born inthe urban setting of Geneva and bolstered bythe belief that people of goodwill can mitigateself-interest by working as a community, wekeep trusting that God provides a measure ofredemption in the here and now. Thirty-fiveyears later, I still take pride in the Calvinisttradition that asserts that faith is more thanwhat we believe, it is what we do!Robert B. Smith (M.Div., 1972; D.Min., 1982)Huron, Ohio6 • inSpirek“I’m a Calvinist”by Peter Hofstra(Sung to the tune of “I’m a Lumberjack”)I’m a Calvinist and I’m okay,I know where I’m going on Judgment Day!I was depraved, to-tal-lyNow unconditionally electI received that limited atonementSaving me from heck!Oh, I’m a Calvinist, and I’m okay,I know where I’m going on Judgment Day!I’ve got some grace, irresistible,With the saints, I’ll persevere,Someday we’ll be in heaven,Hey, is it getting hot in here?Well, I’m a Calvinist and I’m okay,I know where I’m going on Judgment Day!I was raised with the acronym TULIP as areference to Calvin’s theology. In seminary, andbeyond, the great gift of humor has carried mychurch and myself through difficult times andanxious moments. I share this as a great gift ofGod, the ability to smile.Peter Hofstra (M.Div., 1996)Perth Amboy, New JerseykUpon taking Theology of Calvin with Dr.Elsie McKee, I was most surprised by Calvin’spastoral letters. While the Institutes and hissermons are widely read, the pastoral lettersshowed me a side to the man that historyoften paints as austere, cold, and condemning.I carry the image of Calvin’s compassionateheart that balances his prophetic stances andorthodox teaching as I engage my congregation,remembering always that people matter most.Case Thorp (M.Div., 2000)Orlando, FloridakFor the past fifteen years I have practiceda method of prayer called “centering prayer.”I have found it a meaningful practice for myselfand I have led many workshops in churchesteaching it. I have received encouragementfrom John Calvin, who taught prayer as anintimate relationship with God. Calvin saysthat our prayer flows from the “sweetness oflove.” (Institutes III, XX, 28) The word translated“sweetness” is dulcedo, prominent in thewritings of the mystics, including Bernard,Richard of St. Victor, Rolle, and Ruysbroeck.(Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion,Westminster Press, p. 890) Calvin says prayerdraws us into God’s bosom (Institutes III, XX, 5)like a child in the arms of a loving parent.I was also encouraged in the practiceof centering prayer by Calvin’s “rules” forprayer. Centering prayer lets go of thoughtsby using a sacred word or symbol to stay withthe intention of consenting to God’s presenceand action within. Calvin taught that in prayerwe let go of cares and thoughts that takeus away from “pure contemplation of God.”(Institutes III, XX, 4) “We are to rid ourselves ofall alien and outside cares, by which the mind,itself a wanderer, is borne about hither andthither.” (Institutes III, XX, 4) Rather than being“distracted by wandering thoughts” (InstitutesIII, XX, 5) we give watchful attention to thewonder of God.J. (John) David Muyskens (Th.M., 1962;D.Min., 1978)Grand Rapids, MichigankComing to Princeton from a congregation inthe old “southern” church, we had Communiononly quarterly (whether we needed it or not). Itwas an enriching revelation to me to learn thatJohn Calvin, our patron saint, wrote, argued,and struggled all his working life for a weeklycelebration of the Eucharist. So I have sincedone the same with every church I have served.Praise be, the PCUSA congregations are nowmostly on a monthly celebration. And I feelsure we will eventually join the huge majority ofChristians in the world in celebrating the Lord’sSupper on the Lord’s Day! Thanks, Calvin.James Aydelotte (B.D., 1960)Asheville, North CarolinakJohn Calvin’s theology shaped my ownin many ways. The insight on ministry thathas helped me keep perspective on my ownservice as a Presbyterian pastor and that I haveused as a gentle reminder to generations ofcandidates for ordination is found in Institutesof the Christian Religion, Book IV, ChapterIII “Of the Teachers and Ministers of theChurch. Their Election and Office,” where hedescribes God’s use of the ministry of mortals.I summarize his reasons from p. 316 of the 1981reprint of Beveridge’s translation as follows:“1. not transferring his right and honor to them,but only doing his own work by their lips as anartificer uses a tool for any purpose, 2. as amost excellent and useful training to humility,when he accustoms us to obey his word thoughpreached by men (sic) like ourselves, or, it maybe, our inferiors in worth, 3. to cherish mutualcharity...for did every man suffice for himself,and stand in no need of another’s aid (such isthe pride of the human intellect), each woulddespise all others, and be in his turn despised.”I’m especially partial to reason number two as acheck on my own pride, but all three work.Paige M. McRight (M.Div., 1971)Orlando, Florida

Seminary Choral Associate Serves onPCUSA Hymnal CommitteePrinceton Seminary choralassociate Chi Yi Chen wasone of 200 applicants andone of twelve Presbyteriansselected to serve on thenewly formed PresbyterianHymnal Committee. With DavidEicher, the hymnal’s editor,the committee will developthe next Presbyterian hymnal,scheduled to be publishedin 2014. The committee members werecommissioned at a worship service inLouisville, Kentucky, in September, and willmeet four times each year until the hymnalis published. The current hymnal waspublished in 1990.A native of Taiwan, Chen studied churchmusic at Tainan Theological College inTaiwan, where she earned her bachelor’sdegree; she earned her master’s of musicin choral conducting at Westminster ChoirCollege in Princeton. She brings broadmusical experience to the committee,including studying under well-knownhymnal scholar, ethnomusicologist, pastor,and former president of Tainan TheologicalSeminary I-to Loh, and planning dailyworship at Princeton Seminary with MartinTel, C.F. Seabrook Director of Music.Tel described the areas of growthin church music as songs from aroundthe globe and worship songs in the Taizétradition, and added that Chen bringsFaculty PublicationsSally Brown has written CrossTalk: Preaching Redemption Here andNow (Westminster John Knox Press,March 2008).Donald Capps has written TheDecades of Life: A Guide to HumanDevelopment (Westminster John KnoxPress, August 2008).experience in both areas. “She has shapedthe worship life here at Princeton, and hasin turn been shaped by it,” he said. “I’mproud of her because she will representan eclectic Reformed, ecumenical, andinternational style of worship that has beenformative for worship leaders graduatingfrom Princeton, and these leaders will findtheir place in this new hymnal.”As a committee member, Chen willhelp choose which hymns will carry overto the new edition, and which new hymnswill be included. She said her criteria forhymn selection are based in part on whatthe community actually uses: is the hymnsingable, and is its theology meaningful tothe people?Chen also hopes to create or improvephonetic transcriptions of hymns inTaiwanese and Mandarin, languages inwhich she is fluent. “I hope I can openthe church’s mind to the Christianity ofthe world, so that we can learn from eachother,” she said. “Hymns help us know whowe are.”Beverly Roberts Gaventa hascontributed to The Word Leapsthe Gap: Essays on Scripture andTheology in Honor of Richard B. Hays(Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,November 2008).J. Ross Wagner has coeditedand contributed to The Word Leapsthe Gap: Essays on Scripture andTheology in Honor of Richard B. Hays(Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,November 2008).Photo: Joel Bockfall 2008/winter/spring 2009on&off CAMPUSNew Members Elected to Alumni/aeCouncilAlumni/aein three regionsof the countryhave electednew members tothe Seminary’sAlumni/aeAssociationExecutiveDarrell ArmstrongCouncil.Region three(Delaware andNew Jersey)elected theReverend DarrellArmstrong,Class of 1999,pastor of ShilohBaptist ChurchKang-Yup Nain Trenton, NewJersey, and director of the Division ofPrevention and Community Partnershipsfor the state’s Department of Childrenand Families.Region five (western Pennsylvaniaand West Virginia) elected theReverend Kang-Yup Na, Class of1989 and associate professor ofreligion at Westminster College in NewWilmington, Pennsylvania.Region eleven (Arizona, southernCalifornia, and Hawaii) elected theReverend Steve Yamaguchi, Classof 1988 andexecutivepresbyter ofLos RanchosPresbytery.The newmemberswill beginservice on thecouncil in May. Steve YamaguchiCongratulations toDarrell, Kang-Yup, and Steve!inSpire • 7

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009on&off CAMPUSA Historic Church with a Bright FuturePhoto: The Star-LedgerPTS Welcomes the OperaLast June and July the Seminary campus camealive with song as thirty-nine members of OperaNew Jersey descended on Alexander, Hodge,and Brown Halls while preparing for performancesat McCarter Theater. Singers fromOpera New Jersey have stayed in the studentvacateddorms for periods of up to eight weeksat a time since the Princeton-based companyheld its first summer festival in 2004. Above,cast members of Cinderella watch from backstageduring a dress rehearsal.YouthChurchandCultureThe Institute for Youth MinistryYouth Ministry PodcastIn October, the Institute for Youth Ministryrolled out its first podcast, availablethrough iTunes. The podcasts offer insightsfrom current research in youth and youngadult ministry, informative conversationswith biblical scholars and theologians,and stories of exemplary ministries. Newpodcasts will be released the first and thirdTuesdays of each month; to listen or subscribe,visit http:/www2.ptsem.edu/iym/podcast/.Fredericksburg, Virginia, touts itself as“America’s Most Historic City.” So, it is only fittingthat the country’s most historic city is also hometo one of its most historic Presbyterian churches:The Presbyterian Church of Fredericksburg.The church, which celebrated its bicentennialin 2008, was formally established in 1808. Itsfounding pastor, Samuel Blaine Wilson, ministereduntil 1841. Since then, twenty pastors have comethrough the doors, serving numerous generationsof parishioners.The church’s current pastor, Allen H. FisherJr. (M.Div., 1981), is a graduate of PrincetonTheological Seminary. Interestingly enough, whenLeft to right, Patrick Dennis, Sarah ScheckDennis, and Allen FisherFisher was called to the church, he was only its second pastor to have been educated at PTS.Even more interesting is the fact that Fisher’s Princeton predecessor led the church well overa century before Fisher was called to Fredericksburg in 1995.“The Princeton connection in the Fredericksburg area is older and deeper than mostpeople would assume,” asserted Fisher, who talked about the church’s first Princeton pastor,Archibald Alexander Hodge, the son of one of PTS’s early professors, Charles Hodge. (CharlesHodge was a close friend of the Seminary’s first professor, Archibald Alexander, and Hodgenamed his son after his friend.) Archibald Alexander Hodge came to The Presbyterian Churchof Fredericksburg in 1855 and left at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. He eventually cameto teach at Princeton Seminary, assuming his father’s chair in theology.Fisher mentioned another connection his church and the area has with Princeton.For many years, The Presbyterian Church had a relationship with Alexander Chapel, erectedin memory of Hodge’s namesake, Archibald Alexander. Alexander’s daughter Janetta hadit built around 1884. The building served as a family chapel for the Lacy family, and many ofThe Presbyterian Church’s pastors preached there. “The land was owned in the eighteenthcentury by General Thomas Posey, whose family Alexander served as a tutor in 1788. WhileAlexander was there, he was influenced by one of the Fredericksburg church’s members,Mrs. William Jones, whose piety and witness made a lasting mark on his personal faith,”said Fisher.Since Fisher has taken the helm at the Fredericksburg church, two more PTS grads havecome to serve the congregation. Completing this PTS trifecta is Associate Pastor PatrickDennis (M.Div., 2006), called to the church in late 2006, and his wife, Sarah Scheck Dennis(M.Div., 2007), who became director of youth ministry there last summer.To commemorate its bicentennial year, the congregation held several celebratory eventsthroughout 2008, including a homecoming picnic in June, a bicentennial dinner in October onReformation Sunday, when Dean of Student Life Nancy Lammers Gross (M.Div., 1981; Ph.D.,1992) was the featured speaker, and a bicentennial service in November, when former PTSprofessor Brian Blount (M.Div., 1981), now president of Union-PSCE, preached.Although it’s been quite an exciting year for the church, Fisher is ready to leave thismomentous year behind him and start looking toward the church’s transition into thethird century. “I think that the most interesting part of our history is ahead of us,” hesaid confidently.—MICHELE JANOWITZ8 • inSpire

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009on&off CAMPUSEngle Institute Nurtures Young PreachersAs the glow of the setting sun settled over Miller Chapel in June,the participants of the 2008 Engle Institute of Preaching gathered toworship as a community. The music was diverse, as was the groupof forty-one fellows whose voices rose to the ceiling in waves oftraditional spirituals, Anglican and Taizé chants, and Presbyterianhymns. This worship service was just one of the many blessingsmade possible by the generous gift of Joe R. Engle, a member of theFirst Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, who envisioneda place where people new to ministry and the demands of regularpreaching could strengthen their skills as preachers. The majorityof attendees, called Engle Fellows, are recent Princeton Seminarygraduates in their first five years of ministry.The emphasis on worship at the Engle Institute is intentional,according to Michael Hegeman (M.Div., 1996; Th.M., 1998), whohas served as coordinator of the institute for the past four years.“We want to integrate the worship part of the institute with thecoursework,” said Hegeman, who sees the worship services asa vital counterpart to the demanding hands-on learning of the dailyworkshops. While the worship is certainly inspiring, it also servesan important function, noted James Kay, the institute’s director.“We’re able to show pastors styles of worship without explicitlyteaching them.”Engle participant Gretchen Sausville (M.Div., 2005) attendedSeminary professor Michael Brothers’s “Off the Page” workshop,where she gained confidence in manuscript-free preaching. ForSausville, the insight gained was empowering. “I’m not memorizinga script but embodying what I’ve written,” she said. “I’ve learned totrust what I’m doing and not be afraid of it.”Hegeman noted the change among alumni/ae who return toPrinceton to participate in the Engle Institute. “What I see is adeepening in their lives,” said Hegeman. “You could use the word‘maturing.’ The angst of seminary is gone and they get to come backand say, ‘the questions that I really want to ask now that I’ve been inthe church, are these…’” Often, these questions aren’t only abouttheir personal skills as ministers and preachers of the Word, butalso questions of calling. Being at the Engle Institute isn’t just aboutimproving preaching; it’s about finding time away from the demandsof the minister’s week to reflect, to participate in fellowship, andto worship. Participants refine their preaching through innovativeworkshops and, often, receive spiritual renewal in the process.“If they survive [in ministry], they think they’re doing well,”said David Davis (M.Div., 1986; Ph.D., 2002), pastor of NassauPresbyterian Church in Princeton and this year’s pastor/preacherin-residence,“yet God calls us to flourish in ministry, and not justsurvive.” By providing a weeklong respite for preachers, the EngleInstitute aims to help participants find the spiritual space—and honethe preaching skills—that are essential to a thriving ministry.The next institute will be held June 14–19, 2009. For moreinformation visit www.ptsem.edu/ce/engle2009.php.Photo: Meagan CracraftM.Div. middlers Laura Powell (left) and Caroline Anderson enjoy thefestivities at the Seminary’s annual Halloween dinner.Photo: Len TurnerZambians Visit PTSA delegation of pastors and elders from two Presbyterian denominationsin Zambia visited Princeton Seminary on February 3. They are picturedhere with Professor Daniel Migliore, whose class on Karl Barth theyattended. Many used Migliore’s book as a textbook in their study at JustoMwale Theological College in Lusaka.Photo: Joel BockinSpire • 9

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009on&off CAMPUSL.I.V.E. SymposiumIn October, the Office of MulticulturalRelations held the Seminary’s firstL.I.V.E. (Learning, Inclusion, Vitality, andExploration) Symposium, titled “MakingRoom at the Table.” Forty-one prospectivestudents from Latina/o, Asian American,and African American cultures, andfrom international backgrounds, cameto the campus for a two-and-a-half-dayexploration of vocation.Participants worshipped with Trenton,New Jersey’s, Shiloh Baptist Church,pastored by Darrell Armstrong (M.Div.,1999), attended classes, and heardpresentations on admissions, financialaid, and field education. Director of theHispanic Leadership Program GabrielSalguero, Director of MulticulturalRelations Victor Aloyo, and ProfessorsLuke Powery and Yolanda Pierce gavepresentations on the value and nature ofthe Princeton Seminary experience. Andin their evaluations of the event, nearly allthe participants lauded the panel of PTSalumni/ae, which represented diversebackgrounds, vocations, and experiencesat Princeton Seminary. Panelists wereAmaury Tanon-Santos (M.Div., 2005),Cornell Edmonds (M.Div., 2000), RachelMihee Kim-Kort (M.Div., 2004; Th.M.,2008), John Joon Young Huh (M.Div., 2006),Regina Langley (M.Div., 2000), and CharlesAtkins Jr. (M.Div./M.A., 2000).Colette Walker of Roselle, NewJersey, said she had a dream of coming toPrinceton Seminary, but the L.I.V.E. eventhelped make it seem like a real possibility.She described the prospective studentswho attended L.I.V.E. as “willing to putthemselves out there and explore andexamine, and knock on the door.”Making theological education a realpossibility for Walker and her fellowprospectives was Aloyo’s goal. “Theybecame open to asking questions, and toexploring opportunities they never knewexisted,” he said. “Princeton Seminaryis a complex institution that strives to liftup the stories of all its members—andthere is creative tension there. When adiverse community gathers and expressesvarying opinions and perspectives, thereis an opportunity for systemic change.We were real, and participants reallyresponded to that.”Walker caught the vision. “I’m excitedabout being a part of something muchbigger than me,” she said. “There weredifferent people from all over the country,and from different countries, and withdifferent callings, all serving the sameGod…. If you’re in your little church, youdon’t get to see the bigness of God, andthe people who don’t look just like you.[When you meet them,] you definitelywant to get to know them.”PTS Trustee Keynotes Program on Faith and WorkPTS Hosts Presbyterian Leaders in Theological EducationIn October Princeton Seminary and President Torrance hosted a meetingof the Presbyterian Church’s Committee on Theological Education (COTE).COTE has responsibility to develop and maintain a comprehensive,denomination-wide plan for theological education and to serve as anadvocate for the church’s ten seminaries and the two seminaries relatedto the denomination by covenant agreement. The presidents of all theseminaries are members of COTE.Photo: Joel BockIn August, Amy Brinkley, global risk executive at Bank of America,elder at the First Presbyterian Church of Charlotte, North Carolina,and Princeton Seminary trustee, was the keynote speaker for “Transitions:Faith andWork in a ChangingEconomy,” a programheld at the church.She is picturedhere (center) withWes Barry (M.Div.,2007) and KatherineCooke (M.Div., 2005).Designed for thosein job transition andthose seeking ways torelate faith and work,the event includeddiscussion about multigenerational work environments, discoveringvocation, plotting a career path, and stability in times of change.10 • inSpire

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009on&off CAMPUSConnection between PTS and Mar Thoma Church RenewedNearly a thousand worshipers attended a special service ofreception on February 7 in Philadelphia for the Right ReverendDr. Geevargehese Mar Theodosius Episcopa, the new bishopof the diocese of North America and Europe of the Mar ThomaSyrian Church of Malabar. Representing Princeton Seminary as“chief guest” for the occasion was Professor James F. Kay, whobrought special greetings to the bishop and diocese on behalfof President Torrance.In his address, Kay noted the Mar Thoma graduates ofPTS since the Reverend K.K. George received his doctoratein 1950 and went on to become general secretary of the MarThomas Sunday School Department. In 2002, the Reverend V.S.Varghese completed his Ph.D. and in 2005, the Reverend NinuChandy received his Th.M. Four PTS Mar Thoma graduatesJohn Titus of the Mar Thoma Church of Seattle, Washington, presentsto Professor James F. Kay an engraved plaque commemoratingthe Diocesan Reception for the new Mar Thoma bishop of NorthAmerica and Europe, with the newly welcomed bishop, Dr. GeevargheseMar Theodosius, looking on.went on to become bishops: Zacharias Mar TheophilosSuffragan Metropolitan, Thomas Mar Timotheus Episcopa, IsaacMar Philoxenos, and Abraham Paulos Episcopa.Photo: Abraham MathewPTS Senior Pushes His Way to a World RecordWith a sheen of sweat on his face, M.Div. senior Ryan Bonfigliolowered himself to within inches of the ground for the final time,thrusting himself up again with surprising quickness; after one hourof arm-shattering work, he had just completed his 3,432nd pushup,setting a new Guinness World Record. This was Bonfiglio’s secondattempt at the record after his first fell short by only seven pushups,or “.2 percent,” as he pointed out. What could possibly havecompelled Bonfiglio to exert himself in this Herculean effort, twice?And what kind of training could have prepared the new world recordholder to win his title?Immediately after he graduated from Princeton University asan All-Ivy wrestler with a degree in chemistry, the university hiredBonfiglio as an assistant wrestling coach. While coaching, he wasalso a chaplain to student athletes through a nondenominationalcampus ministry. To keep things lively during the grueling wrestlingworkouts, he performed impromptu feats of fitness. These “meatheadmiracles,” as the team called them, included his first forayinto pushup achievement. When a student wondered aloud whetherit was possible to do 1,000 pushups in a single hour, Bonfiglioaccepted the challenge. He completed the pushups in fifty-nineminutes. In addition to his pushup record, for a brief time Bonfiglioheld the world’s pull-up record, which he earned by raising his chinabove the bar 507 times in an hour. The list of athletic triumphsgoes on: Bonfiglio ran his first marathon in two hours, forty-nineminutes, and he once raised funds for his campus ministry by hikingfifty miles and climbing fourteen peaks in New Hampshire’s WhiteMountains—in a single day.But don’t think he’s all brawn and no brains. While coaching atPrinceton University, Bonfiglio decided to take some classes at theSeminary to improve his skills as a chaplain. When he realized thathe would need to know Hebrew and Greek to qualify for the Old andNew Testament exegesis courses he was interested in, he beganstudying biblical language primers while traveling on bus trips withthe wrestling team. Eventually he mastered the languages so wellthat since coming to Seminary he has precepted for both, and heeven self-published his own Hebrew grammar.“This is just part of me,” Bonfiglio said about his passion forpushing himself to the limits of endurance. “It doesn’t come out ofsome theology of sport, it just comes out of who I am as a person.”Bonfiglio recognizes that many people in academia don’t understandhis athletic side, but that doesn’t mean he’s likely to give it upany time soon, despite his aspirations to teach. “There’s a dualityhere. People in the academic world don’t get why I do these crazyathletic things, and people in the athletic world don’t always get myacademic interests.”For now, Bonfiglio is focusing on his academic side. Withan interest in the Deuteronomistic history and constructions ofreligious, ethnic, and social identities through history-telling, fitnessfeats will likely play second-string to Ph.D. studies in the near future.Yet if the past is any indication, it won’t be long before Bonfiglio issurrounded again by enthusiastic supporters, with time running outon the clock and only a few more reps to go before making history.Photo: Benjamin RobinsoninSpire • 11

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009on&off CAMPUSPhotos: Matt Parker WrzeszczPTS staff members Marie Grasso and JackMcAnlis model the new PTS scarf and tie.PTS Ties and ScarvesSmile!Turning the camera on themselves, the student photography staff of theCommunications/Publications Office is all smiles! Pictured top row fromleft: Daniel Escher, Sung Hwan Kim, Matthew Nickel, and Matt ParkerWrzeszcz; bottom row from left: Joel Bock and Espen Bock (the onlyprofessional in the bunch), Rachel Achtemeier, and Len Turner.Photo: Matt Parker WrzeszczNew Princeton Seminaryties and scarves areavailable at Cokebury, theTheological Book Agency.The ties feature the Seminarylogo. The design on thescarf was inspired by thewood carving on the Joe R.Engle Organ in Miller Chapel,and the PTS logo appears onthe inner border of the scarf.To order a tie or scarf, emaildmacphail@cokesbury.com.Teen Art at ErdmanFrom July through September, the Center of ContinuingEducation’s Erdman Art Gallery featured artwork fromthe 2008 Mercer County Teen Arts Festival. The thirtyonepieces on display were chosen by a panel of festivaljudges from more than 1,000 entries.Photo: Daniel EscherGA Moderator Visits PTSIn October, Bruce Reyes-Chow, moderator of the General Assemblyof the Presbyterian Church (USA), visited the PTS campus and talkedwith students about the state of the church. Reyes-Chow, a young,energetic new church development pastor in San Francisco, waselected moderator in June 2008. You can follow his blog at http://www.mod.reyes-chow.com/.Seminary Choir Sings on NewCD Benefiting UN World FoodProgramThe Princeton Seminary Choir,directed by Martin Tel, contributedtwo tracks to a new CD, APrinceton Christmas—For theChildren of Africa, Volume 2. Allproceeds went to the UN WorldFood Program’s School FeedingProgram, which reduces hungerand improves education by providing school lunches for students. Topurchase the CD, email Deb MacPhail at dmacphail@cokesbury.com.12 • inSpire

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009on&off CAMPUSCelebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with Herencia LecturesIn mid-September nearly eighty students, faculty and staffmembers, and alumni/ae kicked off PTS’s first-ever celebrationof Hispanic Heritage Month with the Herencia (“Heritage”)Lecture Series.Dr. Ada María Isasi-Díaz of Drew University offered the firstlecture in the three-part series. Her lecture, titled “It’s More thanJust Spanish! Theology and Praxis,” argued for incorporatingthe Latina/o emphasis on teología en conjunto, or theology bornfrom specific community experience, into the life of the church.“Theology is neither the explanation of church teaching anddogmas, nor reflection on the Bible as such; it’s really the faith ofthe people that becomes the starting point for theology,” said Isasi-Díaz, who eschewed any easy attempt to give theology a “Latinflavor” by adding a veneer of Spanish words.Isasi-Díaz’s message resonated with M.Div. senior SarahHenkle, who has worked in bilingual churches for the past twoyears. A truly inclusive church “is more than just having a bilingualliturgy, it’s having a liturgy that actually speaks the ‘language’ ofthe people in a deeper way,” said Henkle. “It requires a differenttheology and praxis.”Just two weeks before the Herencia Lectures, a United Statescensus was released that predicted that by the year 2050, nearlyone in three U.S. residents will be Hispanic American. Latina/ostudents make up three percent of the student body at PTS.Victor Aloyo, director of multicultural relations, believes thatfor the church to remain viable, it needs to reflect those changingdemographics. “Our hope is that the development of initiativeslike the Herencia Lectures will raise awareness that our ministriesbecome enhanced and enriched when we learn from diverseperspectives,” said Aloyo. “We are then able to value people’sLeft to right: William Reyes, M.Div. middler, Joseph Collazo,M.Div. senior, and the Reverend José González Colón (M.Div.,2007), all of whom attended the inaugural Herencia Lecturesin October 2008lives and stories at a level that heightens our sense of integrity as acalled, global community of God.” Though the lectures are not yetestablished as an annual event, Aloyo hopes this year’s HerenciaLectures will open doors for further integration of Latina/oscholarship into the Seminary’s curriculum.Other Herencia lecturers included Dr. David Abalos (Ph.D.,1972), professor of religious studies and sociology at Seton HallUniversity and visiting lecturer in politics at Princeton University,who lectured on “Politics and Assimilation: Latinos/as and theSacred.” Dr. Edward David Aponte, vice president of academicaffairs and dean of Lancaster Theological Seminary, offered alecture titled “Who Are We? A Pastoral Challenge.”Approximately fifty people attended a closing worship service,“Levantando Nuestra Voz” (“Lifting Up Our Voice”), led by theReverend Raul Ruiz, pastor of the Spanish American BaptistChurch of Union City, New Jersey.Photo: Len TurnerGoing Green!Green DayIn November, students volunteered at both campuses to rakeleaves, pick up litter, and educate other students about recyclingand composting at PTS. The event, sponsored by the Facilities Office,the Office of Housing and Auxiliary Services, and the environmentsubgroup of Seminarians for Peace and Justice, was the first of itskind at the Seminary.Photo: Joel BockStay in touch! Sendus your email address.To help reduce ourcarbon footprint, PTS willincreasingly communicatewith alumni/ae and friendselectronically rather than in print. To stay connected, sendyour email address to commpub@ptsem.edu.inSpire • 13

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009on&off CAMPUSTwo Presbytery of Philadelphia Candidates Receive AwardsAbigail Visco, a 2008 M.Div. graduate and candidate forordination in the Presbytery of Philadelphia, was awarded theParish Pulpit Fellowship for 2008. Since September, Visco hasbeen in Delhi, India, working with “Third Culture Kids” (TCKs).TCKs are youth in international churches who occupy two or morecultures simultaneously, often due to their parents’ positions ininternational diplomacy, business, missions, or military service. Insome cases, TCKs are the children of refugee families displacedby conflict in their native country.No newcomer to crossculturalministry, Visco spent ayear in Lausanne, Switzerland,through the international fieldeducation program at PTS. Whilein India, Visco will interview TCKsabout how their cross-culturalexperiences have influenced theirfaith. “As I work on this projectand enter ordained ministry, myprayer is that God will use me toAbigail Viscoreach youth who stand on thePhoto: Gregory Benson Photographyedges of culture, to point to Christ as their home, and to celebratetheir diverse callings and gifts for the Spirit’s work throughoutthe cultures of this world,”Visco said. In March 2009, Viscopresented her findings at theFamilies in Global TransitionConference in Houston, Texas.M.Div. senior Jason Tucker,also a candidate for ordinationin the Presbytery of Philadelphia,has been awarded a DanaKull Memorial Scholarshipfor Christian Vocations byOcean City Tabernacle in Jason TuckerOcean City, New Jersey. Tucker has served as worship leaderat the First Presbyterian Church in Ambler, Pennsylvania, andprogram director at Kirkwood Camp and Conference Center. He iscurrently the director of the praise and worship team at BethanyPresbyterian Church in Bloomfield, New Jersey. The DanaKull Memorial Scholarship is a national scholarship awardedto applicants pursuing vocations in Christian service. Thescholarship honors the memory of Dana Kull, a former auto dealerand pilot.Photo: Daniel EscherPhoto: Joel BockRonald White’s New Bookon LincolnRandom House has just releasedRonald White’s new book, A.Lincoln: A Biography. The book isalready on The New York Timesbest-seller list. White (M.Div.,1964) is former head of the Seminary’sDepartment of ContinuingEducation. He signed copies ofthe book at PTS in February aspart of his national book tour.Following the Call: PTS Honors Military ChaplainsEach year, PTS marks Veterans Day by honoring the service of militarychaplains. On November 18, Chaplain Captain Margaret Grun Kibben(M.Div., 1986; D.Min., 2002) returned to PTS to lead worship in MillerChapel. “Where will the call of discipleship lead those who follow?”she asked in her sermon. Chaplain Kibben knows firsthand that formany military chaplains, the call of discipleship takes them overseas andaway from family, yet like so many others, she wouldn’t dream of ignoringthe call. “As a chaplain, I can be an incarnation of God’s love, as Jesuswas. I can stand in and among…those in harm’s way,” she said. Followingchapel, a luncheon was held to honor students and staff who haveserved in the Armed Forces, and to provide an opportunity for studentsinterested in chaplaincy to explore their options. Four military chaplainsare presently enrolled in the Th.M. program at PTS.Photo: Rachel Achtemeier14 • inSpire

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009on&off CAMPUSHeard on CampusRick Ellis, retired teacher fromWest Windsor-Plainsboro PublicSchools and an adjunct teacher atBankstreet College in New York City,“Reggio-Inspired Practices.”Raúl Gómez-Ruiz, SDS, director ofintellectual formation and professor ofsystematic studies at Sacred Heart Schoolof Theology in Hales Corner, Wisconsin,Hispanic Theological Initiative BookLecture, “Ritual and the Construction ofCultural Identity.”Ada María Isasi-Díaz, professor ofethics and theology at the theologicaland graduate schools of Drew University,Herencia Lecture, “It’s More Than JustSpanish! Theology and Praxis.”David Abalos, professor of religiousstudies and sociology at Seton HallUniversity and visiting lecturer in politicsat Princeton University, Herencia Lecture,“Politics and Assimilation: Latinos/as andthe Sacred.”George Marsden, Francis A. McAnaneyProfessor of History, University of NotreDame, Stone Lectures, “Rip Van Edwards:President Jonathan Edwards Returns toPrinceton after 250 Years.”Edward David Aponte, vice presidentof academic affairs and dean of LancasterTheological Seminary, Herencia Lecture,“Who Are We? A Pastoral Challenge.”Robert Wilson, Hoober Professorof Religious Studies and Old Testament,Yale University, Biblical StudiesDepartment Lecture, “The HebrewBible as a Social Artifact: Reflectionson the Current Debate.”David Burrell, C.S.C., HesburghProfessor Emeritus in Philosophy andTheology, University of Notre Dame;professor of ethics and development,Uganda Martyrs University, FrederickNeumann Memorial Lecture, “Christiansand Muslims Breathe a New Spirit.”Paul Scott Wilson, professor ofhomiletics, Emmanuel College, VictoriaUniversity, University of Toronto,Donald Macleod/Short Hills CommunityCongregational Church PreachingLectures, “Preaching: Speaking for God.”Allan Anderson, professor of globalPentecostal studies and director of theGraduate Institute for Theology andReligion, University of Birmingham,England, Students’ Lectureship onMissions, “The Missionary Nature of EarlyPentecostalism.”Teaching “Wholistic” Health at PTSSeven certified massage therapists offering free back andneck massages were the “hook and draw” at the eleventh annualWholistic Health Fair, held in the Mackay Campus Center onNovember 7, but while the Seminary community may have beendrawn in by the free massages, they stayed for the knowledge.The fair featured twenty-nine area businesses with expertise ontopics ranging from nutritionto domestic violence. Somevendors offered tests on avariety of health indicators,including bone density, bloodpressure, cholesterol, andspinal alignment.“In recent years,a wonderful change ofconsciousness has begunin our culture about theinterdependent componentsof good health,” said NancySchongalla-Bowman, directorof student counseling andcreator of the Seminary’sWholistic Health Initiative, which sponsors the event (the groupadds a “w” to “holistic” to emphasize wholeness). The aim ofthe fair is to provide educational materials and experientialopportunities that advance wholistic health as a lifelong process.Staff member Patricia Korsak with chiropractor Ari Cohn.M.Div. senior Katie Poticher coordinated the event. “Equippingstudents with knowledge about local health resources empowersthem to make the choices they need to find balance in their lives,which can lead to healthy ministries,” she said. Yet when studentsleave the health fair, it’s up to them to be proactive. “The healthfair is not about arriving at wholistic health,” said Poticher. “Butthe awareness it raises is an integral part of the process.”The health fair was serious in its aim without sacrificing fun.Students milling around thevendor tables were served“mocktails” with nameslike “Bloody PerpetuaSangria,” “Platonic PiñaColada,” and “Abstinenceon the Beach.” More thantwenty-five door prizes wereraffled off for items likefree hour-long massages,gift certificates to arearestaurants and health foodgrocers, and acupuncture orchiropractic consultations.Jarod Osborne, an M.Div.middler who teachesfitness classes at PTS, was pleased with the quality and numberof vendors present. “There’s so much emphasis on mentaldevelopment at PTS,” he said. “It’s important to bring in spiritualand physical wellness.”Photo: Len TurnerinSpire • 15

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009on&off CAMPUSFaculty and Staff AccoladesIn November, Charles Bartow was the special guest at areception held in his honor during the Academy of Homiletics annualmeeting in Boston, Massachusetts. He was presented with a volumeof essays dedicated to him and received the academy’s LifetimeAchievement Award.Clifton Black delivered lectures at several British universities inOctober: “Revisiting Biblical Theology,” at the University of Durham;“Trinity and Exegesis,” at the University of St. Andrews; and “Markas Historian of God’s Kingdom,” at Oxford University.He led a retreat in September, “Journeying through Scripturewith the Lectionary’s Map,” for pastors in the Presbytery of theCascades in Oregon.He participated in August in a continuing seminar, “The Wordof God in the Mission and Life of the Church,” at the Seventy-First International Meeting of The Catholic Biblical Association ofAmerica at Fordham University in New York.Black also led a family retreat for members of Brick PresbyterianChurch in New York City in October 2007. The retreat was based onmaterial drawn from his new book published this fall: The Eighth Dayof Creation: An Anthology of Christian Scripture.Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary hosted the first of itsbiennial conferences on pastoral care in October. The conferencehonored the work of Donald Capps, who is now in his fortieth yearof teaching at PTS. The conference was organized by Allan HughCole Jr. (M.Div., 1994; Ph.D., 2001) and Robert Dykstra to recognizethe significant contribution that Capps has made through hisscholarship, teaching, mentoring, and leadership in the various fieldsrelating to ministries of care.James Charlesworth met in September with the Samaritan HighPriest on Mt. Gerizim in Israel, where he presented the priest with acopy of Deuteronomy 27, which has the Samaritan reading in whichGod instructs Moses to build an altar on hrgrzim. The Dead SeaScroll was allegedly foundin Cave IV and is about to bepublished by Charlesworth.In June, Charlesworthspent an evening nearYarnton Manor in Oxfordshire,England, with Géza Vermes,a Hungarian scholar andnoted authority on the DeadSea Scrolls. For forty years,Charlesworth and VermesDr. Charlesworth with the SamaritanHigh Priest on Mt. Gerizimhave discussed Jesus and the paradigmatic importance of the DeadSea Scrolls for re-envisioning Jesus’ Judaism. Vermes sponsoredCharlesworth as a fellow of Wolfson College and Yarnton Manor,Oxford’s Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.While lecturing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in June, in honor ofthe Ethiopian Millennium, Charlesworth received an audience withPatriarch Abuna Paulos (Th.M., 1970; Ph.D., 1988) of the EthiopianOrthodox Church.Robert Dykstra lectured in November at Harvey Park ChristianChurch in Denver, Colorado, for the joint annual fall conference ofthe College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy and theAmerican Association of Pastoral Counselors. His topic was “TheSubversive Compassion of Men’s Friendships.”As a continuation of the Older Adult Ministry Initiative at PTS,Abigail Rian Evans is conducting a feasibility study for the NationalCouncil on Aging/National Interfaith Coalition on Aging as a parttimeconsultant. This research project will ascertain the interestsand needs of a modest sample of congregations and ecumenicalfaith-based organizations in addressing the needs and concerns oftheir older adults.Evans traveled in August to Birmingham, Alabama, to be thekeynote speaker for an annual training event for church leadersin the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley and North AlabamaPresbytery, and also led workshops on “Negotiated Death—Theological, Ethical, and Medical Issues in End of Life Decisions”and “Double Honor to Our Elders: Why and How to Start a Ministrywith Older Adults.”She was also the keynote speaker in June at the InterfaithSummit 2008: “Where to Start: Closing Gaps in Serving Older Adults”at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. The conference wasa collaborative effort of the faith-based community, the Long TermCare Coordinating Council, CareFaxLTC (a long-term care nonprofit),Fairfax County, and George Mason University.Darrell Guder participated in a dialogue in October with GeorgeHunsberger, professor of congregational mission at WesternTheological Seminary and coordinator of the Gospel and Our CultureNetwork. The conference was held in New Brunswick, New Jersey,on the theme “The Heart of the Church’s Missional Character,”and was organized by Journey, center for the church’s learningat Western Theological Seminary.Guder was also the guest speaker at the Global MissionConference at St. Simons Presbyterian Church on St. Simons Island,Georgia, in October. His topic was “You Are a Missionary.”George Hunsinger spokethis past summer at theInterfaith Forum on Ethics ofTorture and Human Rights inPortland, Oregon. The forum wassponsored by the EcumenicalMinistries of Oregon.He also spoke at All SaintsEpiscopal Church in Pasadena,California, and is pictured here (center) with the Reverend Dr.George F. Regas (left), retired rector of the congregation, and theReverend J. Edwin Bacon Jr. (right), the current rector.Jacqueline Lapsley was theologian-in-residence for aweekend in October at Camp Hill Presbyterian Church in Camp16 • inSpire

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009on&off CAMPUSHill, Pennsylvania. She and congregation members explored therole of the Ten Commandments within God’s relationship with Israeland the church, how to use the commandments in moral decisionmaking,and whether the commandments should be posted in thepublic realm.Cleo LaRue was a featured preacher in October on Day 1,a nationally broadcast radio program also accessible by podcastat Day1.org. The two programs, which ran on October 12 and 26,included a sermon by LaRue along with interviews conducted bythe program’s host and executive producer, Peter Wallace.In October, Elsie McKee participated in an internationalconference on John Calvin sponsored by the Institute for ReformationResearch at the Theological University in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.The conference, “Saint or Sinner? The Reformation of John Calvin(1509–1564),” was held at Vanenburg Castle, Putten. McKee’spresentation was titled “Calvin as Reformer of Spirituality.”She also attended in October the meeting of the Praesidium of theInternational Congress for Calvin Research, of which she has been amember since 2000, the first and only female on the Praesidium.Daniel Migliore was a presenter in October at the InternationalConference on the Triune God inWichita, Kansas. His lecture topic was“Why Do Christians Speak of God asTrinity?” Migliore also preached at theFirst Presbyterian Church in Hutchinson.In September he addressed theadult class at Nassau PresbyterianChurch in Princeton on the recentinvitation of Muslim theologians toChristian leaders, “A Common WordBetween Us and You,” and engaged indialogue around the theme of the twofold love commandment.He also preached in September at the Second PresbyterianChurch in Baltimore, Maryland, and participated in a Christian-Muslim dialogue with Imam Yahya Hendi, Muslim chaplain atGeorgetown University.In November, Gordon Mikoski was the moderator of an eventhosted by the Princeton Area Anti-Torture Advocacy Group. The eventincluded the showing of the Academy Award-winning documentaryfilm Taxi to the Dark Side.Patrick Miller preached in June at the 125th anniversary of DruidHills Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Miller was a formermember of the church.Samuel H. Moffett made a presentation in June at thePresbyterian Heritage Center in Montreat, North Carolina, on thehistory of the Korean missionaries and the Korean PresbyterianChurch, which is the largest church in the world.Peter Paris was a panelist at Boston College’s Mass Humanities2008 Symposium “One Nation Under God? The Role of Religion inAmerican Public Life” in November. The topic of his session was“How Religion Shapes American Culture.”Yolanda Pierce was a guest in November on WBUR Boston andNational Public Radio’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook. The featuredtopic was the State of Nebraska’s offering of a “safe haven” tochildren; the safe haven program expected babies, but instead gotparents abandoning teenagers.She was also a guest in November on Another View on NewJersey Network television. The program focused on the historicpresidential election of Barack Obama, how the election can be atransformative moment in American history, and whether Obama’svictory signals the end of racial conflict.In May, Luke Powery spoke at Northminster Presbyterian Churchin Chattanooga, Tennessee, on “Spirituals, Slave Narratives, andAfrican American Interpretation.”Gabriel Salguero received the “El Award” in November, an awardgiven annually by El Diario/La Prensa, the Northeast’s most wellknown Latino newspaper. Salguero was recognized as one of themost influential Latinos in the tri-state area. He was one of twentyfiverecipients.He was also featured in an article, “Voices of a New Generation,”in the November issue of Charisma and Christian Life.Mark Lewis Taylor presented Austin College’s 2008 Allen-HeadLecture in April. His lecture was titled “The Future of the ChristianRight in U.S. Political Culture.”Wentzel van Huyssteen was a presenter, along with fiveprominent scientists, at the 2008 Nobel Conference “Who Were theFirst Humans?” that more than 5,000 people attended at GustavusAdolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota, in October. He discussedrecent findings in paleontology and anthropology in terms of humansymbolic thoughtand creativeimagination,addressing thequestion of whatwe have to learnabout humanuniqueness if weadd the evolutionof religion,sexuality, andmorality to the discussion. Van Huyssteen (left) is pictured here withProfessor Robin Dunbar, from the Institute of Cognitive Science andAnthropology at Oxford University, England. Dunbar also deliveredone of the Nobel Lectures.Van Huyssteen also spoke in October at the Institute ofPaleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy ofSciences, Beijing, as part of a one-day conference with Chinesescientists on “Human Origins and Symbolic Behavior,” sponsored bythe Templeton Foundation.inSpire • 17

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009on&off CAMPUSBanners Unfurled!Colorful yellow and burgundy banners hanging from campus lamppostson the main campus and at the Tennent and West Windsorcampuses greeted students beginning the fall term. Each of theseventy banners displays the PTS logo and a word from the Seminary’smission statement. A brainchild of the Department of StudentLife envisioned both to symbolize and to form community, the bannersexpress the Seminary’s hospitality and welcome to students, faculty,and visitors alike.Photo: Daniel EscherA Common WordIn October, at the invitation of Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury,President Torrance participated in a conference at Lambeth Palaceas part of the continuing dialogue on “A Common Word,” and on futureChristian-Muslim engagement. “A Common Word Between Us and You”is an open letter written in October 2007 by 138 Muslim scholars, clerics,and intellectuals to declare common ground between Christianity andIslam. Read “A Common Word” at http://www.acommonword.com/PTS Talent for Sale at Annual Community AuctionThis year’s Community Auction was a night of “fast talk andflying hands” as the Stewardship and Mission Committee raisednearly $2,000 for the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) and forstudent mission initiatives.If you had stopped by Mackay cafeteria on the nightof November 14 with $20 in your pocket, you could havecommissioned an original poem about your life, secured ninetyminutes of Greek tutoring to prepare for ordination exams, or beenoutbid for a decorated sheet cake. Other items up for auctionincluded lessons in: the video game Dance Dance Revolution,personal fitness, salsa and merengue dancing, bookbinding,Appalachian-style clogging, propositional logic, knitting, and, yes,fire twirling.With M.Div. middler Brian McCollum as auctioneer, biddingjockeyed back and forth in five-dollar increments as teams formedfor the larger items. Some of the heaviest bidding was hashedout for home-cooked meals at faculty or staff homes, but it wasprofessor of medieval church history Paul Rorem’s donation of aguided tour of the Cloisters in New York City for six to eight people,with lunch included, that brought out the most generosity—andcompetitive spirit—among the participants, selling for just lessthan $400.The second-highest bidding war broke out for “The PhilliesExperience,” M.Div. senior and Phillies fanatic David Wright’scontribution of two tickets to a spring game, with dinner and histeam expertiseincluded. Wrightpromised to arriveat the winners’doorstep withcheesesteaks andtwo tickets to thePhillies in hand, anouting well worththe $160 it raised. Asilent auction thatincluded originalSumi ink paintings,handmade jewelry, Auctioneer Brian McCollumhomemade toffee,and crocheted babyblankets contributed $313 to the cause.“We’re hoping to use the funds we raised to ‘Sponsor a Day’at the soup kitchen, which entails paying for one day of meals andbringing a group of volunteers to actually serve one of the meals,”said Miriam Diephouse-McMillan, who organized the eventwith fellow middlers Julie Saksa and Andrew Wilkes. Thoughthey didn’t raise enough money at the auction to sponsor a fullday of services at TASK, the generous support of the Seminarycommunity brought the Stewardship and Mission Committee onestep closer to its goal.Photo: Daniel Escher18 • inSpire

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009on&off CAMPUSTorrance Makes Fictional AppearancePresident Iain Torrance is a character inAlexander McCall Smith’s novel The Comfortsof a Muddy Saturday (Pantheon, 2008). AsBob Hann (M.Div., 1968) noted, “Torrancewrites a (fictional) critique of an article for the(fictional) Review of Applied Ethics on behalf ofits (fictional) editor Isabel Dalhousie,” the maincharacter and sleuth of McCall Smith’s IsabelDalhousie series. Alexander McCall Smith isan alumnus of the University of Edinburgh,where he and Torrance were contemporariesand became lifelong friends. Torrance also appearedin another book by McCall Smith, thistime as the (actual) moderator of the Churchof Scotland. Smith frequently mentions realpeople and places in his novels.Fun FactClass of 1958 graduate Tom Fisher remembersan April Fool’s Day in 1958 during Holy Weekwhen seminarians woke to find the campusintriguingly transformed. There was a Volkswagen“bug” in Stuart Hall, a sturdy stone “altar”in front of the Administration Building, pink“Parking Permitted” signs painted over the “NoParking” signs on the quad, and a clapperlessbell not ringing the change of classes. Wordhas it that the VW, once owned by ProfessorElmer Homrighausen, still sits in the driveway ofElmer Hargis, Class of 1964, who bought the carfrom Mrs. Homrighausen to drive back and forthto class. We don’t know if it still runs!2008 Alumna AwardedFulbright ScholarshipPrinceton Seminary alumna Han-luenKantzer Komline (M.Div., 2008) has beenawarded a Fulbright Scholarship to studyat the University of Tübingen, Germany,for the 2008–2009 academic year. Shejoins rank with four other PTS graduateshonored with Fulbright grants in the pastten years. Recipients of Fulbright awardsare selected on the basis of academicor professional achievement, as wellas demonstrated leadership potentialin their fields. “One of the highestacademic awards available to graduatesof institutions of higher education in theUnited States is the Fulbright award,”said James H. Charlesworth,George L. Collord Professor of NewTestament Language and Literatureand chair of the Seminary’s FulbrightCommittee, which recommendedKantzer Komline for the scholarship.Darrell Guder, dean of academicaffairs, also serves on the FulbrightCommittee at PTS. “Han-luenrepresents admirably the competentand motivated students who are wellprepared as master’s candidates atPrinceton to move on to advancedstudies,” Guder said. “She enteredthe application process with a strongacademic foundation, solid skillsin German, excellent credentials as aresearcher, and an articulate sense ofChristian vocation to serve the church asa scholar.”Kantzer Komline describes herFulbright work as an exploration ofhow Karl Barth’s theological responseto human limits in Church Dogmaticscompares to Martin Heidegger’sresponse to the finite human conditionin Being in Time. She sees Heidegger asan “implicit dialogue partner” of Barth’sin paragraphξ47 of volume III.2, and isinterested in understanding how Barthreconfigures Heidegger’s conception ofhuman temporality. Kantzer Komline’sgoal is to produce an article-lengthessay in German on the topic. While atthe University of Tübingen, she is takingtwo seminars on Heidegger (with EilertHerms and Johannes Brachtendorf).She is also attending lectures on ChurchDogmatics with Christoph Schwöbel, whois supervising her work.As a student at PTS Kantzer Komlinereceived many accolades, includingthe E.L. Wailes Memorial Prize in NewTestament and the Archibald AlexanderHodge Prize in Systematic Theology(both awarded in May 2007). In 2008 shewas awarded the Senior Fellowship inTheology. She served as co-generaleditor for the Princeton TheologicalReview from fall 2006–spring 2008.David Komline and Han-luen Kantzer Komline inTübingen, GermanyHan-luen is accompanied in Germanyby her husband, David Komline (M.Div.,2008). David, who was awarded PTS’sSenior Fellowship in History in 2008,is the recipient of a study scholarshipthrough the German Academic ExchangeService. He is conducting independentresearch on the influence of DavidFriedrich Strauss on German theologyand the theological climate of the cityof Tübingen.Han-luen and David earned theirbachelor’s degrees from WheatonCollege in Illinois. On their return fromGermany they will both begin doctoralstudies at the University of Notre Dame.inSpire • 19

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009BY RUSSELL CARSTENS, HEATHER ROOTE FALLER, AND BARBARA A. CHAAPELIn October, alumni/ae returned to campus for Reunion 2008 and enjoyed the time to reconnect withclassmates, hear lectures by Dean Darrell Guder, participate in continuing education on leadership inthe church, honor Setri Nyomi as the Distingished Alumnus, hear from President Torrance, and sharememories of student days. We hope you will enjoy the photos from reunion and the comments of some ofthe participants, and will mark your calendars for the week of October 26–30 to join us for Reunion Week2009 at Princeton Seminary!Dean Darrell Guder Gives Rian LecturesAlumni/ae filled Miller Chapel to hear the Rian Lectures, givenduring the reunion this year by Dean of Academic Affairs and HenryWinters Luce Professor of Missional Theology Darrell Guder.In two lectures, Guder addressed the question of what missionalleadership is. The question was developed by the Gospel and OurCulture Network (GOCN), a group formed in the 1990s that focuses“on the cultural research, theological reflection, and church renewalnecessary for the recovery of the church’s missionary identity,”Photos by Jon Roemer and PTS photography staffaccording to its web site. The group asked, if we were to do theologyof the church based on the assumption that mission defines the essenceof the church, what would that mean for the church’s theology andleadership? The GOCN’s work led to a book, Missional Church:A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America, whichGuder edited.Since the publication of Missional Church, the term “missional” hasbecome a cliché, Guder said in his lecture. And yet the meaning of theword is at the heart of the church’s work. “You ought not to be able tosay ‘church’ without meaning ‘mission,’” said Guder. “‘Missional’ meansto define the church in the language of mission.”The challenges confronting missional leadership are inherited, saidGuder. “Christendom gave us wealth, legal protection, political power,and cultural hegemony. It’s unsettling that [these are] ending. But theend is an opportunity to discover lenses that obscure our view of thegospel.” Guder noted that although the decline of Christendom hasbeen a cause for anxiety, the church now is closer to the situation of theearly church than it has been for centuries. “We can experience what itmeans to be under Jesus’ lordship when his lordship is mysterious andnot publicly acknowledged,” he said.Guder emphasized that the guideline for interpreting Christendom’slegacy is dialectical—that is, there are built-in tensions. “The missionarymovement worked; Christianity is now a global movement,” he said.“At the same time, establishment meant making some compromises.”Noting the ambiguity inherent in the church’s situation and thediversity of models for leadership, Guder wondered how the Spiritmight work in the church of today, and what obstacles the Spiritmight encounter. He named as obstacles ecclesiastical maintenance,certain polity structures that limit the creativity of the Spirit, andcaptivity to schedules.(continued)20 • inSpire

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009Virginia Thorne Attends Reunion to Remember HerHusband’s Days as a StudentVirginia Thorne is the wife of the late Thomas LaurenceThorne Jr., Class of 1958. She attended what would have beenher husband’s fiftieth reunion with her son, Owen. Among hermemories of her husband’s days as a seminarian, she recalled that,because of its central location,President John Mackay housedthe couple in Hodge Hall, ashe wanted Thomas to be in thecenter of things, “because he wasa leader.”Thomas Thorne had aweekend job at NewtownPresbyterian Church inPennsylvania, and participatedin the Seminary choir toursorganized by Dr. David HughJones, whom Virginia called “anoted musician eager to share music and Christianity with theworld.” In the summer of 1956 Thomas and the choir embarkedon a two-month tour to Indiana, Missouri, and Texas, then wentto Mexico and Guatemala. Virginia said, “Dates were added asthey went along, to the point of exhaustion for everyone! Theywere unwilling to miss any opportunity.” Although the conditionswere usually “primitive,” she said, “they were warmly welcomedby huge crowds.” In 1957 the tour reached the Caribbean Islands.Class member David Prince was also a part of this tour.One of Virginia Thorne’s fondest memories of living oncampus is hearing the music from Miller Chapel. “It waswonderful,” she said, adding, “The singing was terrific.”Thorne, who lives in Wilmington, Delaware, has givenletters that her late husband wrote to her while he was ontour with the choir to the Seminary archives. She also recentlycontributed toward a gift of an electric keyboard for the SeminaryTouring Choir.He also named the shape of ordered ministry as an obstacleto consider. As the church was established, particular people withparticular functions became salvifically necessary. “The church’s orderedministry became a vendor of spiritual services,” said Guder. “At theReformation, the priest became a teacher, but the assumptions of thepriesthood are still with us. Ordination still feels less like setting apartand more like elevating.”But what happens to ordered ministry if the church itself isa mission field? Guder argued that the calling of the communityprecedes and shapes the calling of its leaders. “The vocation of thecommunity is to be a witness,” he said. “Everyone is a witness, and isalways witnessing.” And the formation of the community is about itsinteraction with the mission field. “The church is the people, not thebuilding. It is a mission, it doesn’t have or do mission. The direction ofthe church’s life is toward being scattered and sent,” he said.To order audio CDs or audio downloads of Guder’s Rian Lectures,email media@ptsem.edu.inSpire • 21

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009Rhonda MyersClass of 1995Rhonda Myers, Class of 1995 and pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Franklin, New Jersey, returnedto the Seminary for the second time since graduating, and enjoyed her day. She found Darrell Guder’s lecture onthe missionary work of the church insightful. “Dr. Guder’s basic thrust seemed to be that, through the years ofestablished Christianity, we have seen a movement away from mission as our very essence to mission as our function,”summarized Myers. “As a result, he explained, Christianity has become a passive agency of religious thought. Guderbelieves the rescue of the church will come in large part from its leaders embracing the apostolic mission that is thechurch and embodying that mission in the world.“What he had to say was very thought-provoking. He constructed it in a way that made sense to me, and I’ll takeit back home to think about and reflect on,” said Myers, who also appreciated Craig Barnes’s leadership forum onpastoral identity.Myers’s family has a history of earning theological degrees at Princeton Seminary. She’s the fourth in her familyto attend. With a laugh, she said, “When I finally realized that God was calling me to the ministry, I told my family.My brother-in-law told me he’d disown me if I didn’t come to Princeton, because he knew I’d get the best education and the best grounding forpastoral ministry here.”Patricia Budd KeplerClass of 1958Patricia Budd Kepler, Class of 1958, was one of the Seminary’s first female graduates. Now a retired pastor in Arlington, Massachusetts,she said, “Reunion has been a very emotional time. Coming back for my fiftieth somehow inspires memories in a way that being here on otheroccasions didn’t. Just reliving being here is very exciting. Making connections is the big thing.”In addition to getting her theological education at Princeton, Kepler also discovered new interests and met newpeople. “I was a business major in college and fell in love with theology here. This is where I found myself. I’vestayed in love with theology.” With a laugh, she added, “This is also where I found my husband.” Her husband,Tom, also a member of the Class of 1958, attended the reunion with her.Kepler was a pastor in Manalapan, New Jersey, executive secretary of the Women’s Department of the Boardof Christian Education in Philadelphia (an agency of the former United Presbyterian Church in the United Statesof America), director of ministry studies at Harvard Divinity School, and pastor of Clarendon Hill PresbyterianChurch in West Somerville, Massachusetts.22 • inSpire

On Our 25th ReunionRemarks from Patricia Daley to the Class of 1983fall 2008/winter/spring 2009It was a treat to curl up with notebooksof alumni/ae reports from 1983, 1988, and2003. As I read through the biographicalinformation and remarks of our classmembers, I was struck by our diversity of placeand call. We have served in congregationslarge and small, where we are stated supplies,interims, associates, and heads of staff. Weare in hospitals as chaplains, and even [one]as a physician. We are in nursing homemanagement and in the courts and on collegecampuses. We are writing books and Ph.D.theses, and, of course, reams of sermons. Afew of us have found ourselves heading upseminaries or colleges or serving as executivesof nonprofits. We have become attorneysand counselors. We are Presbyterians, ofcourse, but also Mennonites and UCCs andBaptists and Episcopalians and Lutherans andMethodists and more. We’ve not only carriedout our calls in the U.S., but also in Peru,Uruguay, Bolivia, Germany, India, and more.We are everywhere that God has called ussince those student days in the 1980s.I imagine a few of you have begun to lookat the lectionary text for Sunday, October 26.Perhaps you are working on the gospel lesson,which is from Matthew 23. Jesus is speakingto the crowds about the religious instructorswho have become carried away with theimportance of their role and their titles:“They love to have the place ofhonor at banquets and the best seats inthe synagogue and to be treated withrespect in the market places, and to havepeople call them rabbi. But you are notto be called rabbi because you have oneteacher and you are all students. Nor areyou to be called instructors for you haveone instructor, the Messiah. The greatestamong you will be your servant. All whoexalt themselves will be humbled and allwho humble themselves will be exalted.”What leapt out to me as I read this passagewas the line, “you are all students.” Todaywe have gathered here to recall, fondly, ourstudent days of twenty-five years ago. Wehave moved on to acquire all kinds of titles:Reverend, Doctor, Professor. Yet Matthewreminds me that my student days are not over.Our student days are never over.The fine teachers and the challengingcourses that Princeton Theological Seminarymade possible were a great gift to each ofus. Our years at the Seminary were a mindexpandingcontinuing education on ourpath as forever students. So, as the writerof Matthew’s gospel reminds us, we are allon a level playing field—whether we headup a university or serve as a stated supply ina struggling urban congregation, whetherwe are seminary faculty or supporting layleadership. We are all students. We are alllearners. We all have the same instructor,the same great teacher who continues tochallenge our capacity to learn, to change,and to be transformed.We’ve had some nice moments to catchup with friends in the past two days. Wehave remembered with some laughter and anoccasional tear. We’ve done a bit of sharingof where we’ve been and what we haveaccomplished since the last reunion. However,as we look back on our life’s course work sofar, whatever we have given, whatever we havereceived, wherever we have served in thesetwenty-five years will not be graded by honorsawarded or salaries earned. Rather, our liveswill be enriched by our humility and gratitudefor every opportunity and each experience aswe continue to be learners who love and serveour one great teacher, our truest instructor, thetriune God.Patricia DaleyPatricia Daley loved attending thereunion for her twenty-fifth anniversary. Shesaid, “The day has been rich and full becauseof seeing good friends and appreciating theRian Lectures.” She recalled her initial andlong-lasting excitement over her exposureto new ideas during her days as a Princetonstudent. She said, “I had three childrenand was working full time when I went toseminary. My fondest memory was sittingin the library and being so excited aboutwhat I wasdiscoveringand learningthat I justwanted toyodel. Iliterally hadto restrainmyself, andI still feelthat way. Itwas a veryjoyful timefor me.”Daley is pastor to pastors and theirfamilies for the Presbytery of New Brunswick.She lives in Princeton.“It was wonderful to sing tenor nextto an alto as we sang the Class of 1983hymn, “Called as Partners in Christ’sService,” together in harmony duringthe Friday luncheon.”inSpire • 23

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009Head of WARC Honored as PTSDistinguished AlumnusSetri Nyomi, general secretary of theWorld Alliance of Reformed Churches(WARC), was honored as the Seminary’s 2008Distinguished Alumnus at the Gala ReunionBanquet on October 24. A native Ghanaianand the first African to head the bodythat brings together 75 million ReformedChristians in 107 countries, Nyomi receivedhis doctorate in pastoral theology from PTSin 1991. He took the leadership positionat WARC in 2000 after working at the AllAfrica Council of Churches in a number ofexecutive capacities.The award was presented by Neal Presa,PTS’s newly elected alumni/ae trustee, whowas the convener of the Caribbean and NorthAmerican Council of WARC in 2006–2008.In an address to his fellow alumni/ae,Nyomi accepted the award “on behalf ofthe many others who have passed throughthese walls and corridors who are making adifference in the world in different places.” Hesaid that Princeton Seminary had equippedhim and many others for the challenges facedby the world today.Among those challenges, Nyomi believesthe “way the global economy is arranged”is among the greatest. He cited the ReformedChurch in Ukraine, where under theinfluence of missionary partners who werealso funders, the church’s synod decided notto continue recognizing women’s ordination,and eight women found themselves out oftheir ministries.Nyomi also spoke of the role that tribalsentiments and insensitivity to diversity haveplayed in the violence accompanying recentelections in Kenya and Zimbabwe. “In eachcase,” he said, “the church was both at theheart of the problem as well as instrumental inhelping find solutions.”He highlighted both Christianswho have been the target forviolent persecution in Orissaand other parts of India, and theongoing targeting of Muslims, orpeople who look like Muslims,around the world for surveillance“in a climate of heightened feelingsof insecurity.”It was in recognition ofNyomi’s leadership in theecumenical world church thatPrinceton Seminary honored himas its 2008 distinguished alumnus.The award witnessed to his “commitmentto addressing issues of injustice in any form,and his understanding that Christians mustvalue the sacredness of human life, humanwholeness, and dignity for all people,” and wasgiven in “gratitude for his deep commitmentto theological education around the world.”Princeton Seminary recently hosted the firstglobal gathering of presidents and principalsof Reformed theological seminaries forcollaboration between schools, called togetherby WARC under Nyomi’s leadership.Nyomi thanked Princeton for its role inshaping the 214 member churches of WARCthroughout WARC’s 133-year history. PTShas produced three of WARC’s past presidents(former PTS presidents John Mackay andJames McCord, and professor emerita JaneDempsey Douglass) and hosted WARC’sGeneral Council in 1954.Nyomi recalled his own arrival inPrinceton as a student in 1984. “One of thefirst things that struck me was a BarmenDeclaration exhibition that was on displayin Speer Library,” he told the alumni/ae.“That was to mark fifty years after the historicdeclaration of the confessing church inGermany. I knew I was in the right place. Aninstitution that could hold before the worldthe historic markers of a living church, faithfulenough to God to stand up against evil, is onewell placed to equip modern-day students tobe prophetic agents of change. For me, PTShas lived up to that calling.“An institution that makes it its businessto develop effective leaders for our times is oneof the signs of hope,” he concluded.David PrinceClass of 1958For David Prince, Class of 1958, his education at Princeton allowed him to view faith in a new light. Princeis honorably retired, but is now interim pastor at Rutgers Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. He said, “I cameto seminary as a very conservative Christian from a conservative Presbyterian church in Philadelphia. ThenpresidentJohn Mackay opened my eyes to a whole new aspect of faith, the social implications of faith, andworking for inclusive causes, so Princeton was an eye-opener for me. He used the word ‘community’ often, andthe idea of the church as a community of faith became very important to me.”24 • inSpire

Richard ArmstrongClass of 1958Richard Armstrong, chairman of the Class of 1958’s class gift project and emeritus professor of evangelism atPTS, celebrated his class’s fiftieth anniversary at the reunion. He said, “Everyone is thrilled to be back. In some cases,we’re reconnecting after having not seen each other for fifty years.” The class had a good turnout at reunion: sixty-sixclass members and spouses of the original 120 in the class attended. “They came from England, Canada, and fifteenstates,” Armstrong said, “and every degree was represented. Twenty-nine who attended were over eighty years old, withour oldest being Charlie Munion, at eighty-eight. Memories were many. I have colleagues that I still admire and havedeep affection for, and classmates that have done amazing things. And imagine how many sermons we have preachedas a class!”Armstrong highlighted fellow classmates Lloyd Hiler, who became a surgeon, Charles Hammond (not present),elected as moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, and Sam Calian, former president ofPittsburgh Seminary. He pointed out that his class saw many changes during their seminary years. “Women came intoministry,” he said, “as witnessed by Peg Howland and Pat Budd Kepler. I think Pat and her husband Tom were the first clergy couple.“My heart goes out especially to all of our classmates who spent their ministry in smaller, struggling churches, with low visibility, somestruggling financially, but faithful to God throughout their ministries.”fall 2008/winter/spring 2009Aaron GastClass of 1953“I always look forward to coming back to the Seminary,” said Aaron Gast, Class of 1953 and a retired pastorwho lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania. “They were very defining years in my life, theologically as well as personally.I remember so many of the professors with great satisfaction.” Last year Gast attended an appreciation night forBill Beeners, now-deceased speech professor that taught generations of Princeton Seminary students. Gast said,“People like him, whose acumen and insight into personality and life enabled so many of us to express ourselves andreach what we could be, are invaluable to me.” However, Gast’s appreciation extends far beyond just one professor:“I go down this whole ‘Hall of Fame’ of people here who nurtured my life, enriched my spiritual experience,enlarged the boundaries of my thinking, and gave me an excellent foundation for my ministry.” Gast was pastor ofthe First Presbyterian Church in Germantown in Philadelphia for fifteen years and later CEO of the PresbyterianChurch Foundation.Jake KimClass of 1998Since he graduated a decade ago, Jake Kim, member of the Class of 1998 and a class steward, has been a busy man.He’s recently been working in ministry with the second- and third-generation Pan Asian American Congregationin Cleveland, Ohio. However, he spent the first nine years of his ministry serving Anglo congregations. “I thinkGod sent me to those churches at first because there was a lot I needed to learn,” he said. “What I learned withthose congregations is helping me to work on new church development concepts.” He calls his new position “veryrewarding.” His Cleveland congregation is about one-third non-Korean American, and includes an increasing numberof young mixed couples, who “are looking for a place where they can feel comfortable culturally, so what we’re tryingto do is to be very sensitive multiculturally,” Kim said.One of Kim’s goals is to reach out to the young people in his congregation. He said, “I wanted to take a missionalapproach to work with young people. My generation is hurting, it needs more leadership.” When the Pan AsianAmerican Church began, there were about fifteen people in worship. So far, his approach is paying off, with attendance growing to about seventyfivepeople at each service.Kim worked to organize his class to give a gift to Princeton Seminary. He feels that each class should be organizing a gift ahead of time, so that“by the time we hit our fiftieth reunion, this will be no big deal.”inSpire • 25

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009Craig Barnes and Susan Andrews Offer Leadership Forums at ReunionCraig BarnesAs part of Reunion 2008’s leadership forums, Dr. Craig Barnes(M.Div., 1981), pastor and head of staff of Shadyside PresbyterianChurch in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, professor of pastoral ministryat Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and Princeton Seminarytrustee, presented “The Pastor as Minor Poet,” and “Poetry for theUnpoetic Congregation.” Of the fifty alumni/ae in the room, Barneswas surprised and humbled to find both his former field educationsupervisor and his college pastor.Barnes’s lectures addressed the problem of pastoral identity. Theculture may view pastors as therapists, CEOs of nonprofit organizations,or mystics, he said, while biblical metaphors for the pastor includeshepherd, witness, prophet, and priest. Barnes offered the image of poetas another metaphor for the pastoral role.The metaphor of pastor as poet balances an unevenness particularto the current North American context, Barnes said, where “ourculture has taught us that our highest calling and aspiration is tobe the best consumer we can be.” In that context,pastors as poets “see the reality behind the reality,”and therefore can speak to the subtexts of theirparishioners’ lives, he said, to the deeper spiritual needsthat are often not articulated.Like pastors, poets use the medium of words toname and to transform. “Words are not cheap to thepoet,” said Barnes. But the pastor is not “writing” on ablank slate. Extending the metaphor, Barnes describedthe scriptures and theologians as “major poets,” andpastors as “minor poets.” He was referring to T.S.Eliot’s classification of major poets, those who addressthe great questions and themes of a culture, and minor poets, thosewho interpret the major poets to particular readers. Eliot said that everyculture needs minor poets, and to be a minor poet is not a lesser but adifferent calling.Barnes cited fourth-century theologian Athanasius of Alexandria asa major poet. Athanasius’s description of the nothingness out of whichGod has called human beings as creatures can help pastors, as minorpoets, learn to speak into the nothingness of their parishioners’ lives,Barnes said.Part of the calling of the pastor as poet is to exegete people as well asscripture, Barnes added. “The pastor as poet will help people find themystery in their lives.”Richard S. Hong, pastor of the Church at the Crossroads and theFirst Presbyterian Church in Englewood, New Jersey, Paige McRight(M.Div., 1971), executive presbyter of Central Florida Presbytery andmember of the Alumni/ae Association Executive Council, and NealPresa (M.Div., 2004), pastor of Middlesex PresbyterianChurch in Middlesex, New Jersey, and PrincetonSeminary trustee, gave responses to Barnes’s lectures.Dr. Susan Andrews, executive presbyter of HudsonRiver Presbytery and former moderator of the GeneralAssembly of the Presbyterian Church, presented thesecond leadership forum at reunion.She shared her thoughts on presbytery leadership,calling it “the most challenging form of ministry.”Executive presbyters must deal with what she called“the underbelly” of the church, where one-third ofcongregations are struggling with small membership,Becky White NewgrenClass of 2007“What I like best is singingtogether in Miller Chapel. There isnowhere else where the singing inworship is so wonderful!”Becky White Newgren was one of the recent graduates to attend the alumni/aereunion, as part of the Class of 2007. Originally from Illinois, White Newgrenis currently working at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, about ten miles outsideof Philadelphia. She’s in the second year of a two-year pastoral residency programdesigned for first-year pastors, funded by Lilly Endowment Inc.White Newgren was ordained to this position as her first call as a pastor. Shesaid, “I’m rotating around the church. Instead of being stuck in one place, I’ve hadmy hand in a lot of different areas to gain the experience I need to go forward.I’ve enjoyed working closely with all of our worship services. Because our twomain worship services are identical, I was charged with leading a group of peopleto research and implement a new and different service.” Along with her generalpastoral responsibilities, she’s been leading the deacons, encouraging faithfulwedding practices, and participating in outreach, organization, education, andcongregational life.White Newgren is also working with Broad Street Ministries(www.broadstreetministry.org), a Christian faith community in downtown26 • inSpire

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009misconduct, and low attendance.Referring to McGregor Burns’s theory and value system, Andrewsexplained that one of the main purposes of the church is to glorify andenjoy God, while inspiring faithful living. Andrews spoke of Moses asa shamanistic leader whose role as visionary, wise ruler, and advocatemade him the archetype of transformational leadership. Although hewas a “stubborn, hot-tempered shaman,” he led people to God’s visionthrough perseverance and purpose, Andrews posited.Along with Moses and Aaron, Andrews also cited Miriam, Moses’older sister, who was the first woman in the Hebrew scriptures to becalled a prophet. Together they formed “a collaborative team to lead thepeople into the presence of the holy. Christians can mirror the work ofthis team in everyday challenges within the church and their personallives,” she said.Andrews told a story of a church whose community was changingand struggling, and how their transformation reflected Moses’ journeyand his personal qualities. After several failed attempts at figuring outa way to solve their problems, they rid themselves of anxiety aboutthe future, prayed, studied the Bible, and read and studied togetherN. Graham Standish’s book Becoming a Blessed Church. Following this,spiritual discernment emerged at their meetings, with intense prayerand discipline, “where God took that which is dead and resurrectedit into something brand new.” Andrews labeled this a “shamanisticmoment,” because in the middle of a sad situation, “the holy wasSusan Andrewsmediated, and there was joy and hope.”Andrews admitted that at timesit has been difficult to stay in touchwith her own “shamanistic calling”during her thirty-two years ofministry. She said, “The mystery ofa ‘transforming God’ seems very faraway in facing problems like lowchurch attendance,” which was metwith a laugh from her audience.Although Moses never made it tothe destination he headed for, in deathhe reached God’s kingdom, and keptGod’s vision and message his focus during his life’s mission, which ispart of the duty of Christians. In the end, Andrews said, “It’s not all upto us. When it comes to power, those who possess it must do so likeMoses did, and act as God’s channel, wisely and appropriately.”AAEC members Rich Kannwischer (M.Div., 1998), pastor of theFirst Presbyterian Church in San Antonio, Texas, and Sara Batson(M.Div., 1995), vicar of Trinity Episcopal Church in Fuquay-Varina,North Carolina, were respondents to Andrews’s presentation.Philadelphia, where there are plans to build ahouse for seminary students to live in while theywork in a Seminarian Immersion Program in thecity while discerning their call to ministry. Sheexplained, “This way the students aren’t dividedbetween Princeton and Philadelphia. They canreally be where the ministry is taking place.”She will guide and support the students in theirjourney. She said, “The overall goal is that this isan intensive way for students to get experiencein a church that’s doing new and creativethings.” Currently in the works, the program forseminarians is expected to begin in summer orfall 2009.White Newgren feels that her education at Princeton left her fully preparedfor her current work. She said, “I feel like I’ve been grounded theologically in thePresbyterian Church and am now able to serve the congregation and the people Iwork with.”“I didn’t recognize my fellowgraduate and friend by sight, but assoon as I heard him speak, I knewhim immediately!”inSpire • 27

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009Peggy HowlandClass of 1958Peggy Howland is proud to be the twelfth woman to be ordained asa minister in the Presbyterian Church. In her estimation, she may be“the longest serving woman in the ministry from Princeton Seminary.”Now retired in Yonkers, New York, she was the first female pastorof Woodside Presbyterian Church in Troy, New York, and also servedas pastor of Nauraushaun Presbyterian Church in Pearl River, NewYork, and of South Presbyterian Church in Yonkers.Reflecting on her student days at Princeton, she said, “Therewere very few [ordained] women in those early years. It wasn’t untilthe 1980s that there were more. When I started here, it was ten yearsbefore women’s liberation, and in those days, when people said thingsthat were rude and crude, you just had to smile and say, ‘Well, you’reentitled to your opinion.’”While earning her bachelor’s degree at the University ofPennsylvania, Howland studied Greek and Hebrew. During heradvanced class in Hebrew narrative reading (her first class atPrinceton), she worked hard at pronunciation, so that she could readthe language out loud proficiently. She recalled an instance whenher Hebrew professor had studentstranslate a verse. She said, “Theother students were having trouble,and when I said my translation, myclassmates’ jaws dropped.”She recalled with a laugh how thenext night in Miller Chapel, Dr. HenrySnyder Gehman, head of the OldTestament Department, approached herand said, “I heard you read Hebrew likea whiz!”The Sunday before October’sreunion, Howland celebrated the fiftiethanniversary of her ordination. Sheexplained the rise of women in ministry with a metaphor: “I said Iwas a drop of water, and there were a number of drops of water backthen, but very powerful drops. We broke a log jam, and we’re here tocelebrate a river that those drops of water started. It was a celebrationof ministry. I’m always amazed at what women ministers are doingtoday. They’ve brought a creativity and innovation to the ministrythat’s just been marvelous.”Class of 1958 Giving and ReceivingAs its fifty-year class gift to the Seminary, the Class of 1958 established the Class of 1958 Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund, in memoryof deceased classmates. To date, more than $44,000 in cash and pledges has been raised. The class chose to endow a scholarship fund to lighten thefinancial burden of students as they gain skills to be leaders for the church. Class member Richard S. Armstrong presented the check to PresidentTorrance at the Reunion Gala Banquet.Class members also had occasion for a more informal gathering at their class dinner on October 23. There they were entertained by eight membersof the former all-male Touring Choir who sang three pieces arranged by their Seminary choir director David Hugh Jones. Class member David Princefound the music, contacted seven fellow classmates, held a practice session, and accompanied the choir on piano. The octet included Prince, Tom Fisher,Tom Nissley, Russ Proffitt, Lloyd Hiler, Jim Darroch, Tom Kepler, and Alick Kennedy.The Class of 1958 also elected by acclamation Virginia Thorne (wife of deceased class member Thomas Thorne) and PTS speech professor emeritusWilliam Brower honorary members of the class.28 • inSpire

From Richard Kannwisher—President of theAlumni/ae Association Executive Councilfall 2008/winter/spring 2009This year’s reunion was particularlymeaningful for Richard Kannwischer (M.Div.,1998), pastor and head of staff of the FirstPresbyterian Church of San Antonio, Texas,and president of the AAEC. It was his tenthanniversary. “My experience of coming toreunion was great, to be back on the campus,to come back to the place where God througha special community nurtured my call,” hesaid. It was also the tenth anniversary ofmeeting his wife, Kelly Beckham Kannwischer(M.Div., 1999). “One thing I always do whenI come back to campus is to sit in the pewat the Princeton University Chapel whereI proposed to my wife,” he said, adding witha smile that when the two became a couple,“I was on the board of the TheologicalStudents’ Fellowship and she was head ofthe Women’s Center, so everyone thoughtthe seventh seal had broken in Revelation.”Kelly is a church stewardship consultantfor Dallas-based Viscern, and the couple hastwo daughters.At reunion 2008 Kannwischer enjoyedsharing stories with classmates and hearing“what God’s done in their life in the lastdecade—and sitting in a tent in EllenCharry’s yard and laughing out loud aboutthe ridiculous things that happened to uswhile we were at seminary,” he said. Onehighlight was singing with fellow alumni/ae.“There’s nothing like the sound of the singingof the great hymns of our faith in PrincetonSeminary’s chapel. There’s a depth ofconviction and enthusiasm in singing to theLord in that place,” he said.The other highlight for Kannwischer wasthe learning and spiritual enrichment thatreunion offered in the Rian Lectures and theleadership forums. That focus on educationis set to expand in reunions to come. Aspresident of the AAEC, Kannwischer saidthat “the big shift that’s happened is to couplereunion with a higher level of education.” TheAAEC is “thinking strategically about whatpeople want to hear and learn, what can webring to the campus, that would inspire peoplefor their ministry,” he said.“We hope to expand reunion so forthose who want to go deeper, we wouldhave more intensive time with faculty,” saidKannwischer. The continuing educationelement will make next year’s reunion a fullweek, October 26 –30. For more informationabout Reunion 2009 as it develops, visit thealumni/ae page of the Seminary web site atwww.ptsem.edu.The alumni/ae have an essential role inthe life of the Seminary, Kannwischer said.“Part of our challenge is to make sure wekeep close ties between the school that meansso much and the church that the school iscalled to serve. The more involved alumni/aeare, in their encouragement, generosity, andrelational connection to faculty…the strongerthe Seminary will be,” he said. He urgedalumni/ae to “keep the relationships goingforward,” to stay connected to current facultyand administrators, pray for the school, stayinformed by reading the publications and theweb site—and to come back to campus forReunion 2009.“We love coming back here.It’s like coming home, andseeing everyone is likeseeing family.”Larry DixonClass of 1973Larry Dixon, steward for the Class of 1973 and pastor of Mt. Teman African Methodist Episcopal Church inElizabeth, New Jersey, reflected on the influence of global issues during his student days at Princeton. He said, “WhenI was here in the 1970s, it was an exciting time for me. A lot was going on with the world.” One memory that standsout is when he and classmates had to help persuade the Board of Trustees to divest in companies that were supportingthe Vietnam War: “They were having a problem doing that, so at their meeting, a few of us brought a chain lock tolock them inside until they saw things our way.”He added, “The reunion is an opportunity for me to reconnect with the Seminary. As I look back at my Seminarydays, I can say that I’m glad ‘I came this way.’ I met some good professors. I liked our president, Dr. McCord, and feelthat the Seminary’s current president, Dr. Torrance, has the same faith.”inSpire • 29

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009Photo: Jon RoemerTalking Together in theS e m i n a r y H o s t s S c r i p t u r a lBY BARBARA A. CHAAPELIn the first chapter of Isaiah, God issues a call to Israel andJudah: “Come, let us reason together.” Though used in a specificcontext in Isaiah, the words themselves hold promise for conversationtoday between all who would talk respectfully and reasonablyabout difference.Scriptural reasoning is one such promising conversation. It is apractice of study that invites Muslims, Jews, and Christians to sitaround a common table and engage in reading, study, discussion,and inquiry about their scriptural traditions. An evolving practiceof scripture study, it began in 1996 when Jewish scholar Peter Ochsof the University of Virginia, and Christian scholar David Ford ofCambridge University formed the Scriptural Reasoning Society. Bothmen, and Islamic scholar Aref Ali Nayed, spoke about scripturalreasoning as part of PTS President Iain Torrance’s inauguration inMarch 2005. Torrance had chosen “Faith in the Third Millennium:Reading Scripture Together” as the inauguration’s theme, emphasizinghis intentional placement of scripture, meaning the sacred texts of thethree Abrahamic faiths, at the center of the celebration.Last July, Ochs returned to the PTS campus where he, alongwith William Taylor, researcher at the Grubb Institute in London,and Rumee Ahmed, assistant professor at Colgate University andformerly the first Muslim chaplain at Brown University, convened andled a week-long scriptural reasoning workshop hosted by PrincetonSeminary, the first such workshop in the northeastern United States.Providing a venue for scriptural reasoning is important. Themeeting place—in this case the Erdman Conference Center—isPhotos by Leigh Photo & Imaginglikened to the biblical mishkan or “tent of meeting.” With the generoussupport of the F.I.S.H. Foundation, founded by Dorothy Hanle andled by the Reverend Dr. Kathy Nelson (M.Div., 1980) and committedto promoting interfaith understanding, Princeton Seminary providedthe “tent” and ensured a hospitable environment for all participants.After sitting together in this symbolic tent of meeting, Christian,Jewish, and Muslim workshop participants gathered separatelyaccording to their respective faiths, each to discuss the same textsselected from Deuteronomy, the Gospel of Mark, and the Qur’an.They then reassembled to share their discussions.Dr. Gordon Mikoski, assistant professor of Christian educationand one of the Christian participants, described the progression of theworkshop. First, in the step called “textual reasoning,” practitionersof each faith read and shared, within their own faith group, theirunderstanding of an assigned, particular text from the point of viewof their faith tradition. The next step was more challenging: theChristians engaged in textual reasoning with the Muslims and Jewsobserving, and attempted to give their explanation of their own text tothe observers, who could ask questions or offer insights.The next step, specifically called scriptural reasoning, began witheach group comparing and contrasting portions of its own text withcorresponding texts from the others’ scriptures as they were juxtaposed.Finally, the participants read the texts of the others as if “owning thescripture,” treating all three texts as scripture for them.The process does not exclude controversy, Taylor explained.“You might think we need to avoid the source of various faithcontroversies, but in a way scriptural reasoning is counterintuitive.It goes to the text.” Ahmed agreed. “Scriptural reasoning movesbeyond the simple platitudes that we often content ourselveswith in interfaith conversation. It takes into account not only oursimilarities but also our deep-seated differences, and celebrates them,so that we can understand our own traditions better and live togetherin more harmony.”Mikoski explained what happened for him: “I found that I hadbrought assumptions in reading the Deuteronomy text about thelaw from a Christian ethos. My observation as a Calvinist was thatfollowing the law is primarily an expression of gratitude and a guidefor our freedom. However, the Jewish participants took exception, andargued that it is by obeying and following the law that we encounterGod.” For Mikoski, the progression of the conversation from textual30 • inSpire

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009Tent of AbrahamR e a s o n i n g W o r k s h o pto scriptural reasoning “was akin to tikkun olam‘repair of the world,’ whereby the world is actuallychanged and healed.”For Ochs, scriptural reasoning has come afteryears of more tentative and cautious forms ofinterfaith dialogue. “We’ve talked about likingeach other and learning each others’ rituals andcustoms, and we’ve worked for civil rights together,and that was all foundational,” he explained. “Nowwe think we’re ready for something deeper, eveneschatological. We want to talk about one another’smost profound beliefs as they are displayed in thatmost intimate source, our scripture.”Ochs has experienced this deeper, eschatologicalhope offered by scriptural reasoning. Several yearsago he spent a summer in Cape Town, SouthAfrica, giving lectures about the practice. Hedescribed his experience: “After much effort, wewere able to convince four Orthodox Jewish rabbis,four Shiite imams, and four Dutch Reformedministers, each of whom loved his tradition, tospend four hours together in the Cape TownHolocaust Museum. It was very difficult to gatherthis company, but because we had talked togetherabout our scriptures, it was one of the mostintense, engaged, and jocular exchanges I’ve seen,and this among basically enemies.”Although the practice of scriptural reasoningwas originally introduced in academic institutions,it is now also being developed as a civic practice forcommunity faith leaders and has been proposedas a model for political discourse. Thus, pastorswere included in the workshop. However, it isnot a practice that one can master immediately.“Because it is a practice, we have found that reallythe only way to get a sense of scriptural reasoning isby doing it, preferably with others who have beendoing it for a while,” Taylor said.In 2007, Christians received the Muslim letter,“A Common Word Between Us and You,” anda reply was composed at Yale Divinity School’sCenter for Faith and Culture. The response wascalled “Loving God and Neighbor Together:A Christian Response to A Common WordBetween Us and You.” Both documents make aplea for peaceful dialogue and interfaith study,acknowledging that love of God and love ofneighbor are commandments found in each ofthe three Abrahamic religions. Both documentsalso cite the alarming truth that the future of theworld is dependent upon peace and understandingamong these religions. President Torrance andmany PTS faculty members responded by addingtheir signatures to the Yale document. Thescriptural reasoning workshop on the campus isan added response, a seed to encourage greaterecumenical understanding.Perhaps the most genuine result is friendship.At President Torrance’s inauguration, David Fordsaid: “What happens at best in such sessions isclose engagement with each other’s texts in a spiritsimultaneously of academic study, of being trueto one’s own convictions and community, andof truth-seeking and peace-seeking conversationwherever that might lead. It does not usually leadto consensus—the differences between us oftenemerge more sharply, and at these points there isoften a deepening awareness of the meaning ofone’s own faith. It does often lead to friendship.”Friendship between the scriptural reasoninginitiative and Princeton Seminary is certainlyflowering. Rumee Ahmed believes the role of hostis the most important. “The host is central inproviding a safe, neutral space where there’s amplehospitality for the participants,” he said. “We havefelt at home at Princeton Seminary, and whenyou feel at home you’re able to open up and feelcomfortable about exploring the text and knowingone another as brothers and sisters within the Tentof Abraham.” wFor information on scriptural reasoning,go to http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/jsrforum/To read the addresses from PresidentTorrance’s inauguration, go to http://www.ptsem.edu/inaugural/events/inauguration.phpFor more information aboutthe F.I.S.H. Foundation, go tohttp://www.fishfoundationinc.orgArtwork by Isaac TaylorinSpire • 31

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009Spirit Moves inMulticultural WaysBecoming a Church of All NationsBY HEATHER ROOTE FALLERIn 1999 Jin S. Kim (M.Div., 1993) was working in a Koreanchurch in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His job was English ministry—ministry in English to the children of the church’s founding Koreanimmigrants. Many of these young adult children were born in theUnited States and were culturally, and linguistically, different fromtheir parents; his call was essentially to minister to Korean Americans.But the Spirit moves where it will, and Kim soon found that hisEnglish ministry for Korean Americans included non-Koreans, manyof whom were white parents with adopted Korean children. Boththe white parents and their adopted Korean children were culturallydifferent from the second-generation Korean Americans originally partof his ministry. When they were joined by a Liberian man, a thirdgenerationPresbyterian who took a bus and walked a mile and a halfto the church because it was the nearest one to where he lived (nevermind that the sign clearly said “Korean Presbyterian Church”), Kimknew he was entering new territory.As Kim asked himself what it meant for him to be a pastor tosecond-generation Korean Americans, Euro-American parents, theirKorean adopted children, and a Liberian man, he realized he could nomore justify Koreans ministering only to Koreans than he could whitesministering only to whites. He wanted everyone to feel welcome in hiscongregation, but welcome to what? he asked himself. In the case ofKim’s church, welcome to become part of the dominant Korean cultureof the mother church? What about the Korean adoptee children, whofelt neither Korean enough for the Korean mother church, nor whiteenough for the white church?Kim began to believe that the gospel was captive to the cultureof his Korean church, just as much as it was captive to the whiteAmerican church, where everyone was welcome, but welcome to“become white,” he says. “Once I realized this in the Korean context,it was a small leap [to the truth] that every nation and every culture isdeeply pathological, and the gospel is powerless in almost all cultures,because empires and nations co-opt it. The question was how not to beco-opted by our cultures of origin,” says Kim.For Kim, answering that question began with becoming a churchthat is neither Korean nor white, and that is both. It is also AfricanAmerican, Latina/o, and Native American. The Church of AllNations (CAN), which was founded in 2004 and which Kim nowcopastors with colleagues from Brazil, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Sudan,and the United States, represents all five minority groups recognizedby the PCUSA (African American, Asian American, Latina/o, NativeAmerican, Middle Eastern American), and twenty-five nationalities.32 • inSpireBut Kim’s goal is not to have a church with an “apple, an orange,and an Oreo,” he says, “meaning yellow, red, or black on the outsidebut white on the inside. We’re not interested in drawing co-optedminorities or in sociological fads, we’re interested in reconciliation.”Reconciliation doesn’t come cheap. It requires “taking ourdivisions seriously,” says Kim. In the process of becoming a churchof all nations, the congregation “didn’t sweep anything under therug.” While conflict was necessary to the process of becoming amulticultural church, division was not. Kim spent years “wrestling withthe mother church to get her formal blessing,” finally renting space at alocal Presbyterian church that had been told to “die gracefully,” he says.But the young Korean congregation did not join the white church andthereby “save” it; instead, the white church dissolved, and its membersbecame members of a new church, the Church of All Nations. Thechurch now has 250 members and is 37 percent white, 20 percentAfrican American, 32 percent Asian American, and 10 percentLatina/o. In 2000 the city of Minneapolis was 65 percent white, 18percent African American, 6 percent Asian American, and 7 percentLatina/o, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.And how do people of all nations worship together? For Kim,different languages andcultures are not a barrier,but a blessing. The visionof the Church of AllNations recalls Pentecost,when a “multicultural,multilingual, multinationalgathering of peoplewitnessed to the mightyacts of God,” accordingto the church’s visionstatement. At Churchof All Nations, worshipincludes a Swahili choir,a Korean choir, a West Jin S. Kim, pastor of Church of All NationsAfrican choir, and a Brazilianpraise team. One of thechurch’s five principles is “an ecumenical expression of Christianworship rooted in the early church that is equally rational, sacramental,and pentecostal,” according to the church’s web site. “Even though[as Presbyterians] we’re Calvinist Enlightenment rationalist, we’renot bound by Calvin’s European culture,” Kim says. Raised hands,clapping hands, and folded hands are all welcome expressions ofworship at CAN.Photo: Danny Bolin Photo: Jin S. Kim

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009Members of Church of All Nations at a picnicAccording to Kim, the multicultural church calls for not onlynew and renewed ways of doing worship but also new and renewedways of doing theology: “The multicultural context is so complex, sodemanding, so radical, that conventional theology and conventionalleadership were utterly inadequate,” Kim says. The resultingtheology defies easy categories. For example, Kim often critiquesthe “imperialism” of white culture in the language of liberationisttheology, while at the same time he reclaims the phrase “born-again”from what he calls the “reductionist, truncated soteriology” of muchof the evangelical movement. He says that CAN is committed“to sound biblical teaching, to genuine personal transformation,”language typically associated with the conservative right wing of thechurch; CAN is also committed to “sweeping social justice,” languagetypically associated with the liberal left wing. For Kim the liberalsand conservatives are equally imperialistic, and left and right are notthe issue; the gospel is. “The kingdom offers a truly alternate reality,”he says.And as for many in his generation and in the emergent, postdenominationalmovement, for Kim worship should strive to reachdeep, back to the early church, and wide, into the breadth of theecumenical church, according to the church’s vision statement. Thechurch is as diverse ecumenically as it is culturally, with members whoare former Catholics, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Baptists, EvangelicalFree—and those who identified as non- or post-denominational.Although CAN is Presbyterian, it is “penitently Presbyterian,” becauseKim believes that denominationalism is a form of brokenness.Taking one’s own brokenness seriously is standard operatingprocedure at CAN. The church is “committed to being honest,transparent, and vulnerable…” and to being “high-risk and lowanxiety,”lingo from Edwin H. Friedman’s standard From Generationto Generation. No one has to be “lower anxiety” than the pastors ofthis multicultural church, and that includes taking the risk of findingdifferent ways to lead. How do Kim and his fellow pastors enable theircongregants to live out their calling to be a truly multicultural church?“I say the two most dangerous words in the English language—Followme,” says Kim. “When I fail you and betray you I will confess honestly,repent honestly, heal honestly, and reconcile honestly. The way I failand the way I reconcile is going to be a model for you in all of your sinand failure.”Being multicultural means taking oneself and one’s failingsseriously in light of the gospel, but it also means taking oneself lessPhoto: Thao GiangSeminary Institute forMulticultural MinistryIn July, nineteen pastors, church members, and theologicalstudents met at the Erdman Center of Continuing Education forthe Institute for Multicultural Ministry. The institute used lecturesand large- and small-group discussions to explore how to be thechurch in a post-modern, post-ideological, post-denominational,multicultural world, and was offered by the Erdman Centerof Continuing Education in collaboration with The HispanicLeadership Program.Jin S. Kim was the primary instructor at the institute. Hetaught with Luis A. Carlo, associate dean and professor of urbanministries at Alliance Theological Seminary in New York, andGabriel A. Salguero, director of the Hispanic Leadership Programat Princeton Seminary.The program received the highest marks from participants,who valued the opportunity for interaction and dialogue as wellas the content of the program. Topics included communicationin a multicultural world, tribalism and how to work with itin congregations, the meaning of pastoral leadership in amulticultural church, the early church and multiculturalism, theministry of reconciliation, and multicultural theology, ecclesiology,and preaching.“Continuing education is committed to congregational vitalityand supporting leaders in ministry,” says Raymond Bonwell,director of programs at the Seminary’s Erdman Center ofContinuing Education. “In light of needs of the church in the thirdmillennium, this program was a natural fit.”seriously. Dana Caraway (M.Div., 2006), pastoral intern, noted thatwhether worshippers come early or late, or pray loudly or silently,“We love each other. It doesn’t have to always be the way I want itto be.” For her, being “multicultural means submission. Even thoughyou don’t want to give up [your own way], you do, because you loveyour brother.”Ultimately being a multicultural church is not about the cultures,but about the gospel. “I’m Korean and American…why would aBrazilian follow me? Not because they like Korean food, but becausethey see a genuine disciple,” Kim says. “I have an elite educationalbackground. How will poor, uneducated people trust me? Howwill they connect with me? Not culturally. I have to be profoundlyChristian.” For Kim what is required to be a multicultural church isas radical as the gospel itself. Being multicultural means being “deeply,proudly, and penitently who you are.”For more information about the Church of All Nations,including a list of resources about being a multicultural church,visit www.cando.org. For more information about being amulticultural church from the PCUSA’s Office of MulticulturalMinistries, visit www.pcusa.org/multicultural/. winSpire • 33

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009Hispanic Theological InitiativeA Community of ScholarsBY HEATHER ROOTE FALLERIn 1999 Mayra Rivera Rivera had just transferred to a master’sprogram in theological studies at Drew University in Madison, NewJersey, from the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico. With that move,she says, “I was no longer a Puerto Rican, I was a Latina,” one of 45.5million Hispanics in the United States as of 2007, according to theU.S. Census Bureau. Rivera says the Hispanic Theological Initiative(HTI) gave her a way of understanding her role as a theologian in theU.S., and her own identity as a Latina. “At HTI there is a sense ofaccountability,” says Rivera. “We are welcomed to this community ofscholars, but we also respond to this community, and that experienceshapes us.”When a professor at Drew suggested she become an HTI fellow,HTIC Member SchoolsBrite Divinity SchoolCandler School of Theology, Emory UniversityThe Catholic University of AmericaClaremont Graduate UniversityClaremont School of TheologyDrew UniversityFuller Theological SeminaryGarrett Evangelical Theological SeminaryGraduate Theological UnionIliff School of Theology, University of DenverLoyola University, ChicagoLutheran School of Theology, ChicagoPerkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist UniversityPrinceton Theological SeminaryUnion Theological Seminary, NYCUniversity of Notre DameVanderbilt Divinity SchoolRivera says she didn’t realize what kind of community she was steppinginto, one where “people doing their doctoral degrees were so willingto talk to me, to help me…[learn] how to survive in the academy. Iremember writing an email when I got home expressing how fantasticthe experience [of the summer workshop] was: I wasn’t a lonely persontrying to do this strange thing, but rather I was part of a broadercommunity. It was transformative,” she says.HTI was created out of the need for such a community. It grewfrom a study of the situation of Latina/o scholarship by Justo L.González, then professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Inresponse to that study, The Pew Charitable Trusts provided a grantin 1996 to begin HTI at Emory. Daisy Machado, currently professorof church history at Union Theological Seminary in New York,directed the program. With continued funding from Pew, in 1999the program moved to Princeton Theological Seminary, directed byZaida Maldonado-Pérez, now associate professor of church history andtheology at Asbury Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. Theprogram’s current director, Joanne Rodríguez (M.Div., 1999), cameaboard in 2002.In 2003 Lilly Endowment Inc. funded additional HTIscholarships, and the Board of Trustees of Princeton Seminary votedto take over operating costs of the program when Lilly and Pewfunding ends. As of 2008 HTI had supported fifty-five fellows throughtheir doctoral degrees, and thirty-nine more fellows are currentlydegree candidates. Of the fifty-five fellows who have their doctoraldegrees, fifty-three are working and teaching in the academy. Riverais one of these, now assistant professor of theology at the PacificSchool of Religion in Berkeley, California. She published her firstbook with Westminster John Knox Press in 2007, titled The Touch ofTranscendence: A Postcolonial Theology of God.In November 2008, sixteen theological schools joined PrincetonTheological Seminary to create the Hispanic Theological InitiativeConsortium (HTIC). Consortium schools help fund the mentoring,networking, and scholarship costs for their HTI scholars; the schools inthe consortium were chosen because they had three or more studentssupported by HTI, but more schools are invited to join. “With theconsortium, HTI now includes a collaborative entity, HTIC, where34 • inSpire

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009Ph.D.-granting institutions across the nation are coming together andpartnering to find ways to better recruit, retain, and graduate Latina/ostudents in theological and religious studies, and also to better use theresources that are being produced by scholars graduated from HTI,”says Rodríguez.The purpose of the HTI and HTIC remains to support Latina/oscholars in the fields of religion and theology, and to increase thenumber of Latina/o faculty in seminaries and universities. In creatingHTI, González says that he wanted to “go beyond a scholarshipprogram, and develop HTI into a system of support for students. Themain thrust was creating community for them.” He says that supportsystem has become the trademark of HTI.For Hjamil Martínez-Vázquez, as for many Latina/o students,“the biggest obstacle [to advanced study] was money.” Martínez-Vázquez was in the first class of HTI fellows, and is currently teachingundergraduates as assistant professor of religion at Texas ChristianUniversity in Fort Worth, Texas, where he will apply for tenure nextyear. He says he is the first Latino in his department.Martínez-Vázquez adds, “Even beyond the money, the networkaspect is most important, not only because you have contact with yourpeers, but because you have major contact with established scholarsin the field.” That contact is essential, because in academia as in mostprofessions, who you know can be as important as what you know.HTI provides students with networking funds, used to attend meetingsof the American Academy of Religion and the Society of BiblicalLiterature, to visit professors in their field, and to do research both inthe U.S. and abroad.Another key part of the HTI program is mentoring. Mentors aresenior scholars who visit their student twice each year. Mentors evencome to dissertation defenses. Such support isn’t only emotional; it’salso very practical. “Even if you’re in a school where you’re marginalized,the mentor will be an established scholar in the field who can vouch forthe project that you want to do,” Martínez-Vázquez says.One of the goals of HTI is not only to produce Hispanic scholars,but also to create a body of Hispanic theological scholarship that willspeak to the realities of Hispanic Christians. “One of the great insightsof liberation theology is that theology…is informed by culture andsociety even when it is not aware that it is,” says Rivera. “The process[of theologizing] is contested and multiple, and we are also responsiveas theologians to the [situations] our theology speaks to.” Martínez-Vázquez puts a finer point on his critique of much of academia:“There’s nothing wrong with writing things that make no sense toanyone,” he says, “but from the Latina/o perspective, most of the work[of HTI fellows] has been created with a purpose and a locality.” Thatemphasis on connecting theological scholarship to the lived experiencesof local communities begins with the HTI application process, whereprospective fellows must give evidence of their connection with andservice to their faith group.Though all HTI fellows belong in the racial-ethnic category of“Hispanic/Latino,” the HTI community itself is diverse, representingthirteen denominations, including Roman Catholic, mainlineProtestant, and evangelical, and nineteen countries. Because of thisdiversity, says Rodríguez, “All of HTI’s work is done en conjunto,collaboratively.” And the Latina/o community extends beyond theThe HTI has published Perspectivas, a peer-reviewedjournal, annually since 1998. It is distributed to 400 schools,including schools of theology, seminaries, and universitiesacross the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada.borders ofChristianity.Martínez-Vázquez’s currentproject is a bookon Latina/oMuslims. “Oneof the things youlearn by being in acommunity is thatsome membersare not beingincluded,” he says.Mayra Rivera RiveraMeanwhile the HTI community continues to grow. At the annualsummer workshop on Princeton Seminary’s campus in July 2008,twenty-one fellows gathered for four days of writing and researchtraining, mentoring sessions, worship, and a lecture by 2008’s HTIBook Prize winner, the Reverend Dr. Raúl Gómez-Ruiz. Gómez-Ruizwas a 1998–1999 Dissertation Year Fellow, and is vice president foracademic affairs, director of intellectual formation, and professorof systematic studies at Sacred Heart School of Theology in HalesCorners, Wisconsin. Gómez-Ruiz’s book is titled Mozarabs, Hispanics,and the Cross. The summer workshop is the heart of many fellows’experience of HTI, an opportunity to share resources, experiment withnew ideas, and learn about the field of Latina/o theological scholarship.Graduates of HTI are so formed by the process that most seemcompelled to pass their experience forward. HTI graduates often serveas mentors, lead workshops, or serve on the selection committee. “I getthe HTI newsletter and know about the new students,” says Rivera,“and when possible I seek them out, just to have coffee and ask themhow things are going. At the Graduate Theological Union we have twoHTI fellows, and we meet once a semester.”Although Association of Theological Schools (ATS) statisticssuggest that Latinas/os make up 14 percent of the population ofthe United States, they represent just 3 percent of the faculty andstudents at ATS institutions. Executive Director of the Associationof Theological Schools Daniel Aleshire is cochair with González ofHTIC’s steering committee. “Dan is aware of the under-representationof Latina/o scholars in theological education, and thinks it’s a mainagenda item to be addressed,” says González. He adds that while thereis much to be done, much has been accomplished. “When I beganteaching in the United States forty years ago, I was the only tenuredprofessor in any Protestant Seminary who was Latino,” Gonzálezsays. “When HTI began, I could still count the number of Latina/oscholars. I can no longer count them.”For more information about HTI, visit www.htiprogram.org. wPhoto: Hilary MarckxHjamil Martínez-VázquezPhoto: Texas Christian UniversityinSpire • 35

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009class NOTESMany alums have added their email addresses to the PTS website. You can contact them using the online alumni/ae directoryby choosing “Alumni/ae” from the home page and “Alumni/aeDirectory” under Online Services. If you do not have the alumni/aepassword for this section, please contact the Office of Alumni/aeRelations at alumni.relations@ptsem.edu or call 609.497.7756 forfurther assistance.1936 William Rambo (B) washonored last April by the FirstPresbyterian Church of Northport,New York, for seventy-fiveyears of service in his ministry.1944 Gordon S. Trew (B) is“retired” and living in Brazil.He continues to teach at CaiuáMission Bible Institute and theFaculdade Teológica Batista inDourados. He is pictured belowwith fellow PTS alums whohave also retired and are livingin Brazil (from left to right),Dick Irwin (’47B), Floyd E.Grady (’44B, ’58M), Trew, andOlson Pemberton (’45B). s1948 Charles Brackbill (B)writes that he has “happilysurvived colon cancer surgery,”celebrated his 87th birthday lastMarch, and is still president ofthe Old First Historic Trust.Brackbill was also featuredin a story that appeared inThe New York Times aboutraising a new steeple over TheFirst Presbyterian Church ofElizabeth, New Jersey, part ofa six-million-dollar restorationproject he headed.36 • inSpire1949 James Leo GarrettJr. (M) received an honoraryDoctor of Divinity from BaylorUniversity in May 2008. Hisbook, Baptist Theology: A Four-Century Study, 1609–2009, waspublished by Mercer UniversityPress in January 2009.1950 George T. Brown (M)has published a chapter,“Structures for a ChangingChurch,” in A History of PresbyterianMissions (Geneva Press),edited by Scott Sunquist (’90D).1954 Paul Pierson (B, ’71D)gave a paper in October 2007 atthe meetingof the AsianSociety ofMissiologymeeting inBangkok,Thailand.In April 2008, he taught aFuller Seminary extensioncourse in Tokyo, and in May helectured at the South AmericanTheological Seminary inLondrina, Brazil.1957 Paul D. Clark (B) writes,“After my first ‘retirement’ aspastor of the CongregationalChurch of the Messiah in LosAngeles, I moved to the ImperialValley in California. I endedup serving two ‘snowbird’congregations for ten yearsand serving as an instructor inworld religions at Imperial ValleyCollege. In 2007 I moved tothe Congregational Church. Thehappiest event took place whenI entered my second ‘retirement,’and I married PatriciaAnn Kutney.” The Clarks spentthree months on the Islandof Bali in Indonesia where heserved as pastor of the LegianChurch, an international,English-speaking congregationand a member of the ProtestantChurch of Bali.1959 Robert L. Kelley Jr.(M) was recently elected as atrustee of Pittsburgh Seminary.He is the G. Albert ShoemakerProfessor of Bible and ArchaeologyEmeritus at Pittsburgh.Al Saunders (B, ’61M) haspublished The Reality andEthics of Jesus (Xlibris, 2008),a book that digs deeper intothe life of Jesus to confrontquestions of faith and reality.1960 William Klassen (B) hascoauthored, with Walter Klaassen,a biography of PilgramMarpeck, an early Anabaptistleader who was among the firstto advocate for the separationof church and state. The book,Marpeck: A Life of Dissentand Conformity, shows howMarpeck was a leader in thedevelopment of the sixteenthcenturyAnabaptist communityin urban Europe.1961 Bruce W.H. Urich (B)reports that at age seventysixhe is enjoying the goodlife in Orlando, Florida. Hewas appointed dean of a newcollege, which he founded.Florida Christian University isnow seeking accreditation withTransnational Association ofChristian Colleges and Schools.He remains its dean and aprofessor, and also teacheseducational psychology atNova Southeastern Universityin Fort Lauderdale and is statedsupply of St. John’s PresbyterianChurch in Orlando. He isalso pastoral director of Breadof Life Fellowship, Inc., an organizationthat distributes 25,000pounds of food a month at eightchurch sites and 100 otherchurches. “In the last two yearsI’ve lost seventy-five poundsand am now back to my juniorhigh school weight!” s1964 Ron White (B) has publishedA. Lincoln: A Biography(Random House) and in Januarybegan a national book tour inFlorida. He made PTS a tourstop on February 4. He writes,“The inauguration of BarackObama as the forty-fourthpresident, and the AbrahamLincoln Bicentennial, mean thefirst months of 2009 offer specialopportunities for reflectionon the past and thoughtful conversationsabout the future.”1965 Ellie Cowherd (B)recently retired after more thannineteen years as pastoral caremanager at Virtua MemorialHospital in Burlington County,New Jersey. Instrumental inorganizing the pastoral caredepartment to provide services

for patients, families, and staff,Cowherd also taught classesfor Virtua employees. She willremain as a per diem chaplain,with Wendy Boer (’73B) takingon the interim role as pastoralcare manager. sErnest Williams (B), althoughretired, has become interimpastor of Forest ParkPresbyterian Church inHutchinson, Kansas.1966 Ron Richardson (B)has published his fifth book,Becoming Your Best: A SelfhelpGuide for Thinking People(Augsburg Press, 2008).1967 Norm Nelson (M)spent portions of 2008 doinghumanitarian and human rightswork in North Korea, Cuba,Nepal, China, and Thailand.In Thailand, he interviewed“Father Joe” Meier, legendarypriest who ministers tostreet children in “The Slaughterhouse”slum district ofBangkok, for his national radioshow, “Compassion Radio.”He lectured at the Universityof Southern California Schoolof International Relations thispast fall on the relationshipbetween faith and humanitarianservice. One month before his70th birthday, he received hisPh.D. in theology. Plans for 2009include work in Sudan (Darfur),Libya, Algeria, and Iran, wherehe has made six previous trips.Someday, maybe, he’ll retire...but don’t count on it. sIn September, O Books inEngland published ChuckRobison’s (B) novel TheQuantum Conspiracy. The bookdescribes Robison’s spiritualexperiences and teachers, hiswork as a chaplain at the ChuckCenter at the United Nations,and his service in Telluride,Colorado, and features guestsfrom his wife, Karen’s, radioprogram, “What If It ReallyWorks?” He and his wifewere recently featured in JonSpayde’s book How to Believe,published by Random House. s1968 Charles A. Gilmore Jr.’s(B) third grandchild and firstgrandson, Taaj Isayah Klausmeier,was born to his daughterand son-in-law, Lindseyand Damian Klausmeier, onSeptember 10, 2008.Richard Killmer (B, ’73M),executive director of theNational Religious CampaignAgainst Torture, was a panelistat Austin Seminary’s President’sColloquium in September. Hediscussed with David Wofford,a former military judge whopresided over 450 generaland special courts-martial,the role of religious groups incombating torture in today’ssecular society.Joseph L. Roberts Jr. (M) hasjoined the faculty of ColumbiaTheological Seminary as theWade P. Huie Professor ofPreaching. The appointmentis for a three-year term,during which he will provideleadership for the seminary’snew Center for Preaching.Roberts is pastor emeritus ofAtlanta’s historic EbenezerBaptist Church.1970 Charles M. Webster(B) is interim pastor of the FirstPresbyterian Church of NewCanaan, Connecticut.John O. Wiederholt (B, ’82M),pastor of the First Presbyterianfall 2008/winter/spring 2009class NOTESChurch of Collinsville, NorthCarolina, made the church’sweb site (www.fpc-collinsville.org) an alternative for peoplewho may not be able tocome to church. The website offers audio of completeworship services.1971 Gregg Meister (B) hasproduced a DVD, Israel: TheLand of Promise and Conflict,in which he hopes to convinceother Christians to share hisview that God gave Israel to theJews and to join him in advocacyfor the Jewish state. Meisteris president of Interlink Mediain Haddonfield, New Jersey.1972 Portraying JonathanEdwards, Jack Van Ens (B,’76M, ’84P) opened the annualJonathan Edwards SocietyConference in October at theJonathan Edwards Church inNorthampton, Massachusetts.He portrayed Thomas Jeffersonas part of the 200th anniversarycelebration of the Fifth AvenuePresbyterian Church in NewClass Notes may be edited for length or clarity, and should includethe writer’s name, degree(s), year(s) of graduation, address, andtelephone number. We receive many class notes and try to printthem all, but that is not always possible.Photographs are welcome, but upon discretion of the editors maynot be used due to the quality of the photograph or space limitations.Photographs may be submitted electronically as long as they are ahigh-quality resolution of at least 300 dpi.Key to Abbreviations:Upper-case letters designate degrees earned at PTS:M.Div. B M.A.T.S. TM.R.E. E D.Min. PM.A. E Th.D. DTh.M. M Ph.D. DSpecial undergraduate student USpecial graduate student GWhen an alumnus/a did not receive a degree, a lower-case lettercorresponding to those above designates the course of study.inSpire • 37

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009class NOTESYork City in October. To listento audioclips featuring VanEns as Thomas Jefferson, visitwww.thelivinghistory.com.1973 Fred R. Anderson (B,’81P) was the featured preacherfor the third and fourth Sundaysof Advent in December onDay 1, a nationally broadcastradio program also accessibleby podcast at www.day1.org.Hugh A. MacKenzie (B, ’87M)retired from the military inNovember after twenty-sevenyears of distinguished service.His most recent assignmentwas as the deputy installationchaplain at Fort Monmouth,New Jersey, and as the U.S.Military Academy PreparatorySchool’s primary chaplain.1974 Mark Lasser (B) and hiswife, Debbie, have written anew book, The Seven Desiresof Every Heart, recently publishedby Zondervan.Robert Joe Lee (B, ’81M) retiredin December after thirty-oneyears of service to the NewJersey judiciary. While there,he offered field educationplacements to several PTSstudents. He created the state’sprogram for providing accessto courts for persons withlimited English proficiency andmade New Jersey a leader inthis field.1975 Doug Fletcher (D) ispastor of the First PresbyterianChurch in Hilton Head Island,South Carolina.David Huffman (B) celebratedhis twenty-seventh year aspastor of Trinity PresbyterianChurch in Raleigh, NorthCarolina, in August. Thechurch celebrated its fortyfirstanniversary in May. InJune the music director andorganist retired after twentysevenyears. Huffman writes,“I doubt that many Presbyterianchurches have experiencedconcurrent twenty-seven-yeartenures of pastor and musicdirector. It was a long andhappy relationship!”1976 Stephen Jacobs (B) hasbeen promoted to the positionof assistant vice presidentfor academic affairs at RegisUniversity in Denver, Colorado.He celebrated his twentieth anniversaryat Regis in November.The Hispanic Center forTheological Studies in Chicago,Illinois, held its first-eversatellite classes in September.The first class, “History ofthe Church in Latin Americaand the U.S.,” was taughtby Salatiel Palomino (M,’93D), an adjunct professor oftheology at Northern Seminaryin Lombard, Illinois, and pastorof a Hispanic congregationin Berwyn, Illinois.Glen Rainsley (B) has joinedNew Hope for Women as theirdevelopment director. NewHope for Women’s programsinclude a twenty-four-hourcrisis intervention hotline, anemergency shelter, supportgroups, court advocacy andlegal services, transitionalhousing units, prevention andeducation programs in areaschools and other communityorganizations, and a certifiedbatterer intervention program.1977 Sandra Larson (B)spent several months this pastspring in the Reformed Churchof France, Epernay-Reims, forthe exchange of ideas and toprovide pastoral assistance.James D. Miller was recentlyelected as a trustee ofPittsburgh Seminary. He ispastor of the First PresbyterianChurch in Tulsa, Oklahoma.1978 In March, RichardCarriker (B) was promoted todirector of market risk analysisand capital at Wachovia Corporation,where he has beenemployed for twenty-six years.Guy W. Dunham (B) was calledas the executive director ofthe York County Council ofChurches (YCCC) in August.YCCC has 140 memberchurches throughout YorkCounty, Pennsylvania, which, in2006, was the fastest-growingmetro area in the Northeast.1979 John M. Nelsen (B,’90P) is pastor of UniversityPresbyterian Church inEl Paso, Texas.Julie Neraas (B) has recentlypublished Apprenticed to Hope:A Sourcebook for DifficultTimes (Augsburg FortressPress, 2009). She drawswidely from poetry, theology,psychology, literature, and herown experience with chronicillness; but the book’s mainintent is to be a contribution toan understanding of the natureof hope.1980 George Cladis (B) announcesa $1 million gift fromthe Lanza Family Foundationof Scarsdale, New York, for theministries to the poor of theNew England Dream Center(NEDC) of Worcester, Massachusetts.Cladis is vice presidentof operations for NEDC,and executive operationsofficer for the multisite LibertyChurches of New England. Hewrites, “This is a wonderfulgift from good friends—a giftenabling us to expand our workamong ‘the least among us.’”Brian Donley (M) retired inJune after twenty-eight yearsat John Wesley College inHigh Point, North Carolina.He served as the college’spresident for twenty-one years,and is most proud of “educatingthe community about theschool, teaching students whowent into the ministry, andbuilding an excellent team ofteachers and administrators.”Donley hopes to teach onlinecourses and fill in as a ministerfor Wesleyan churches in thedistrict in his retirement. Healso looks forward to pursuinghis hobbies: building harps andworking on hobby cars.Thomas G. Long (D) spokeat Austin Seminary’s annualmidwinter lecture series inFebruary. In the Thomas WhiteCurrie Lectures, Long lookedat the seeming incompatibilityof innocent suffering and thegoodness of God. He is theBandy Professor of Preachingat Candler School of Theology,Emory University.After twenty-seven years ofactive ministry, Mary P. Roberts(B) retired in July and movedto Florida. She hopes to spend38 • inSpire

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009class NOTEStime enjoying photography,quilting, and writing, and, whenthe opportunity arises, to beinvolved in missions.Diana M. Hagewood Smith (B)has been appointed pastor ofGrace United Methodist Churchin Springfield, Missouri.1981 Kirk Erwin (B, ’86M)is pastor of Harmony UnitedPresbyterian Church inHarrisville, Pennsylvania.Lester Edwin J. Ruiz (B, ’85D),vice president for academicaffairs and academic deanat New York TheologicalSeminary, has been appointedto the staff of The Associationof Theological Schools asdirector for accreditation andinstitutional evaluation.Barry Sweet (B) was calledin October as pastor of theFirst Presbyterian Church inBryan, Ohio.1982 Robert E. Davis (B)was installed on October19, 2008, as pastor of DraperValley Presbyterian Church inDraper, Virginia.Michael J. Gorman’s (B, ’89D)text, Elements of BiblicalExegesis: A Basic Guide forStudents and Ministers, hasbeen revised and expandedwith a new chapter ontheological interpretation.The book began life as seminarnotes for Presbyterian M.Div.students at PTS who failedthe exegesis ordination exam.Gorman’s latest book on Paul,Inhabiting the Cruciform God:Kenosis, Justification, andTheosis in Paul’s NarrativeSoteriology, will be releasedby Wm. B. Eerdmans inMarch. Gorman is a visitingprofessor at Duke DivinitySchool this spring.Gavin Kerr (B) has beenappointed president and chiefexecutive officer of the InglisFoundation, a Delaware Valley(Pennsylvania) nonprofitorganization serving peoplewith physical disabilities. sBruce Kreutzer (E) is nowserving as director ofinternational programs andprofessor at Gia Dinh Universityin Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.1983 After completing CPE,Robert J. Cromwell (B) hasbecome a part-time chaplainwith Three Rivers Hospicein the Kansas City, Missouri,area, while he continues ashalf-time installed pastor ofFaith Presbyterian Church inRaytown, Missouri.Marvin McMickle (P) taughttwo courses in preaching atYale Divinity School in theirwinter 2009 semester. He alsohad three books released in thefall: Shaping the Claim of theSermon (Fortress Press), A Timeto Speak: How Black PastorsCan Respond to the HIV/AIDSPandemic (Pilgrim Press), andProfiles in Black: Phat Factsfor Kids on African AmericanHistory (Judson Press).Susan Nagle (B) was installedin December as the new pastorof the Church of the Savior,a Lutheran congregation inParamus, New Jersey. Shehas been a minister in theEvangelical Lutheran Church inAmerica for twenty-four years.Along with the publicationof On Being a Gay Parent(Seabury Press, 2007), BrettWebb-Mitchell (B) is workingwith his nonprofit School ofthe Pilgrim, and is the interimpastor at the First PresbyterianChurch in Henderson,North Carolina.Renita J. Weems (B, ’89D)was the speaker in Decemberat Southern University’s fallcommencement.Susan Wonderland (B) wascalled as synod associateexecutive during the Synodof the Trinity’s annual fallmeeting in October inLewisburg, Pennsylvania.1984 Bob Alper (P), a rabbi,costars in the “Laugh in PeaceTour” with Azhar Usman,a famous American Muslimcomedian. Together, theyperform at colleges, churches,synagogues, and theaters.Timothy Fearer (B) preachedat Liberty Corner PresbyterianChurch in Liberty Corner, NewJersey, in April. The title of hissermon was “Jesus and Islam,”and he discussed questionsrelating to how Jesus is viewedby Muslims and exploredChristian and Islamic relations.Since 2004 Fearer has beena theological educator andleadership developer inwestern Turkey. He is basedin Istanbul.Timothy C. Geoffrion (B) haswritten One Step at a Time:A Pilgrim’s Guide to Spirit-LedLiving (Alban Publishing, 2008).The book is about his and hisfamily’s 2006 pilgrimage alongel Camino de Santiago, a 500-mile pilgrimage route acrossnorthern Spain.Karen Green (B) has beencalled as pastor of the FirstPresbyterian Church of Mexico,New York.John Groth (B, ’96M) retiredfrom the U.S. Air Force inJanuary, after serving formore than twenty-one years.He retires as a chaplain, alieutenant colonel, and adisabled vet. He was diagnosedwith Post Traumatic StressDisorder “caused by my timeworking in Dover’s mortuary,”he writes.“The 512th Airlift Wing didnot let me slip quietly out theback door. There was a dinnerand ceremony in February.”Groth has started to transitionback to being a civilian andworking with Priority One Men’sministry. He plans to take aworking sabbatical for twomonths, working on a book oftalks he gives at men’s retreats,and then to speak at retreats,dinners, breakfasts, andworship services, and wouldwelcome invitations.Calvin Knowlton (B) has beenappointed to the board ofinSpire • 39

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009class NOTEStrustees of Coriell Institute forMedical Research. He is thefounder, CEO, and chairmanof RevolutionCare, Inc., aMoorestown, New Jerseybasednurse practitioner,primary care service for seniorswith chronic conditions wholive at home or in a nursinghome facility. He chaired theDepartment of PharmacyPractice of the PhiladelphiaCollege of Pharmacy andScience from 1995 to 1997 andwas associate professor ofclinical pharmacy there from1990 to 1997.Barbara Patton Rolph (B) iseditor of the newsletter forthe National Association forPresbyterian Clergywomen.Articles, poems, or notes canbe sent to her at beprolph@msn.com.Cesar Lopez Sanchez (E) hasrecently published two books:The Juridical Unicorn: ATheology of Law, and Religion,Religions, and Sects: AnIntroduction to the Study ofReligion. Both volumes arewritten in Spanish, and areavailable from Lulu Publishers.1985 In July, John Atkins (B)accepted the call to be priest atthe Church of the Holy Nativityin Wrightstown, Pennsylvania.Gayle D. Beebe (B) hasbeen elected to the board ofdirectors of the United Wayof Santa Barbara County,California. He is presidentof Westmont College.Deborah G. Brincivalli(B, ’95P) was installed asexecutive presbyter of thePresbytery of West Jersey onSeptember 16, 2008.Julie Ruth Harley (B) has beennamed vice chairperson of theboard of directors of Lifelink,a nonprofit human servicesprovider based in Bensenville,Illinois. Harley has been amember of the Lifelink boardsince 2005. She is pastor ofthe First United Church in OakPark, Illinois.Bruce Martin (M) is the newminister of West VillageChristian Church in Oak Ridge,Tennessee. He is a retired navychaplain who served navy andmarine personnel for twentyeightyears.Richard E. Miller (B) wasrecently called as pastor of theFirst Presbyterian Church inDavenport, Iowa.1986 In 1998, Wayne A.Beatty (P) had a terriblebicycle accident, whichcaused a lengthy coma and atraumatic brain injury, forcinghim into incapacity leave fromthe ministry of the UnitedMethodist Church.In September, Glen Hallead(B) became pastor of theFirst Presbyterian Church ofWellsboro, Pennsylvania. Hewas previously based in Ghana,West Africa, and coordinatedcommunications betweenPresbyterian churches in Niger,Nigeria, Ghana, and SierraLeone and the PCUSA.Cleo E. “Jack” Jackson III(B) became the director ofthe East Tennessee ExtensionCenter of the Southern BaptistTheological Seminary inSeptember 2008. He is alsosenior pastor of the FirstBaptist Church in LenoirCity, Tennessee, where he hasbeen for the last eight years.1987 Peter S. Kim (B) joinedSan Francisco TheologicalSeminary in September as thenew director of alumni andchurch relations.Chris Momany (B) has beennamed as the state directorto lead the Michigan Notfor Sale campaign againsthuman trafficking. Momanyis chaplain of Adrian Collegein Adrian, Michigan. sAfter ten years as principalof Redcliffe College inGloucester, England, SimonSteer (B) became principal ofLondon School of Theology inSeptember. He writes, “PTSalums would be most welcometo visit.”Wu Fuya (M, ’92d) wasinstalled on September 15,2008, as president of TainanTheological College andSeminary in Taiwan.1988 Ann FitzgeraldAichinger (B) and her husband,Frank (’78B), are co-organizingpastors of a new churchdevelopment in Conover,North Carolina.Anna Carter Florence (B,’00D), associate professorof preaching at ColumbiaTheological Seminary, has beennamed to the Peter MarshallChair of Homiletics. She joinedthe seminary faculty in 1998.David Hunte (B) has acceptedthe position of organizingpastor of a new church inMullica Hill, New Jersey, for thePresbyterian Church (USA).Carl R. Lammers (B) is chiefof information operations,J3 Operations Directorate,U.S. Central Command inTampa, Florida.1989 Donna Elia (B) isexecutive director of the TroyArea United Ministries in Troy,New York. She organized theannual Crop Walk last May,with proceeds helping localorganizations and national andinternational relief.William M. Hosking Jr. (E) hasreceived a call to serve theEphraim Moravian Church inEphraim, Wisconsin.Nancy A. Mikoski (B) hasbeen called by PenningtonPresbyterian Church inPennington, New Jersey, asthe first female pastor in thechurch’s 300-year history.The First Baptist CommunityDevelopment Corporation,a program of the First BaptistChurch of Lincoln Gardensin Somerset, New Jersey,of which DeForest “Buster”Soaries Jr. (B, ’93m) is pastor,40 • inSpire

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009class NOTESis helping the community bypurchasing homes and leasingthem back to homeowners.As of December, the HousingAssistance Recovery Programhad closed on twenty-fivehomes. Their goal for 2009 is2,000 homes. Besides helpingpeople with their mortgages,the program also providesfamily and financial counseling.1990 In April, Jerry M. Carter(B) was the guest revivalist at“Paving New Ground with God’sWord,” a second-anniversarycelebration of Timothy Brown(’04B) as pastor of Holy TrinityBaptist Church in Philadelphia.Grafton T. Eliason (B) isassociate professor ofcounselor education atCalifornia University ofPennsylvania. He is alsochaplain and director ofthe Spirituality Center atThe Woodlands in Wexford,Pennsylvania, a camp forchildren with disabilitiesand chronic illnesses. Herecently coedited Existentialand Spiritual Issues in DeathAttitudes (Lawrence ErlbaumAssociates), and has writtenCareer Development in theSchools (Info Age Publishing),published in October. Graftoncontinues to work with Childrenand Youth Services as atherapist and is beginning anonprofit called Counselorsacross Cultures to work withwomen and children in thirdworld nations. He can becontacted at graftoneliason@msn.com or 862.266.4021.Lalsangkima Pachuau (M, ’98D)has been appointed director ofpostgraduate studies at AsburyTheological Seminary. He alsoserves at Asbury as associateprofessor of the history andtheology of mission. s1991 Chris Berg (B) recentlyfounded a nonprofit focused ongiving and receiving over theInternet (www.smallworks.org).Two PTS classmates are onthe board of directors, KeithReed (’92B) and Grafton Eliason(’90B). Berg writes that the serviceis still in pilot; “however,we have committed partnersand lots of support.” He would“love to share more about whatwe’re doing with outreach andtechnology with the rest of thePTS family.”Carol Antablin Miles (B,’00D), associate professor ofpreaching at Luther Seminaryin St. Paul, Minnesota, hashad a sermon titled “What’sfor Dinner” published inThose Preaching Women: AMulticultural Collection (JudsonPress, 2008). Released in June,the book features the sermonsof thirty-three ethnically anddenominationally diversewomen from across the nation.Richard Rawls (B) is associateprofessor of history atGeorgia Gwinnett College inLawrenceville, Georgia.David Spaulding (B) receivedhis Ph.D. in New Testamentfrom McGill University inNovember 2007. His dissertationresearch involved a narrativecritical reading of the themeof wealth and possessions inLuke–Acts. He is pastor of theChazy, New York, PresbyterianChurch, where he has servedsince his graduation fromPTS. In 2007 he also becamepastor of the First PresbyterianChurch of Rouses Point, NewYork. Spaulding is moderatorof the Presbytery of NorthernNew York.1992 Timothy T. Boggess (B)was installed as the third pastorof Northwest PresbyterianChurch in Atlanta, Georgia, onSeptember 21, 2008.Gaston Espinosa (B) has editedthree books: Religion and theAmerican Presidency: GeorgeWashington to George W. Bushwith Commentary and PrimarySources (Columbia UniversityPress, 2009), Religion, Race,and the American Presidency(Rowman and LittlefieldPublishers, 2008), and MexicanAmerican Religions: Spirituality,Activism, and Culture (DukeUniversity Press, 2008). sHe is president of LaComunidad of HispanicScholars of Religion at theAmerican Academy of Religionand the Society of BiblicalLiterature, and foundingcoeditor of the ColumbiaUniversity Press in Religionand Politics.Kyle Keefer (B) is assistantprofessor of religion at ConverseCollege in Spartanburg, SouthCarolina. In October, hisbook The New Testament AsLiterature was published inOxford University Press’s VeryShort Introduction Series.1993 Hans Andreasson (M)has been appointed docent atthe Swedish-speaking facultyof theology at Ã.bo Akademi inTurku, Finland.In May 2008, Marnie MullenCrumpler (B) received theDoctor of Ministry degree fromGordon-Conwell TheologicalSeminary. Her thesis was“Making Missional Families:The Church’s Role in GuidingFamilies to Claim TheirMissional Identity, Formation,and Vocation.” She isexecutive pastor of PeachtreePresbyterian Church in Atlanta,Georgia, on staff with pastorand head of staff Vic Pentz(’74B) and associate pastorVicki Harrington Franch (’88B).Juliann Joy (B) is thenew pastor of PetersburgPresbyterian Church inPetersburg, Ohio. She wasinstalled on September 21, 2008.Haruko Nawata Ward (M,’01D) has been promoted toassociate professor of churchhistory with tenure at ColumbiaTheological Seminary.1994 Thom Burleson (E,’00B) has accepted a call aspastor of Union PresbyterianChurch in Union, Kentucky.He also received his D.Min.from Union TheologicalSeminary–PresbyterianinSpire • 41

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009class NOTESSchool of Christian Educationthis past summer.Shannon LC Cate (E), herpartner, Cole, and their twogirls, Nat and Selina, havemoved to Chicago. Shannonworks from home as a writerat babble.com, a parentingweb site, and homeschoolsthe children. Cole is a professorat the University of Illinois.Alan H. Cole Jr. (B, ’01D)has written Good Mourning:Getting through Your Griefand edited From Midterms toMinistry: Practical Theologianson Pastoral Beginnings (bothwith Westminster John KnoxPress), the latter a collectionof essays written on thesubject of beginning one’sministry after seminary. He hasalso written Be Not Anxious:Pastoral Care of DisquietedSouls (Wm. B. EerdmansPublishing Company, 2008).Troy Jackson’s (B) firstmonograph, “Becoming King:Martin Luther King Jr. and theMaking of a National Leader,”is available from the UniversityPress of Kentucky.Scott Black Johnston (D)preached at Austin Seminary’sannual midwinter lecture seriesin February. Johnston nowserves as pastor of the FifthAvenue Presbyterian Churchin New York City, where hewas installed on December 7,2008. Thomas G. Long (’80D)preached at the service ofcelebration and installation.Dave Widmer (B, ’00M)completed his first fullmarathon with Team in Trainingat the New Jersey Marathonon May 4, 2008, in Long Branch,New Jersey. The marathonwas run to raise money for andawareness about blood cancerresearch. Currently, Widmer,pastor of the First PresbyterianChurch of Berkshire Valley, andan admirer of Eric Henry Liddell,still runs as a spiritual disciplineand encourages all to join ina common effort to eliminatecancer someday. s1995 Tim Harrison (B) wasrecently awarded a doctoratein worship studies from theRobert E. Webber Institute ofWorship Studies. His dissertationcentered in promoting thespiritual development of childrenby equipping parents tolead daily family worship in thehome. He serves with his wife,Karen (’95B), as a copastor ofClinton Presbyterian Church inClinton, New Jersey.Rina L. Terry (B) has beeninvited to participate in theOpen Source Liturgy Projectaimed at a 2016 publicationdate of a new United MethodistBook of Worship.Frank M. Yamada (B,’05D) has been appointeddirector of the Center forAsian American Ministryand associate professor ofHebrew Bible at McCormickTheological Seminary.1996 Wai-Tung Cho (D) sendsgreetings from Hong KongBaptist Theological Seminary.He writes to share the joyfulnews that he was appointed thesixth president of the seminaryin November. “The presidentialinauguration [was] held theevening of January 19, 2009,at the Kowloon City BaptistChurch in Hong Kong. Vickyand I have been thankful thatGod has nurtured us at PTS.We would like to ask that youcontinue to pray for me.”Matt Hilgaertner (B) wascalled in September as thestated supply pastor of GracePresbyterian Church inPortland, Oregon.Linda Pollock (M, ’99M) hasbeen working for the Church ofScotland for three years. Shespends seventy-five percent ofher time working with peoplewho work with children. Sheorganizes national events forchildren and writes that she hasthe best of both worlds because“I get to play as well as tochallenge thinking regardingchildren in our denomination!We had the first-ever NationalChildren’s Assembly last yearand our second gathering inNovember. Next year we areinviting children from all overthe world to join us on Iona. Itwill be the year of homecomingin Scotland, so we decided togo to the home of Christianityin Scotland. The privilege ofhearing children’s voices ishard to articulate. I deeplyvalue their insights!”William Edmond WhiddonRobinson (B) is the newminister of Salem PresbyterianChurch in Salem, Virginia.He is currently a doctoralcandidate in biblical studies atUnion Theological Seminaryand Presbyterian School ofChristian Education.1997 Arpad Edes (M) isparish minister of the ReformedChurch in Kiskunhalas,Hungary. He previously servedas a university chaplain inBudapest for the ReformedChurch in Hungary.Brint Pratt Keyes (B) andhis wife, Carla (’95B), areliving in Richmond, Virginia.Carla is pastor of Ginter ParkPresbyterian Church and Brintis interim director of admissionsat Union Theological Seminaryand Presbyterian School ofChristian Education. He writesthat they are blessed to beback in Virginia, which ishome to everyone in both oftheir families.Frank Mansell (B) has beenselected to participate in theWabash Pastoral LeadershipProgram at Wabash College.The program, funded byLilly Endowment Inc.,targets Indiana pastors withbetween five and ten yearsof experience following theirgraduate seminary studies.Mansell is the pastor of JohnKnox Presbyterian Churchin Indianapolis. s42 • inSpire

Take a Bowfall 2008/winter/spring 2009class NOTESMargaret E. “Peggy” Howland(’58B) was thrilled at the PeaceBreakfast at the 218th PCUSA GeneralAssembly, where she was awardedthe 2008 Peaceseeker Award bythe Presbyterian Peace Fellowshipfor her forty years of serving onthe Presbyterian Peace FellowshipNational Committee, as a “peaceevangelist to the General Assembly,”Beth Pyles (left) and Peggy Howland (secondfrom right) at the PCUSA General Assembly PeaceBreakfastand fifty years of ordination to “the ministry of the gospel ofpeace.” Also at the breakfast was Beth Pyles (’05B), who receivedthe 2007 Peaceseeker Award from The Presbyterian PeaceFellowship for her service in Iraq as a witness to the just peace ofGod in the chaos of war.Paul Eppinger (’61B, ’65M) was one of six honored inNovember with an Award of Excellence during the GeneralAssembly of the National Council of Churches and ChurchWorld Service. He was honored for his service as the statewidedirector of the “Victory Together” campaign to establish a stateDr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday for Arizona; for his eight yearsas the executive director of the Arizona Ecumenical Council, anorganization uniting programs of thirteen mainline and Catholiccommunions involving 700 churches and one million Christians;and as founder and executive director of the Arizona InterfaithMovement, an organization of twenty-four religious groups thatseeks to bring understanding and respect for all faith groupsacross the state.George Burn (’71B), director of pastoral care at MountNittany Medical Center in State College, Pennsylvania, willreceive the Institutional Chaplain Merit Award in June from theAmerican Baptist Churches USA. Burn has dedicated his thirtyfive-yearcareer to direct pastoral care and ministry. He is aboard-certified chaplain with the Association of ProfessionalChaplains, chair of the International Advocacy Committee, anda certified bereavement facilitator with the American Academyof Bereavement.The Bible Society of India has published Called to Serve,in honor of the life and ministry of Francis Sunderaraj (’71M),former general secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship of Indiaand Asia, and a member of the International Council of the WorldEvangelical Fellowship (now known as the World EvangelicalAlliance). The book contains tributes to Sunderaraj from acrossthe globe and articles on issues facing the church in India.John Fischer (’73B), pastor of the United Christian Churchin Aberdeen, Washington, was honored in September by hiscongregation on the thirty-fifth anniversary of his ordination.In May, McCormick TheologicalSeminary held a Festschrift in honorof Robert L. Brawley (’78D), McGawProfessor of New Testament Emeritus.Brawley joined the McCormick faculty in1992 and retired in 2007. The annual RobertL. Brawley Lecture in Gospel Studieshonor’s Brawley’s many contributions tothe McCormick community.Jin Han (’83B, ’88D), associateprofessor of biblical studies at New York Theological Seminary,was selected from a national applicant pool to attend oneof seventeen study opportunities supported by the NationalEndowment for the Humanities this past summer. He participatedin a five-week program titled “Holy Land and Holy City in ClassicalJudaism, Christianity, and Islam” at the Oxford Centre for Hebrewand Jewish Studies in the United Kingdom.Heidi DeMott Shanes (’02B) was elected president of theAmerican Baptist Churches of Michigan on October 18, 2008. Theprevious day she received the Outstanding Church LeadershipAward in recognition of exemplary service in local churchministry, presented by the American Baptist Churches of Michiganand the Ministers Council of Michigan. She is pastor of GregoryCommunity Church in Gregory, Michigan.Howard West (’04B) is director of spiritual life services forCountry Meadows Retirement Communities. Country MeadowsRetirement Communities in Hershey was recognized in June witha 2008 Best of the Best Award by the Assisted Living Federationof America for innovative strategies that improve senior livingoperations and resident care.Mark Johnston (’05M) was selected by the National BibleAssociation in September as one of three 2008 WitherspoonAward winners and was honored at a dinner in November inNew York City. The annual Witherspoon Award is given to ArmedForces chaplains who demonstrate a unique commitment to Biblereading and/or encourage Bible reading in a creative and relevantway. Johnston is the ethics instructor and chaplain for the U.S.Army Sergeants Major Academy in Fort Bliss, Texas.Karen Behm (’06B), chaplain at The Jewish Hospital inCincinnati, Ohio, was selected as a finalist for the 2008 AlbertE. Dyckes Health Care Worker of the Year Award by the OhioHospital Association at the association’s recognition dinner inJune. The award recognizes “outstanding caregivers who aregreat leaders, reflect the values and ideals of Ohio’s healthcarefacilities, routinely go above and beyond the call of duty, give backto the community, and have overcome odds to succeed.”inSpire • 43

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009class NOTESJames Miller (B) is the newpastor of Glenkirk Church in LosAngeles, California. He is thefather of two and the author ofthe book God Scent.1998 Vito Aiuto (B) and hiswife, Monique, make up themusical group The WelcomeWagon. In December they releasedtheir debut album, Welcometo the Welcome Wagon(Asthmatic Kitty Records), acollection of songs influencedby folk music, religion, popularculture, and church tradition.The group’s repertoire consolidatesa vast history of “sacred”song traditions from Old Testamentpsalms, to Presbyterianpsalters of the seventeenthcentury, to iconoclastic popinnovators of the 1960s, tocharismatic Catholics of the1970s, and even the melancholylovelorn pop of the 1980s. sIvan Alberts (M) ispastor of Elysburg UnitedMethodist Church inElysburg, Pennsylvania.Beth Crawford (B) has joinedThe Reynolds Law Firm,PC, in Corvallis, Oregon, asan associate attorney. Herpractice focuses on familylaw, victim’s rights, andchildren’s issues.Scott Lumsden (B) was chosenin May as executive presbyterof the Presbytery of Seattle.1999 Brent Anderson (B)accepted the call to serve aspastor/head of staff at SteelLake Presbyterian Church inFederal Way, Washington.Chad Bauman’s (B, ’05D)dissertation “Christian Identityand Dalit Religion in HinduIndia, 1868–1947” has beenpublished under the same titleby Wm. B. Eerdmans PublishingCompany as part of theirseries Studies in the History ofChristian Missions. Bauman isassistant professor of religionat Butler University.In June, Kenneth Good (G)became pastor of StocktonPresbyterian Church inStockton, New Jersey. He isalso an adjunct facultymember at Kean Universityand teaches the freshmanhistory class, Civil Societyin America.Timothy McConnell (B)is director of graduateministries at the Centerfor Christian Study, aninterdenominationalministry and study centerat the University ofVirginia. The center standsat the intersection of churchand university “to serveJesus Christ by fostering theserious consideration in theuniversity environment ofa biblical worldview and byencouraging and facilitatingwise discussion of the truthin light of the challenges ofcontemporary culture.”Vicky Ney (B) writes, “Helloto everyone—especiallythe Heavenly Council!” Sheaccepted a call from theFirst Presbyterian Church ofSpringfield, New Jersey, aspastor in March 2007. Sheenjoys preaching every week,and had the honor of officiatingat her older son Michael’swedding on October 19. Sheand her husband, Richard,recently celebrated theirtwentieth wedding anniversaryby sailing on the Chesapeake.C. Kavin Rowe (B) has beenawarded a Christian faith andlife grant by The LouisvilleInstitute for his project“Practicing Remembrance:The Acts of the Apostles andthe Ecclesial Imagination.”Alex Stevens (B) is interimpastor of ProvidencePresbyterian Church in Dallas,Georgia. He is an ordainedpastor in the PCUSA with nineyears of service as a secondcareerminister.Byron Wess (M) received hisDoctor of Ministry degree fromPalmer Theological Seminary inPhiladelphia in May.2000 In November, WayneE. Croft Sr. (M) defended hisdoctoral dissertation “You Jes’Wait a Little: A Comparison ofthe Motif of Hope in AfricanAmerican Preaching duringthe Slave and Post-Civil WarPeriods” at Drew UniversityTheological School. Croft willreceive his Ph.D. in liturgicalstudies with a concentration inhomiletics from Drew in May.In the fall of 2008, he began atenure-track appointment atPalmer Theological Seminaryas assistant professor of homileticsand liturgics. He continuesto serve as senior pastorof The Church of the RedeemerBaptist in Philadelphia.Rachel Frey (B) marriedCraig Heinke on June 14,2008, in a “lovely and livelyconvent ceremony.” Insteadof bridesmaids, Frey hadministers; PTS alum SarahGriffith Lund (’02B) presided atthe communion table during theceremony. People from both ofFrey’s seminary field educationplacements also attendedthe wedding. She writes, “InJuly, we then embarked ona transcontinental road trip,moving to Edmonton, Alberta,Canada, where Craig is nowa professor at the Universityof Alberta (astrophysics) andI serve as a hospital chaplain.En route, we stopped in Indianato spend time with ChristinaStarace Williams (’00B) andher beautiful family.”Eric Hagood (B) graduated inMay from Drew University’sTheological School witha Doctor of Ministry. Hisdissertation was titled “TheLocal Church as Village:Gathering, Sharing, andEmbracing Our ContemporaryAfrican American LivingProverbs and Faith Stories.”He is grateful to PTS for givinghis family the opportunity to bea part of its community and forpreparing him for the next level.Spencer L. Lundgaard (B, ’01M),his wife, Missy, and daughtersLauren (6), and Kelsey (4),moved to Denver, Colorado,last summer, where in44 • inSpire

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009class NOTESSeptember Lundgaard becamethe third executive directorof A Christian Ministry in theNational Parks (www.acmnp.com), now in its sixth decade.Jonathan Schwartz (B) wasinstalled as the fifth pastor ofBrainerd Presbyterian Churchin Chattanooga, Tennessee, onJune 8, 2008. He had served asassistant then and associatepastor of the church since 2005.William C. Webster (B) wasrecently named directorof admissions at GeneralTheological Seminary, theoldest Episcopal seminary inthe United States, located inNew York City.2001 Jennifer Bird (B) wasrecently promoted to assistantprofessor of religion at GreensboroCollege in Greensboro,North Carolina.Ruth de Jesus (B) is associatedean of interculturaladvancement at GettysburgCollege and lives in Gettysburg,Pennsylvania, with herhusband, David Bowles,and children, Esperanza (5)and Mateo (2).David J. Reichert (U) wasinaugurated as ministerof the evangelischeLuthergemeinde in Heidelberg,Germany, on September 14,2008. With this call he is alsominister for 1,500 policemenin Heidelberg county.Millicent Wess (B) recentlypublished an article, “BringingHope and Healing to GrievingPatients with Cancer,” inthe December 2007 issue ofweddings & BIRTHSWEDDINGSLaVerne Brandsma and C. Ernest Williams (’65B), February 16, 2008Julie Wong and David Shinn (’97B), September 8, 2007Rachel Frey (’00B) and Craig Heinke, June 14, 2008Tara Elizabeth Ebner (’03B) and David Briton Bain, May 24, 2008Caroline Suzanne McCray and Richard Jay Hutton (’04B), July 26, 2008Maren Betts-Sonstegard (’06B) and Jeffery Spray, October 17, 2008Rebecca Gillespie (’06B) and David Messman, January 5, 2008Juel Frances Murawski (’06B) and Theodore “Ted” Roger Nelson, September 27, 2008Kelley Angleberger (’07B) and Tom Harmon (’06B), May 3, 2008Anna Katherine Ellerman (Ph.D. candidate) and William Henderson Shurley (’07B), October 18, 2008Christi Reid Owen (’08B) and Kelan James Brown, May 25, 2008Julia Sponaugle (’08B) and Jonathan Britt, June 14, 2008Stephanie Marie Cox (M.Div. student) and Andrew de la Ronde Van Kirk (’08B), January 3, 2009BIRTHSLauren Jimin Lee to Kyo Young Park and Mark Lee (’99B) on April 20, 2008Brigid Maria to Sheri Bunn (’00B) and Kerry P.C. San Chirico (’99B) on December 5, 2007Olivia Grace to Betsy and Matthew (’00B) Henderson on June 11, 2008Cassandra (“Cassie”) Elizabeth to Amy E.S. (’00B) and Jeffery Lincoln on February 9, 2008Sofia Claire to Laura (’00B) and Jason Savenelli on December 28, 2008Ryan Henry to Karen Lynn and Scott Bostwick (’01B) on August 25, 2008Ezra Lee Buzzard-Cooke to Hilary Cooke (’02B) and Greg Buzzard on October 30, 2007Wilson Edward Steven (“Wes”) to Carrie (’02B) and Bill Mitchell on September 4, 2007Priscilla Joy Powell McNutt to Jennifer Powell (’03B) and David McNutt (’02B) on May 3, 2008Solomon Davis Campbell to April M. Davis Campbell (’04B) and Robert Campbell on November 18, 2008Asher Joshua to Carrie and Loren (’04B) Pankratz on June 17, 2008Grace Anneke to Becky White Newgren (’07B) and Andy Newgren (M.Div. senior), February 19, 2009the Journal of the AmericanOsteopathic Association.2002 Rhonda Britton (B)was installed as senior pastorof Cornwallis Street BaptistChurch in Halifax, Nova Scotia,in September 2007. PTSclassmate and friend LeQuitaPorter (’02B) took part in theinstallation service, which wasattended by more than 400people, including the moderatorof the African United BaptistAssociation of Nova Scotia andthe president of the Conventionof Atlantic Baptist Churches.Cornwallis Street BaptistChurch is the historic “motherchurch” of the association.Kathy Dawson (D) has beenpromoted to associateprofessor of Christianeducation with tenure atColumbia Theological Seminary.Rex Espiritu (B) has beenselected to participate in theWabash Pastoral LeadershipProgram at Wabash College.The program, funded byLilly Endowment Inc.,targets Indiana pastors withbetween five and ten yearsof experience following theirgraduate seminary studies.Espiritu is pastor of the FirstPresbyterian Church in NewCastle, Indiana. sOn August 1, 2008, Doug Resler(B) accepted a call to newinSpire • 45

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009class NOTESchurch development in SunPrairie, Wisconsin.Holly Robertson (B) is thenew associate pastor forcongregational care andmission at Mount WashingtonPresbyterian Church inCincinnati, Ohio.2003 Glenn A. Chestnutt(B, ’04M) graduated fromthe University of Edinburghwith a Ph.D. in systematictheology on June 27, 2008.He is assistant minister in theChurch of Scotland at CramondKirk, Edinburgh.Jennifer Powell McNutt (B)writes that it has been “anexciting year for the McNutthousehold, and we are verygrateful to God for thesemany blessings! In May 2008,our daughter, Priscilla JoyPowell McNutt, was born inCambridge, England. In June,I graduated from the Universityof St. Andrews with my Ph.D.in history: Reformation studies.And after living in the UK forthe past five years, we movedto Wheaton, Illinois, in Julywhere I have taken up a tenuretrackposition at WheatonCollege Graduate School asassistant professor of theologyand history of Christianity.Meanwhile, my husband, David(’02B), is completing his Ph.D. intheology and the arts throughthe University of Cambridge.Walter R. Steele (M), pastorof Immanuel Lutheran Churchin Pensacola, Florida, wasawarded the degree ofMaster of Sacred Theologyon February 22, 2008, fromConcordia TheologicalSeminary. His thesis was titled“The Enjoyment Imperatives inEcclesiastes as Statements ofFaith by Qoheleth.”2004 J. Campbell GoodloeHackett (B, E) has been awardeda dissertation fellowship byThe Louisville Institute for herproject “Nurturing the Capacityto Think Theologically aboutMoral Issues: An EmpiricalStudy of Christian Moral Formationand Deliberation in SixPresbyterian Congregations.”This program supports the finalyear of Ph.D. or Th.D. dissertationwriting for studentsengaged in research pertainingto American religion.After serving twenty years asa PCUSA mission coworkerin Japan, most recently asprofessor of practical theologyat Tokyo Union TheologicalSeminary, Tom Hastings (D)has taken a new positionas the program director forresearch and developmentat the Center of TheologicalInquiry in Princeton.Elizabeth (B) and MatthewSchultz (’05B, E) are associatepastors for youth ministry atNassau Presbyterian Churchin Princeton. They relocatedfrom Watertown, New York,where Matthew was associatepastor at the First PresbyterianChurch and Elizabeth servedas church liaison for theWatertown Urban Mission.On October 26, 2008, JasonWells (B) was installed byBishop Gene Robinson as vicarof Grace Episcopal Church inConcord, New Hampshire.2005 Jessica Bratt (B) hasbeen named executive coordinatorto the general secretaryof the Reformed Church inAmerica. She assumed herresponsibilities in October andserves as a link between thegeneral secretary’s office, theGeneral Synod and GeneralSynod Council officers, andstaff of the regional synods,classes, congregations, andboards and agencies of theReformed Church in America.She was ordained in October atthe Old First Reformed Churchin Brooklyn, New York.Becci Curtis (B) is associatepastor of Clinton PresbyterianChurch in Clinton, New Jersey.Jamey Heit (B, ’06M) haspublished a new book, TheSpringfield Reformation: TheSimpsons, Christianity, andAmerican Culture.Noelle Kirchner (B) wasordained, and installed asassociate pastor of theFirst Presbyterian Churchat Caldwell, New Jersey,last summer.Riley O’Brien Powell (B) andher husband, Skip, have movedback to Minnesota after severalyears of graduate school outeast and working in Chicago.One highlight has been theirtravels together, includinga month of researching andteaching at the HimalayanRescue Association, thehighest-altitude medicalclinic in the world, toppedoff with an ambitious trek toBase Camp, Mount Everest(18,400 feet). Upon their returnto Minneapolis, Riley joinedher mother, Suzen O’Brien,in her financial advisingpractice at Smith Barney. Skipis enjoying his work as anemergency medicine doctor.They are expecting a babyboy in March and are lookingforward to reconnectingwith friends in the local PTScommunity. Contact Riley atrileypowell@post.harvard.edu.sOn April 6, 2008, Brandi Wooten(B) was installed as pastor ofthe First Presbyterian Church ofChili, New York.2006Susan Sytsma Bratt (B) is apastoral resident (two-yearterm) in the Transition toMinistry Program at Bryn MawrPresbyterian Church in BrynMawr, Pennsylvania. She is acandidate in the Presbytery ofDetroit and “God willing will beordained in 2009.”Heather Prince Doss (B)accepted a call as associatepastor of Sea IslandPresbyterian Church inBeaufort, South Carolina.She is responsible for allareas of ministry, but willfocus on strengthening missionand outreach ministries. Shewas ordained on November 2,2008, at the First PresbyterianChurch in Murfreesboro,46 • inSpire

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009class NOTESTennessee, and was installed atSea Island Presbyterian Churchon November 23.Jason Leonard (M) wasordained to the ministry ofWord and Sacrament onAugust 10, 2008, at the FirstPresbyterian Church inGoldsboro, North Carolina. Hewas installed as the pastor ofGeneva Presbyterian Church,Hebron Presbyterian Church,and Oak Hill PresbyterianChurch—a yoked parish inOxford, North Carolina—onAugust 24.In April 2008, EleanorNorman (B) began serving asassociate pastor at HidenwoodPresbyterian Church inNewport News, Virginia. Sheis the supervisor for Christianeducation, youth ministry, andcollege ministries.Benjamin Park (B) wasordained in September inMinnesota, with David Choi(’93B, ’94M, ’03D) preachingand Jin S. Kim (’93B) givingthe charge. He was installedat United PresbyterianChurch of Seattle, Washington,in November.2007 Kelley Angleberger(B) and Tom Harmon (’06B)were married on May 3, 2008,in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.They reside in Dayton, Ohio,where Kelley is a case managerat The Other Place, Dayton’sdaytime homeless shelter, whileTom serves as the pastor of theFirst Presbyterian Church inFairborn, Ohio.Ruth Aimée Belonni-Rosario(B) was ordained as a ministerof Word and Sacrament by thePresbytery of San Juan on April2, 2008. The worship servicewas held at the Primera IglesiaPresbiteriana de Bayamón. sPTS alums were present: VictorAloyo (’89B), her husbandAmaury Tanon-Santos (’05B),Bridgett Green (’05B), and JoséGonzález-Colón (’07B). Shewas shortly installed as pastorof San Andrés PresbyterianChurch in Bronx, New York.Becca Bruner (B) was installedas associate pastor of the FirstPresbyterian Church of Normal,Illinois, on October 19, 2008.Yvonne Chang (B) is thecollegiate ministries director atUniversity Presbyterian Churchin Los Angeles, California. Herfellow PTS alum, Soon Chung(’88B), is the church’s pastor.Rachel G. Hackenberg (B) wasinstalled in May as pastor ofGrace United Church of Christin Lancaster, Pennsylvania.Heading a group of forty-fiveyoung people and twenty-twovolunteers and chaperonesfrom the First PresbyterianChurch of Metuchen, NewJersey, Curtis Lane Paul II (B),associate pastor, spent a weekin August in Cleveland, Ohio,building homes for Habitatfor Humanity.Jenny Smith (B) wascommissioned by GlenmaryHome Missioners to paint theirannual Christmas appeal. The2008 painting is of the holyfamily and is to reflect theintimacy of community. Some ofSmith’s paintings can be foundat www.jenniferdianesmith.com/watercolors. sDeanna Womack (B, ’08M)was ordained for missionwork in Lebanon on July 20,2008, at her home church, theFirst Presbyterian Church ofNevada, Missouri. Her father,Greg Ferree (’80B), was one ofthe commissioners. Deannaand her husband, Mike, arein Zahle, Lebanon, where sheteaches religious educationclasses and is a chaplain withthe Secondary EvangelicalSchool, and he teaches highschool English, coordinates theschool’s larger English program,and teaches seventh grade.They recently attended a lunchfor PTS alumni/ae in Beirut withPresident Torrance. s2008 David Henry Andrew IV(B) was ordained on August 9,2008, as a minister of Word andSacrament at the First PresbyterianChurch of Missoula,Montana. Andrew is minister ofthe First Presbyterian Church inDillon, Montana.Adam Walker Cleaveland (B, E)is minister for youth andyoung adults at Asbury UnitedMethodist Church in Livermore,California. His wife, Sarah(’08M), is a graduate student atthe Graduate Theological Unionin Berkeley.Amy Dame (B) has acceptedthe call as associate pastor atthe First Presbyterian Churchin Hutchinson, Kansas. Shewas ordained on September13, 2008, at her home church inLexington, Kentucky.David Drebes (B) is vicar ofGood Shepherd Church in GlenRock, New Jersey.Han-Luen Komline (B) hasbeen awarded a Fulbright U.S.student scholarship to Germanyin theology and religion. She isone of 1,450 U.S. citizens whotraveled abroad for the 2008–2009 academic year through theFulbright U.S. Student Program.Bruno Linhares (D, ’02M)was invited to work as aguest researcher at the VrijeUniversiteit in Amsterdam,the Netherlands, during thefall of 2008, on a joint projectof PTS and Vrije Universiteit.He is further developingthe online research tool ofsecondary literature aboutAbraham Kuyper as found atwww.kuyperresearch.org.inSpire • 47

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009Outstanding in the FIELDTo Work and to WorshipBY KERI WILLARD-CRISTDecades ago, David Miller (M.Div.,1998; Ph.D., 2003) was baptized into thebusiness community with strict advice froman IBM instructor at a new employee trainingsession: “Whatever else you learn here, justdon’t forget, religion and business simplydon’t mix.” For years this credo, recalled inthe introduction to his book God at Work:The History and Promise of the Faith at WorkMovement (Oxford University Press, 2007),held true for Miller, at least on the surface. Itwasn’t until coming to Princeton Seminary in1995 that he gained the theological trainingthat enabled him to articulate his response.Now Miller has one question on his mind:“How do you integrate the claims of yourfaith with the demands of your work?” It’s aquestion arising from a successful career as abusinessman and a Christian, honed while anM.Div. student and doctoral student in ethicsat PTS, and then as the executive directorof the Yale Center for Faith & Culture, anda question he continues to explore as thedirector of the Princeton University Faith andWork Initiative. It’s a question well worthasking for those interested in integrating theirlife with an overarching sense of what Millerdescribes as “moral meaning and purpose”that transitions fluidly between church onSunday and the office on Monday. Miller usesthe Hebrew word avodah, which means both“work” and “worship,” to guide his study andto bridge the “Sunday-Monday gap.”Before leaving the corporate worldto attend Princeton Seminary, Miller spentsixteen years in senior executive positionsin international business and finance inthe United States and abroad. His theologicaleducation and business backgroundmake Miller uniquely qualified to addressthe marketplace through a theologicallens. He refers to his fluency in bothbusiness and theological language as his“bilingual” background.Miller doesn’t distinguish between hiscall to seminary and his call to corporateleadership. “I understood myself as calledto ministry before, as a partner in a bank,”says Miller, who nearly always discusses“calls” in the plural. His decision to cometo PTS was the result of a “gradual drip feed”of clarity that occurred over the course ofeighteen months, a process he describes as“a new call, not my first call.” Though thismay sound strange to some, it illustratesMiller’s goal: to transform the way thatChristians think of work.Miller stresses the important role clergyhave in helping their congregations bridgethe faith and work divide. “I think even themost humbling of work, the most difficultof work, can serve God’s greater purposes,”says Miller. “We in the ordained clergy needto help [parishioners] interpret that, not tomollify them.” Miller points out that thoughseminaries train their graduates to ministerto people in hospice care, they seldom teachchurch leaders how to minister to CEOs,businesspersons, or anyone struggling tointegrate faith and work in the midst of afragmented life. For a CEO, integrationmight mean something as simple as makinga conference room available to employees forprayer or meditation, or creating a safe spacefor faith to be discussed. Miller refers to thisas sending a “meta-message” as a corporateleader that “it’s okay to be religious.” Forothers, incorporating faith and work mightmean mentioning weekend worship servicesduring the workweek.Miller’s concern is one that many incontemporary American culture aren’taccustomed to thinking about. But all that’schanging. The faith and work movementis growing, and Miller finds himself at thecenter of the field. At Princeton UniversityMiller’s tasks are threefold. In addition tohis position as founding director of the Faithand Work Initiative, he researches and writeson the way theological and ethical issuesintersect with the workplace, contributionsthat are helping to grow the field. He alsoteaches in the Religion Department, whereone of his courses, Business Ethics andModern Religious Thought, gives Millerthe opportunity to “get students thinkingat twenty years old about questions I neverthought about until my late thirties.”One of his aims is to teach youngstudents, whatever their faith, to make it apriority to work in or run their business ina “God-pleasing” way. In this vein, Milleris clear that work as a calling isn’t justabout what one does. He sees work as the“connecting point between worship andservice, God and neighbor,” whether one isemployed as a CEO, a teacher, a minister, orin a supermarket bagging groceries. Guidedby the concept of avodah, Miller knows thatspiritual calls aren’t limited to pastors. Anddespite his emphasis on the workplace, Milleris quick to point out that any discussion ofcall that ends with the workplace is truncated.Ultimately, “calls” are more than justoccupations; how one engages work is just asimportant as the work itself. For Miller, bothcan be forms of worship.Those interested in learning more aboutissues of faith and work are encouraged toexplore Miller’s book, God at Work, emailDavid Miller at dwm@princeton.edu, orvisit the Faith and Work Initiative web site,http://faithandwork.princeton.edu. wPhoto: Daniel Escher48 • inSpire

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009investing in MINISTRYThe Wilhelm and Marion H. Pauck Manuscript CollectionThe papers of Wilhelm Pauck, one of the foremost churchhistorians of the eighteenth century, are now part of PrincetonSeminary Libraries’ Special Collections Department. Pauck, bornin 1901 in Germany, was an important bridge for thetransmission of European scholarship to North America.He trained famed church historian Jaroslav Pelikan, andwas known for his work as a Reformation historian,publishing important works on Luther, Melancthon, andthe heritage of the Reformation. He also published an earlybook on Karl Barth and was engaged in a two-volumework on Paul Tillich in his later years, the first volume of which wascompleted with the help of his wife, Marion Hausner Pauck.The collection in the PTS library includes correspondence files,including letters between the Paucks and James Luther Adams,professor of Christian ethics at Harvard Divinity School, Unitarianminister, and editor and translator of the works of Paul Tillich. Thecollection also contains letters from many leading theologians of thetwentieth century, including Reinhold Niebuhr, Karl Barth, PaulLehmann, Pelikan, and Tillich. The Pauck Collection was generouslydonated to PTS by Marion Pauck. wFoundations: Building for MinistryLilly Endowment Inc. continues its support of youth ministryby awarding Princeton Theological Seminary’s Institute for YouthMinistry (IYM) a grant of $666,687 for the institute’s new initiative,The Connections Project: Strengthening Youth Ministries throughMentoring and Vocational Friendships.The Connections Project, a four-year program to begin in July2009, will offer mentoring for youth leaders, peer-led groups, and acurriculum for training volunteers in congregations. The project willidentify and study practices of mentoring and peer support that canbe critical for sustaining excellence in youth ministry.IYM codirector Dayle Rounds notes that significant progresshas been made in the past ten to fifteen years to revitalize ministrywith youth. She explains, “More and more congregations aredeveloping and sustaining excellent youth ministries grounded inrobust theology. This is a time of promising possibilities for youthministry. Programs to help leaders make connections between theirtheological training and the practice of ministry in congregationscan move many ministries from ‘good’ to ‘great.’”The Connections Project will take youth ministry another stepforward by providing opportunities for youth leaders to developrelational connections with mentors and peers that can lessentheir isolation, counter burnout, and strengthen their ministries.Programs of the IYM, including the Princeton Forums on YouthMinistry, the Certificate in Youth and Theology, and Pathwaysyouth leader training seminars will provide the structure and supportfor this project.Digitized Edition of Barth’s Church DogmaticsPrinceton Seminary and T&T Clark/Continuum have joinedto publish a revised and digitized edition of Karl Barth’s ChurchDogmatics, making it possible for the first time to query and searchthe nearly 8,000 pages of what is arguably the greatesttheological work of the twentieth century.Princeton produced the digitized text with theassistance of a generous grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.Care was taken to ensure that the digital text allowsscholars to perform searches not only on individual wordsand phrases, but also on biblical texts and citations.English translations of Barth’s Greek and Latin phrases, untranslatedin the print edition, have now been incorporated into the text.Princeton Seminary will continue to maintain and update theelectronic text of the classic translation edited by Geoffrey Bromilyof Fuller Theological Seminary and the late Thomas F. Torrance ofEdinburgh University. T&T Clark will retain copyright of the classictext produced under Torrance’s supervision. Princeton Seminary hasestablished copyright of the electronic form of the translation, whichit regards as a “living text” that will be revised and corrected by newgenerations of Barth scholars. wMentoring will bring youth leaders together with experiencedchurch leaders who can offer them guidance and encouragementin a structured relationship, to help develop greater competence.Cohort groups will be formed to expand the work of mentors andto build bridges between theological education and the practice ofministry. The project will also develop local peer networks supportedby regional training seminars. The curriculum created by this projectwill provide needed training for volunteers and will help youthleaders effect change in their congregations.All the facets of this project—mentoring, cohort groups, localpeer groups, and congregational resources—strengthen youthministries by providing relational connections for skilled youthpastors and directors and by creating pathways for connectionsbetween theology and the practice of ministry in congregations.Through the Connections Project, the IYM intends to spark a newcommitment to mentoring young leaders in the church, to name theessentials in developing cohort groups that support youth leadersand promote excellence in their ministries, and to establish a modelfor developing cohort groups and mentoring that can be replicatedin other settings.“We think The Connections Project is going to be great for thechurch and for youth ministry,” says Amy Vaughn, IYM codirectorwith Rounds. “We look forward to launching it in July and offeringthese programs to youth leaders and congregations.”For more information about the program, including how toparticipate, contact iym@ptsem.edu. winSpire • 49

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009investing in MINISTRYInvesting in Young LeadersBY KERI WILLARD-CRISTSometimes it takes another person toconfirm God’s call: that’s how Richard“Trace” Haythorn (M.Div., 1992) interprets2 Samuel 3. Though Samuel was raised inthe context of the temple, he still needed Elito confirm that he was hearing God’s voice.Enter the Fund for Theological Education(FTE), an organization dedicated toidentifying future leaders of the church andsupporting them as they explore vocations inministry and teaching.In a recent survey of graduating divinitystudents, the Association of TheologicalSchools found that fewer than half ofgraduates anticipated entering full-timeparish ministry after seminary. As presidentof FTE, Haythorn thinks he can make adifference in those numbers, which is whyhe is committed to nurturing young peoplewho are just beginning to hear a call, and toproviding them with enough of a financial“boost” to help them receive the educationand skills they need to take the church wherethey want it to be.This year, six Princeton Seminarystudents are recipients of FTE’s support.Juniors Jennifer Barchi, Jillian Greene,Andrew Hudson, Megan LeCluyse,and Anthony Riley were awarded FTECongregational Fellowships, which providefinancial aid to first-year seminariansthrough partnerships between FTE and thenominating congregations. Lisa Bowens, aPh.D. candidate in New Testament, receiveda Doctoral Fellowship.For Bowens, the support FTE providesis more than just financial, “it’s spiritualand emotional” as well. This is no accident.Despite the financial cache FTE wields,Haythorn is quick to acknowledge thatinvesting in future leaders requires more thanjust money, which is why the organizationtries to connect awardees with mentors anduses technology to create a network for pastand present fellows to stay connected. As partof their award, fellows receive a stipend andtravel expenses to attend an FTE conferenceprior to their fellowship year (separateconferences are held for winners of differentfellowships). “When we bring groupstogether to meet each other, we want them torecognize the rich palette of leadership thatGod is calling for the church,” said Haythornof the conferences. “There’s not a ‘type’ thatGod calls.”Haythorncame to FTEfrom hisposition asdirector ofthe Vocationand ValuesProgram andfounder ofthe Center Trace Haythornfor ServantLeadership atHastings College in Hastings, Nebraska. Hesaw the transition to FTE as an opportunityto broaden the regional focus he had atHastings to a national level. “Our alums arepart of a movement,” said Haythorn. “Theseare folks that we really see are leaders inthe national and global church for the nextgeneration. With the number of people whoare retiring soon, the demands for giftedleadership are just going to increase. We’regoing to be looking at younger and youngerpeople to step into roles that they haven’tthought about before.” wPhoto: Allison ShirreffsSeminary Receives Citation for Field EducationIn September, Princeton Seminary was honored at a worshipservice celebrating the 110th anniversary of WestminsterPresbyterian Church in Trenton, New Jersey. PTS was one ofseveral organizations to receive a citation from the Senateand General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, honoringthe Seminary’s commitment to the Trenton church throughfield education during years of the church’s redevelopmentas a multicultural congregation. Many students have servedand learned at Westminster through field education, and manyalumni/ae have served the church as staff, including JonathanSeitz (M.Div., 2002; Ph.D., 2007) and Marcia Kipp MacKillop(M.Div., 2000), its current parish associates, and Jacqueline Lewis(M.Div., 1992), former pastor who preached at the anniversaryservice. Director of Field Education Deborah Davis attended theservice to receive the citation, and she is pictured here (center)with PTS students (from left) Brenna Nickel, Christiana DeYoe,and David Coello, and Westminster’s pastor, Karen Hernandez-Granzen (second from right).Photo: David Byers50 • inSpire

Sir John Templeton: Finding Value in LifeBY MICHELE JANOWITZJohn Templeton, a long-time trusteeof Princeton Theological Seminary,knew a thing or two about finding value,knowledge reflected in both his professionallife and his personal life. Recognized,among other things, for his forwardthinkinginvestment strategies and thriftylifestyle, Templeton had a remarkable abilityto find value, a trait that compelled Moneymagazine in 1999 to call him “arguably thegreatest global stock picker of the century.”Templeton, who died July 8, 2008, atthe age of ninety-five, began his career onWall Street in 1937, and three years laterpurchased a small investment advisoryconcern—Templeton, Dobbrow, andVance, Inc. In 1954, he entered the mutualfund industry when he established hisflagship fund, the Templeton Growth Fund,which is now the longest-running U.S.mutual fund focusing on global investing.Templeton’s mutual fund business expandedto serve both institutions and individualswith two primary strategies: global equitiesand emerging-market equities. In 1992,Templeton sold the business to FranklinResources, which continues to operate adiversified mutual fund company under thename Franklin Templeton.Very much a contrarian when it cameto investing, Templeton was a staunchproponent of international investing longbefore it was popular in the United Statesto invest overseas. His financial strategiescreated some of the world’s largest and mostsuccessful international investment funds.Two of his maxims were, “It is impossible toproduce a superior performance unless youdo something different from the majority,”and “If you search worldwide, you will findmore bargains and better bargains than bystudying only one nation. Also, you gainthe safety of diversification.”Templeton brought his uniqueinvestment perspective to PrincetonSeminary in 1951 when he joined itsBoard of Trustees and took over managingits endowment. He was a member of theBoard for forty-two years, and its chair fortwelve years.Templeton first learned of PTS whenits choir sang in worship one Sunday athis church, the First Presbyterian Churchof Englewood, New Jersey. According toDavid Mace, a PTS trustee and formerchair of the Board, “From that pointon, John believed that the work of theSeminary was instrumental in the lifeof the [Christian] church both locallyand globally.”For nearly forty years Templeton helpedPTS fulfill its mission by using his flair formaking money to grow the endowment. Itwas a service that Templeton offered freeof charge and that some estimate wouldhave cost the Seminary millions. What wasa $4.5 million endowment in 1951 whenTempleton joined the Board increasedexponentially under his management.An ordained elder in the PresbyterianChurch (USA), Templeton approachedreligion as progressively as he approachedinvesting. He once said, “I have no quarrelwith what I learned in the PresbyterianChurch. I am still an enthusiastic Christian.But why shouldn’t I try to learn more? Whyshouldn’t I go to Hindu services? Whyshouldn’t I go to Muslim services? If youare not egotistical, you will welcome theopportunity to learn more.”A well-known philanthropist,Templeton gave away his money asaggressively as he made it, especially whenit concerned the advancement of religionthrough science. “Scientific revelations maybe a goldmine for revitalizing religion in thetwenty-first century,” Templeton once said.In 1972 Templeton founded a prizefor “progress toward research or discoveriesabout spiritual realities.” The TempletonPrize, worth more than a million dollars,is the largest annual monetary prize givento an individual; Templeton intended theprize to always be of greater monetaryfall 2008/winter/spring 2009investing in MINISTRYvalue than theNobel Prize,because hefelt spiritualprogressshould be asvaluable asprogress in thesciences andhumanities.Mother Sir John TempletonTeresa ofCalcutta wasthe first person to receive the award, in1973. Others who have won this covetedprize include evangelist Billy Graham,writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, former PTSpresident James McCord, and ThomasForsyth Torrance, renowned Reformedtheologian and father of current PTSpresident Iain Torrance.Furthering his quest to unite scienceand religion, Templeton, who was knightedby Queen Elizabeth II in 1987, createdthe Templeton Foundation that same year.The foundation’s mission is “to serve asa philanthropic catalyst for discovery inareas engaging life’s biggest questions.” Thefoundation, which in 2007 alone gave outapproximately $70 million in grant awards,is currently led by Templeton’s son, John M.Templeton Jr.As a pioneer in both financialinvestments and philanthropy, JohnTempleton spent a lifetime encouragingopen-mindedness, an open-mindednessthat allowed him to find value in all aspectsof life.In tribute to Templeton, the Seminaryand the Templeton Foundation held amemorial service for John Templeton at thePrinceton University Chapel in November,at which President Torrance officiated.Princeton Seminary has been blessed byTempleton’s longtime gifts of time, talent,and treasure. wMichele Janowitz is a freelance writerliving in New Jersey.inSpire • 51

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009investing in MINISTRYInvesting in ChildrenBY HEATHER ROOTE FALLEROutside the Seminary’s Carol GrayDupree Center for Children, a young childdances in a figure-eight pattern, acting outthe dance of the honeybees. Her classmatesplay the part of fellow “worker bees,”watching to see where to find flowers. Later,the children will make artwork about thedance of the bees.The dance of the bees is a Reggio“lesson,” one the students pursued for manyweeks. Reggio Emilia is a town in Italy, andalso the name of the educational philosophydeveloped there after Word War II. Thephilosophy is related to the work of JohnDewey, Lev Vygotsky, Jean Piaget, and others,and its hallmarks include a collaborative,project-based learning style, and a negotiatedcurriculum—a curriculum that teacher andstudents create together based on the currentinterests of the children. According to theReggio philosophy, children’s ideas andunderstanding should be allowed to unfoldover time; in a Reggio classroom, as in Italy,there is always domani, tomorrow.Dian Wisdom, the director of the center,first learned of the Reggio philosophy tenyears ago at a continuing education eventCarol Gray Dupreefor teachers, but it wasn’t until 2005, afterearning her master’s degree in education, thatshe embraced the Reggio philosophy andbegan working with the teachers to enact it atthe center.A key teaching tool for Italian Reggiopractictioners is provocazione, which meansto provoke; Americans call it “asking theessential question.” In either case, theteachers facilitate the children’s learning byasking probing questions that encouragethe children to pursuetheir interests, to thinkcreatively, and to formulatehypotheses that they thenexplore through research.The essential question isoften based on the children’sconversation; if the childrenare talking about a bee theysaw homing in on flowers onthe playground, the teachermight simply ask, “Howdoes it do that?” and thenlisten to the hypotheses ofthe children. Their learningis documented in one of“One Hundred Languages,”a Reggio term referringto the many creative expressions availableto children, from drama to art projects tomusic. What looks like play, such as enactingthe carefully choreographed dance of thehoneybees, is considered the child’s work.The method is considered a best practiceamong many early-childhood educators.Wisdom says that bringing the Reggiophilosophy to the center made somedramatic changes in the children’s experience.“The noise level is down, social maturitydevelops much more quickly, and thereare fewer discipline problems,” she says.Reggio’s emphasis on collaborative learning,negotiating skills, and respect for each personhas allowed the children to become a truecommunity. Wisdom sees in Reggio anembodiment of Christian values: “EverythingI learned from the New Testament, I see inReggio,” she says.Open to the children of students, faculty,and staff of the Seminary, the Carol GrayDupree Center for Children at the WestWindsor Campus currently serves fifty-fourchildren ages three months to five years old.The center is named for Carol Gray Dupree,daughter of William R. (B.D, 1946) andMargaret J. Dupree. Carol died of cancerin 1999, and before her death she and herparents agreed to establish the Carol GrayDupree Center for Children EndowmentArt project by three-year-old Kayla. She titled her collage, “Beestalk to each other by doing the waggle dance.”Fund at the Seminary in honor of her deepdesire to work with children. MargaretDupree, mother of Carol Gray Dupree,died in August of 2008, and the familyrequested that contributions in her memorybe made to the Seminary fund named forher daughter. The officiating minister atMargaret Dupree’s service was the ReverendThomas Sweets (M.Div., 2004), pastorof the Madeira-Silverwood PresbyterianChurch in Cincinnati, Ohio. Karen Behm,granddaughter of William and Margaret,graduated from Princeton Seminary with aMaster of Divinity degree in 2006.To make a gift to the Carol Gray DupreeCenter for Children Endowment, contactClaire Noon, director of development, at609.497.7756. wPhoto: Princeton Theological Seminary52 • inSpire

Coming Full CircleBY MICHELE JANOWITZWhen talking with PrincetonTheological Seminary alumnus MichaelLindvall (M.Div., 1974), pastor of The BrickPresbyterian Church in New York City, andChase Hunt (M.Div., 1961), the seminaryfield education program coordinatorthere, about their more than thirty-yearrelationship, one of the things that is evidentis the mutual respect these men have forone another.While there is certainly nothing unusualabout two colleagues having a long-standingfriendship, what is unusual is the waythat their relationship has played out overthe years.“Full circle” is the way both mendescribe how their relationship has evolved,and the term is quite fitting.Hunt started his pastoral career at Brickin 1962, and he left nearly seven years laterto take on a position as pastor and head ofstaff at Drayton Avenue Presbyterian Churchin Ferndale, Michigan. It wasn’t long aftertwo of his assistants left for other churchesthat Hunt realized he needed help withhis sizable congregation of more than onethousand people.He decided to scour his alma mater forlikely candidates, and after several interviewshe met Lindvall for the first time.“I think that I am right in saying thatthe next to the last person I spoke withwas Michael Lindvall, and about halfwaythrough the conversation with MichaelI thought, ‘This is the fellow; this is theman,’” says Hunt fondly.Lindvall eventually accepted theposition and came to work for Hunt atDrayton Avenue. “I finally decided thatthe most important criterion in choosingwhich church I might serve was the pastorwith whom I would be working,” admitsLindvall. “It was more important thangeography; it was more important thanjob description; it was more importantthan salary; it was more important thanMichael Lindvall (left) and Chase Huntwhere I was going to live. The single mostimportant thing for a role like that was whoI would be working with as my colleague,and it did not take long for me to figureout that Chase Hunt was somebody thatI wanted to work with.”The duo enjoyed five years together atDrayton Avenue until they decided to setoff on divergent paths: Hunt took a positionas director of planned giving at PrincetonTheological Seminary, while Lindvall movedon to become the pastor of a church in LongIsland, New York.Although they no longer workedtogether, the two had formed a bond thatkept them connected throughout the years.“We formed a wonderful relationship.…So, yes, we kept in fairly regularly contactover the years,” says Lindvall.After spending about thirteen yearsin Long Island and another ten years afterthat at a church in Ann Arbor, Michigan,Lindvall eventually took on the positionof pastor and head of staff at The BrickPresbyterian Church.He says he was won over after thepastoral search committee at Brick presentedhim with what he calls a “spirituallypersuasive case.” He says, “I found myselfsurprised to be serving the church that myfirst colleague had served as assistant pastorthirty years earlier.”When he started working at the church,Lindvall soon found his former colleagueand friend coming to mind, in ways hecouldn’t have predicted. “When I did myfirst wedding, I was being assisted by thechurch’s long-time wedding coordinator…and after the wedding rehearsal was overhe said ‘It’s fascinating, Michael. You dofall 2008/winter/spring 2009investing in MINISTRYweddings just like all the other ministers atBrick Church have done weddings, and youare brand new. How would you know?’ Andit never occurred to me how I would do aBrick Church wedding, having never beenat Brick Church before, and then I realizedit was Chase Hunt who taught me to doweddings thirty years earlier, and of coursehe did weddings the way they were doneat Brick Church. So it was no coincidenceat all!”It certainly wasn’t a coincidence thatbrought the two together again.About two years ago, The Brick Churchlaunched a mentoring program. Thefirst coordinator was the Reverend OscarMcCloud, who retired in 2008.“When Oscar decided he wanted toretire, I wracked my brain to think whoI could identify to fill his shoes, and, ofcourse, the thought occurred to me thatthe person that mentored me so faithfullyand gently thirty years ago would be justthe ideal person to mentor other youngseminarians all these years later,” saysLindvall, adding, “and he would know BrickChurch…. So, there was that wonderfulcircle completed.”Hunt was more than happy to bereunited with his old friend and his firstcall in ministry. He accepted the offer,and started mentoring there in September,supervising field education students fromUnion Theological Seminary in New York,and from PTS, including M.Div. middlerJeremy Jinkins. “Chase Hunt brings alibrary’s worth of anecdotes for respondingto situations as a pastor,” says Jinkins. “Heemploys stories from his life in service to thechurch to help me connect the dots betweenthe classroom and the practical world.”When talking about how the dynamicof their relationship has shifted from Huntbeing head of staff and Lindvall’s supervisorat Drayton Avenue to Lindvall now beinghead of staff and Hunt’s supervisor at Brick,Lindvall says, “It’s not very much different.We still work as colleagues, and thatdifferential doesn’t seem to play into thingsat all.” winSpire • 53

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009investing in MINISTRYTrustees—Princeton’s Strongest SupportersDeborah McKinleyBY BARBARA A. CHAAPELDeborah McKinley loves being a trusteeof Princeton Seminary because she lovesthe church, and understands the Seminary’smission as being in service to the church.Her understanding is grounded in theSeminary’s foundational document, itsmission statement: the Seminary “offers itsscholarship in service to God’s renewal of thechurch’s life and mission.”The mission statement, and the strategicplan through which it is implemented,address what McKinley believes is thekey question for trustees in providingoversight and leadership: What is PrincetonTheological Seminary’s mission?“We are not a school of religion, or thereligion department of a university,” she says.“Our students don’t just study for intellectualpursuit, but for the sake of ministry. Weteach them how to ‘think’ the faith in orderto better help the church ‘live’ the faith. Ourresources as a seminary are not just ours, butthe church’s.”Preparing men and women for ministryin the church and the world means that forMcKinley, students are at the center. Shechairs the Board’s Committee on StudentLife, and urges her Board colleagues tounderstand the institution’s finances andits curriculum in terms of their impact onreal people, real students. “It’s easy for theBoard to get caught up in academics or infinancial issues, especially in the economicsituation we are in right now. Yet, our centralmission is about our students and preparingthem for ministry. So financial and academicdecisions must be considered with thatmission in mind.”McKinley’s life is centered in thechurch’s ministry. She came to Princetonas a candidate under the care of San DiegoPresbytery, and when she graduated in1982 was called as assistant pastor of PineStreet Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg,Pennsylvania, where her now fellow trustee54 • inSpireFred Anderson (M.Div.,1973; D.Min., 1981)was pastor and head of staff. In 1991 she leftPine Street to serve as associate for worshipin the Office of Theology and Worship ofthe Presbyterian Church, where she helpedintroduce a new hymnal and the Book ofCommon Worship. In 1995 she was called tobe pastor of the Old Pine Street PresbyterianChurch in Philadelphia, and just this past fallbecame pastor and head of staff of LewinsvillePresbyterian Church in McLean, Virginia.Along the way, McKinley has valuedsupervising students from Princetonand other seminaries in field educationplacements in her congregations. “I haveloved working with seminarians,” shesays, “helping them step into who Godis calling them to be. I want the depth ofjoy I have experienced in ministry for all ofour students, and I want Princeton to givethem the very best tools for ministry thatwe can give.”For example, she believes the Seminarytries to help students learn to thinktheologically about stewardship, not justgive them a good stewardship program.McKinley joined the Board of Trusteesseven years ago as an alumni/ae trustee,elected by her fellow graduates. She servedfor three years, through 2003–2004, andwas a member of the search committee thatbrought Iain Torrance to Princeton as itssixth president. After a year off, in 2005 shewas elected a charter trustee.She greatly values working as a colleagueand partner of President Torrance. “Iainhas helped Princeton Seminary move ontothe international stage, much like formerpresidents Mackay and McCord did. Todaythe world is so different, with almost instantaccess to other parts of the world. There is somuch we can receive, and so much we canoffer.” She believes the Seminary’s new libraryembodies what Princeton can offer the world.“The new library will both be a resource forstudents on campus,” she says, “and it willallow people with laptops in Asia to accessresources they would not otherwise have.”McKinley values the cross-culturalexchanges that are possible for both facultyand students, and believes these help preparestudents for ministry on a world stage.McKinley traveled to China with PTSBoard members several years ago and foundchurches “jam-packed,” with widescreen TVsin the courtyards to reach overflow crowds.While still a state-controlled church, thechurch in China is just one of the growingchurches in the global South and Asia thatcan teach churches in America and Europe,which are declining, what God is calling thechurch to be in this century.Of great interest to McKinley is theSeminary’s involvement, through PresidentTorrance, in Christian-Muslim dialogue. Shevalues Torrance’s commitment to thinkingabout theological education in new ways.“It is not just the content of the classes thatis important to him,” she says, “althoughwe know that at Princeton the content isalways excellent. It is also the form, thepedagogy, how classes are taught. Studentsneed to learn how to do original research,how to collaborate, integrate, and workacross disciplines.” For McKinley, that’show ministry is done today, and the kindof ministry that will ensure a thriving churchin the future. wPhoto: Eric Rasmussen

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009investing in MINISTRYTrustees—Princeton’s Strongest SupportersFrancisco Garcia-TretoBY HEATHER ROOTE FALLERIn 1950 thirteen-year-old FranciscoGarcia-Treto found himself living in PayneHall at Princeton Theological Seminarywhile his father, superintendent of the CubanPresbyterian Church, studied at PTS for ayear. Garcia-Treto returned to the UnitedStates when his university studies in Cubawere interrupted by the government in 1955.He attended Maryville College in Tennessee.“I was just going to be there for a year andget my English, and be a chemical engineer,”he says, “but all the time I was wrestlingwith an alternative career choice.” When hedecided to go to seminary, he changed hismajor to philosophy and took classical Greek,so that when he came to Princeton Seminaryas a Master of Divinity student in 1959, hestarted Hebrew right away. “I fell in lovewith the language,” he says, “and I decidedI wanted to teach Old Testament.”That calling to teach was forged inPrinceton Seminary’s classrooms as a Hebrewteaching assistant, and also in his fieldeducation. Garcia-Treto hadn’t been oncampus long when he received a call from J.Christie Wilson, director of fieldwork andassociate professor of ecumenics. Wilsontold him that Union Seminary in New Yorkneeded a Spanish-speaking student for theEast Harlem Protestant Parish Project. ThereGarcia-Treto worked with Letty Russell, oneof the first women ordained in the UnitedPresbyterian Church. “I grew up in Havana,I knew what urban poverty was, but I hadnever seen the American variety…or thediversity of the United States,” he says. “Ithink in part because of that experience I’vehad a lifelong conviction that the church canreally be active and effective in social work.”After earning his M.Div. in 1962,Garcia-Treto pursued his doctorate at PTS,graduating in 1966. “I was at the TBA,and someone came up to me and said, ‘Dr.McCord wants to see you,’” Garcia-Tretosays. “McCord said to me, ‘Frank, have youever been to Texas?’ I said, ‘No, Sir.’ Hehanded me a letter and said, ‘I think you’lllike it.’” The letter was from James Laurie,the president of Trinity University in SanAntonio, inviting Garcia-Treto to teach there.Garcia-Treto was professor of religionat Trinity for forty years. With R. DouglasBrackenridge he is author of IglesiaPresbiteriana: A History of Presbyterians andMexican Americans in the Southwest (TrinityUniversity Press, 1974). An ordainedPresbyterian minister, Garcia-Treto wasa participant in the PBS program Genesis:A Living Conversation with Bill Moyers.The role of Hispanics in the churchis an important concern for Garcia-Treto.“McCord…was a Texan, and much morethan people at the time in the East, he wasaware of the presence of Hispanics in thechurch,” says Garcia-Treto. “One reason I wasasked to be on the Board was that McCordwanted Latina/o representation,” he says.Garcia-Treto participated in the foundingof the Hispanic Theological Initiative, andhelped bring it to Princeton in 1999. Thatsame year then-president Tom Gillespieand the Board of Trustees established theGarcia-Treto Faculty Fellowship as part ofthe Hispanic Summer Program (HSP), anitinerant program for Latina/o graduatestudents in theology and religion.For eighteen of his years on the Board,Garcia-Treto was either vice chair or chair ofthe Academic Affairs Committee, where hisexpertise as an academic was highly valued.In 2000–2001 he was invited to teach coursesin Latina/o biblical exegesis at the Seminaryas a visiting scholar.Garcia-Treto says he gives to PrincetonSeminary because it has always given muchmore to him. “Having been a trustee for thismany years, there’s one thing I understandclearly: no matter how large the endowment,there’s never going to come a point whereany institution can long survive or thrivewithout the financial input of its alumni/aeand friends,” he says. “Even now [in thiseconomy] our endowment is a daunting sumof money. But…it’s incredible how costly itis to keep a seminary going, and I say thathaving been acquainted with other seminariesthat aren’t so fortunate, some of which havehad to close.”Garcia-Treto’s hope for Princeton isthat it continues to be a leader and resourcefor the world church. “I remember formerPresident Mackay from my vantage pointgrowing up in Latin America,” says Garcia-Treto. “The Cuban church knew about himand respected him immensely. PresidentMcCord was involved in the ecumenicalmovement, and gave us a sense that theSeminary was serving the church and theworld, and was not a regional Presbyterianseminary. With Iain Torrance, I’m beginningto sense that’s what’s going on.”As a member of the Committee onTrustees of the Board, Garcia-Treto helpsto recruit new members. “I have here onmy desk a file of Hispanic alumni/ae,”Garcia-Treto says, “because I’m interestedin having Hispanic trustees. I’m not gettingany younger.” In fact 2012 will be the fiftiethanniversary of Garcia-Treto’s Seminary class,and his seventy-fifth birthday, so he’ll becomea trustee emeritus. “It promises a lot of thingsin my life converging, and it goes to showwhat a place Princeton Seminary has had inmy life,” he says. winSpire • 55Photo: Eric Rasmussen

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009investing in MINISTRYGiftsThis list includes gifts made betweenApril 1, 2008, and December 31, 2008.Annual FundIn Honor/Appreciation ofDiogenes AllenRichard S. Armstrong (’58B)Michael C. Baynai (’98B)Carol A. BellesBrian K. Blount (’81B)Peter BrattSusan Ann Sytsma Bratt (’06B)Dean R. Brown (’00B)Edda M. BrownSally A. Brown (’80G/’01D)Samuel David Chambers (’45B)Howard F.M. Childers (’61B)Sondra Lee ChildersFloyd W. Churn (’68B/’95P)Kenda Creasy Dean (’97D)Marija S. DiViaioHeather Prince Doss (’06B)Lucy DuckoDouglas A. (’54B) and Ellie DunderdaleElizabeth Edwards (’62B/’65M/’72D)Abigail Rian Evans (’61B)Chloe Malia FallerPatricia P. and Whitworth (’99B)Ferguson IIIDiane Jamison Fitch (’93B)Carol FreebairnKarlfried FroehlichJames W. GafgenFreda A. GardnerThomas W. Gillespie (’54B)Otha Gilyard (’74B)Darrell L. GuderGeddes W. Hanson (’72D)Judith H. (’86B) and Kenneth J.(’84B) HockenberryNoah Hoffman’s son’s recoveryJohn E. Hunn (’54B)Todd B. Jones (’79B)David F. Judd (’86B)James F. KayRoss Howard LangFrederick F. LansillClarice Martin56 • inSpireJames A. Mays (’58B)Bruce L. McCormack (’89D)Kennedy M. McGowan (’89B)Moira McLeod McGuinn (’02B)Elsie Anne McKee (’82D)James D. Miller (’77B)Gerald S. Mills (’56B/’75P)W. Bradley Munroe (’88B)Nancy E. Muth (’79B)Chae Woon (’74M) and Young Soon NaJames R. Neumann (’82B)Patricia NeumannJ. Randall Nichols (’67B/’70D)John J.M. O’Brien-Prager (’85B)Richard R. OsmerDonald and Sarah OwenEarl F. Palmer (’56B)Princeton Theological SeminaryPrinceton Theological Seminary Bulletinand inSpirePrinceton Theological SeminaryClass of 1956Princeton Theological SeminaryClass of 1986Princeton Theological SeminaryClass of 1990Princeton Theological SeminaryClass of 2006Princeton Theological Seminary literatureElmer and Florence RidleyCharles A. Ryerson IIIKatharine Doob SakenfeldNancy Schongalla-Bowman (’79B)Terry Kukuk Sheppard (’97B)Kay E. Steddom (’87B)Jeanne M. Stevenson-Moessner (’75E)Cullen I K Story (’64D)Cara Rae Taylor (’04B)William Tennent SocietyKurt and Edith UlmerUnion Church of Pocantico Hills,New YorkTy Dennis Walker (’61B)David B. Watermulder (’45B/’48M)Kirianne Elizabeth Weaver (’01B)Clinton T. WheelerRichard L. Young (’89B)“Chaplains serving special ministries”“Thirtieth Anniversary of Graduation”“Twentieth Anniversary of Graduation”In Memory ofT. Howland Akland (’40B)Carlton C. Allen (’36B)Reuben T. Allen Jr. (’45B)Margaret A. Allison (’51E)Willis A. Baxter (’38B)David J. Beale (1865B)Wilson T.M. Beale (1902B)W.J. Beeners (’48B)William N. (’57B) and Carolyn K. BoakRobert B. Boell (’38B)C. Harold Brackbill (’50B)Donald W. Bracken (’56B)Osmond P. Breland (’00b)Chandler McCuskey BrooksElaine BrowerG. Robert Buttrick (’52B)Harry E. Chase IV (’51B)Gilmore D. ClarkeWilbur R. Closterhouse (’41B)Sidney R. Conger (’55B)Robert G. Cotter (’64B)Alice DemingAlbert G. Dezso (’46B)Edward A. Dowey (’43B)Wallace Edward Easter (’47B)Stephen D. Eastin (’84B)Jane EastmanFrederick W. EvansFrederick W. Evans Jr. (’47B)Walter A. Fitton (’54B/’57M)George P. Fulton Jr. (’44B)Philip W. Furst (’35B)Leon W. Gibson (’59D)William A. Gibson (’46B)Neill Quinn Hamilton (’51B/’53M)Harry Walter Haring (1893B)Frank E. Havens III (’55B)George S. HendryGeorge M. Hirose (’54M)John C. Holden (’52B)Stephen H. Janssen (’75B)Reuel E. Johnson (’48B)Donald H. JuelHugh Thomson Kerr Jr.Bryant M. Kirkland (’38B)Theresa KonyaViola KowalskiHoward Tillman KuistGuy E. Lambert (’45B/’53M)Bickford Lang (’48B)

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009investing in MINISTRYWilliam J. Larkin (’43B)James E. Latham (’54B)Joseph J. Lemen (’50B)Lester Blaine Libbey Jr. (’63B)David E. Ling (’52B)Lefferts LoetscherJohn E. Luchies (’39M/’47D)John A. Mackay (’15B)Donald Macleod (’46G)John G. Marvin (’36B)Ulrich W. MauserGeorge S. Maxwell (’29B)Hazel T. McCordJames I. McCordAndrew A. McElwee (’50B)Bruce M. Metzger (’38B/’39M)David D. Miles (’89B/’91M)Charles C. Miller Jr. (’53B)Samuel MillerWilliam McElwee Miller (’18B/’19M)Filbert L. Moore Jr. (’65B)Carl Robert MuellerDavid A. Neely (’46B/’53M)David C. Newquist (’44B/’48M)Janet A. Noble-Richardson (’87B)Raymond A. Nott (’53B)Viggo Norskov Olsen (’60M)Raymond C. Ortlund (’50B)Leonard J. Osbrink (’45B)Warren W. Ost (’51B)Maxine PalmerGeorge T. Peters (’40B)Otto A. PiperPaul H. Pittman III (’89B)Richard C. Redfield (’46B)J. Stephen Richardson (’67B)George W. RieszElizabeth S. RobinsonMuriel Osgood Roe (’50e)David Rogge (’66B)John P. Rudert Jr.George Y. Rusk (’16E)Yvonne SefcikCarlton J. Sieber (’41B)Joseph R. SizooMeldy SmithCharles A. Sommers (’60B)William M. Sparks (’63B)Robert E. Speer (1893b)Ruthanne Kirk StaufferR. David Steele (’55B)Katherine StennerTerrie J. Stine-TeBordo (’77B)Cullen I K Story (’64D)Wilma P. StoryRalph A. Tamaccio (’51B)Sir John M. TempletonRalph Brownlow Thompson (’66B)Robert F. Touchton (’77B)Herbert C. Tweedie (’41M)Reinhardt Van Dyke (’38b)Natalie Vaughan (’67E)Arvo E. Vaurio (’61B)G. William Vogel Jr. (’51B)R. Stanley Wallace (’55B)David W. Weaver (’31B)D. Campbell WyckoffDavid and Muriel YoungVirginia Frederick YoungSuzan E. Zink (’92B)“All who die from gun violence”Scholarship FundIn Honor/Appreciation ofHoward F.M. Childers (’61B)Kenda Creasy Dean (’97D)Robert C. DykstraJoshua S. Erickson (’08B)Charles B. Hardwick (’99B/’07D)John C. Hembruch (’87B/’96P)James F. KayAndrea (’07B) and Dean (’07B) HaughtonKladderElizabeth D. McLean (’00B)David D. Prince (’58B)Nancy Lincoln Reynolds (’80B)Luis Rivera-PagánCharles T. Rush Jr. (’91D)John Edwin Slater Jr. (’47B)Mark P. Thomas (’80B/’97P)Elaine L. Woroby (’86B)Richard L. Young (’89B)In Memory ofGeorge W. Carson (’47B)Alexander T. Coyle (’30B)W.H. and Carolyn CuttinoPeter and Alice FrantzenJohn Dickinson Harkness (’37M)Robert C. Holland (’62B)Fredrick D. Sundloff (’52B)The Campaign for the PrincetonSeminary LibraryIn Honor/Appreciation ofRussell H. Ritchel (’79B)Morag TorranceIain R. TorranceIn Memory ofSusan Hall Galloway (’66E)H. Raymond and Lillian Dare GotwalsWilliam F. Sr. and Emily RogersThe Reverend Dr. LawrenceA. Chamberlain ScholarshipEndowment FundIn Memory ofWard ChamberlainHarwood and Willa Childs MemorialScholarship Endowment FundIn Honor/Appreciation ofMargaret Childs ArmstrongClass of 1958 50th Anniversary GiftIn Honor/Appreciation ofPrinceton Theological SeminaryIn Memory ofJane EastmanJoseph Jackson Harber (’59B)Patricia ShawThomas Laurence Thorne (’58B)Class of 1970 ScholarshipEndowment FundIn Honor/Appreciation ofJ. Paul Cameron IV (’70E)Jack Cooper (’43B)Freda A. GardnerPrinceton Theological SeminaryClass of 1970In Memory ofArthur M. Adams (’34B)J. Christiaan BekerGilmore D. ClarkeJoseph R. SizooinSpire • 57

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009investing in MINISTRYDavid Livingstone Crawford MemorialScholarship Endowment FundIn Memory ofDavid L. Crawford (’47B)Charles Graham PellingThe Carol Gray Dupree Centerfor ChildrenIn Memory ofMargaret I. DupreePeter K. and Helen W. EmmonsScholarship Endowment FundIn Memory ofDavid Emmons MaguireField Education Scholarship FundIn Honor/Appreciation ofKathy KihlstromFirst Presbyterian Church inMorristown—The Reverend Dr.Thomas S. Mutch ScholarshipEndowment FundIn Memory ofThomas S. MutchInternational Students ScholarshipEndowment FundIn Memory ofMargaret I. DupreeMrs. Norma Macleod MemorialScholarship FundIn Memory ofDonald Macleod (’46G)Thomas A. and Alma Neale WorldMission and Evangelism Prize inSpeech CommunicationsIn Memory ofG. Robert Jacks (’59B)Princeton Theological SeminaryIn Memory ofAlfred F. BradyPrinceton Theological SeminaryScholarship Endowment FundIn Honor/Appreciation ofRobert W. Bohl (’61B)Speer Library FundIn Memory ofScott Schuller (’06b)Class Stewards Step Forward in FaithKeeping alumni/ae connected to the Seminary and contributing prayerfully and financially to its future is a task too big for one person.Since 1978 class stewards have volunteered to help keep their class in communication with the Seminary, and to help raise money for theAnnual Fund. In October current class stewards had their annual meeting on the day before reunion. The group heard from Professor DanielMigliore about “The Generosity of God,” talked with administrators about the Seminary’s present and future goals, and talked with ClaireNoon, director of development, about encouraging more alumni/ae to connect to the Seminary and to give to the Annual Fund. For moreinformation about class stewards, or to give to the Annual Fund, contact Claire Noon, director of development, at claire.noon@ptsem.edu or1.800.622.6767, ext. 7756. wGifts to the following scholarship endowment funds, awards, and chairs have been gratefully received in honor/appreciation of or inmemory of those for whom they are named. Others who wish to donate to these funds are welcome to do so, with our gratitude. For moreinformation about these funds, please contact the Seminary Relations Office at 609.497.7750 or by email at seminary.relations@ptsem.edu.W.J. Beeners (’48B)Samuel W. Blizzard (’39B/’41M)Clement A. BowleCharles S. Burgess (’50B)Joseph and Rose CarlucciWilbur R. Closterhouse (’41B)Alexander T. Coyle (’30B)Ruth M. DemarestJohn R. and Isabel Hyde DonelikWilliam H. Felmeth (’42B)First Presbyterian Church of BurlingameSusan Hall Galloway (’66E)Geddes W. Hanson (’72D)Edler G. HawkinsCristabel S. HillG. Robert Jacks (’59B)Robert K. Kelley (’48B)Bryant M. Kirkland (’38B)John Thomas Kort (’73B/’90P)Richard H. Lackey Jr.John S. and Mary B. LinenC. Frederick (’57B) and Cleta R. MathiasSalvatore and Clara MigliorePrinceton Theological SeminaryClass of 1952Princeton Theological SeminaryClass of 1998Princeton Theological SeminaryTouring ChoirScott Schuller (’06b)Thomas F. TorranceMrs. Harry Bushnell WeldRobert Doran Young58 • inSpire

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009in MEMORIAMBlessed are the dead…who die in the Lord. Yes, says the Spirit, they will restfrom their labors, for their deeds will follow them.Revelation 14:13Bruce LarsonDecember 15, 2008Seattle, Washington1940: Ellis L. GravesMarch 25, 2008St. Petersburg, FloridaRobert E. HarveyApril 12, 2008Miami, FloridaRobert H. PhilipsJune 30, 2008Beaver, Pennsylvania1941: Irvin W. BatdorfFebruary 16, 2008Derry, PennsylvaniaWilbur ClosterhouseJune 27, 2008Holland, Michigan1942: James R. CarrollNovember 24, 2008Lubbock, Texas1944: James Horton UnderwoodFebruary 13, 2008Cape Elizabeth, Maine1945: Henry BajemaJuly 25, 2008Grand Rapids, MichiganWilson Harold YostSeptember 12, 2008Sun City, Arizona1946: Howard M. Reinard Sr.January 5, 2009Elizabethtown, Pennyslvania1947: Kwai S. ChangApril 12, 2008Atlanta, GeorgiaArthur M. HughesAugust 26, 2008Jefferson City, MissouriRichard W. IrwinSeptember 26, 2008São Paulo, BrazilElizabeth Plaxco PatrickMay 10, 2008Charlotte, North Carolina1948: Henry L. JacobsDecember 29, 2008Somers Point, New JerseyJohn Lawrence MillerJanuary 6, 2008Houston, TexasJames D. OrmistonAugust 14, 2008Naramata, British Columbia, CanadaFrank Y. RamseyOctober 26, 2008Bethel Park, Pennsylvania1949: James A. McAllisterFebruary 1, 2008Brooks, OregonJoseph S. StephensJanuary 5, 2008San Clemente, CaliforniaMilton B. VereideOctober 24, 2008Port Angeles, Washington1950: Jean Cassat ChristmanSeptember 28, 2008Van Nuys, CaliforniaRobert Treat DemingMay 17, 2008Fredericksburg, TexasF. James TelfordNovember 11, 2008Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada1951: Margaret A. AllisonMay 4, 2008Roanoke, VirginiaJames Knowles EglyApril 5, 2006Portland, Oregon1952: J. Milton BellJanuary 14, 2008Verona, New JerseyCarl H. Geores Jr.December 15, 2008Monmouth, MaineFrank W.R. NicholApril 19, 2008Dunedin, New ZealandRobert J. ThomsonOctober 5, 2008Arlington, Texas1953: Herbert R. DymaleJanuary 8, 2009Canton, OhioOrmond L. Hampton Jr.July 24, 2008Fort Myers, FloridaRobert E. VanBuskirkDecember 5, 2008Los Angeles, California1954: James R. BeltJuly 31, 2008Portland, Oregon1955: Ronald L. McDuffieAugust 17, 2008Three Lakes, WisconsinFoster WilsonJanuary 9, 2008Red Bank, New Jersey1956: Donald W. BrackenMarch 16, 2008Frederick, MarylandHerbert H. DongellOctober 23, 2008Central, South CarolinaJohn A. JohnstonJanuary 10, 2008Hamilton, Ontario, Canada1957: Thomas E. HeinleinAugust 8, 2008Akron, OhioVirginia Stokes JonesSeptember 23, 2008Washington DCVernon H. NeufeldJuly 18, 2008Bakersfield, CaliforniainSpire • 59

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009in MEMORIAMJohn R. Topping Jr.August 3, 2008Oakton, Virginia1958: Robert C. HicksMay 19, 2008Lansdale, PennsylvaniaMartin B. OlsenOctober 14, 2007Chatham, Illinois1959: Joseph J. HarberJune 28, 2008Lexington, KentuckyRobert E. WettstoneJuly 22, 2008Troy, Ohio1961: Richard A. SnyderJuly 5, 2008DeKalb, Illinois1963: Linn J. CreightonJuly 29, 2008Kennett Square, PennsylvaniaDuane P. HolloranMay 3, 2008Phoenix, Arizona1965: Melvin L. BoringSeptember 12, 2008Eastsound, WashingtonGail Buchwalter KingFebruary 16, 2008Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaJerome J. LeksaMarch 17, 2008Wheaton, Illinois1966: Lewis E. BenderNovember 18, 2008High Point, North CarolinaWilliam W. FletcherSeptember 2, 2008Lower Gwynedd, PennsylvaniaM. Douglas SwendseidJanuary 24, 2008Minneapolis, Minnesota1967: Leslie BorsayNovember 23, 2008Jefferson, IowaDonald R. CaugheyJuly 10, 2004Tucson, Arizona1968: James CampbellAugust 24, 2008Maryville, TennesseeErling A. JacobsonSeptember 4, 2008Sun City, Arizona1969: George M. DochertyNovember 27, 2008Alexandria, Pennsylvania1972: Gilbert L. BenderAugust 10, 2008Independence, MissouriJ. Val HastingsOctober 31, 2007Millersville, Pennsylvania1973: Lincoln D. HurstNovember 11, 2008Davis, CaliforniaGale W. MoserMay 16, 2008Titusville, New Jersey1975: Richmond J. EganJanuary 12, 2008Atlanta, Georgia1976: Carl K. TowleyJanuary 14, 2009Pittsfield, Massachusetts1980: Mary C. BrownMay 20, 2008Atlanta, Georgia1981: Alfred C. AcerJune 13, 2008Eatontown, New JerseyKaren A. BlombergJuly 21, 2008Alexandria, VirginiaGeorge Kent McCainMarch 6, 2008Boulder, Colorado1982: Aedan ManningMay 14, 2008Hyattsville, Maryland1984: Stephen D. EastinAugust 4, 2008Mandan, North Dakota1985: Kenneth MartinFebruary 28, 2008Cold Springs, Ontario, CanadaFrank Stephens Jr.December 31, 2008Yeadon, Pennsylvania1986: Anne C. ShelleyFebruary 9, 2008Rock Hill, South Carolina1991: Dana Ferguson MyersOctober 27, 2008Oak Park, Illinois2000: William Gaffney Jr.December 29, 2008Orlando, FloridaFACULTYDean R. HogeSeptember 13, 2008Baltimore, MarylandUlrich W. MauserJuly 5, 2008Trafford, PennsylvaniaCullen I K StoryNovember 29, 2008Loganville, Georgia60 • inSpire

fall 2008/winter/spring 2009end THINGSThe Black Church TraditionA Continuing Political LegacyBY YOLANDA PIERCEOn the evening of November 4, 2008,African American churches all over thecountry sponsored election-return-watchingparties; these churches, large and small,erupted into celebration when the electionwas called for Barack Obama. This imageis particularly powerful if you know that itwas in the black church, within the walls ofsome of these very sanctuaries, that AfricanAmericans first began to realize their politicaland human agency. And it is the power of theblack church tradition that Barack Obama,a twenty-first-century politician, continuesto draw on for inspiration and guidance.The black church historically provideda gathering place in which African Americanscould dream big dreams, and these bigdreams gave rise to property ownershipand educational institutions. The very firstblack schools, colleges, and universities werechurch-affiliated, and the very ground onwhich eighteenth- and nineteenth-centuryblack churches were built often representedthe first step to home ownership and propertyrights (and thus, voting rights). The pulpit ofthe black church historically birthed some ofour country’s greatest speakers and statesmen,who drew on biblical imagery and wieldedit with the cadences and rhythms unique tothe black experience. The rituals and freedomof the black church gave black womenpower and authority as they negotiated thepolitics of both race and gender. The blackchurch, for more than 300 years, was thecenter of religious, social, and cultural lifefor African Americans.So as I watched the celebrations onelection night at these churches, my soulreflected on the 300 years of politicalpower and religious witness that the blackchurch represents. These Christian churchescelebrating an Obama victory believe inthe eschatological hope of a better worldthat is to come; but they also believe in anever-present God of peace and justice inthis earthly world. In 1787, Absalom Jones,Richard Allen, and others left the whiteSt. George’s Methodist Church because ofthe racism they experienced there, and theywent on to found the African MethodistEpiscopal (AME) Church, the oldest blackdenomination. These men were drawing ontheir belief in a God who could establish ajust kingdom on this earth, as it is in heaven.So on election night in 2008, I witnessedmen and women throughout the nationcelebrating the notion that they were justone step closer to that vision. And they wereresponding to a man who evoked the blackchurch tradition in his speech.When Barack Obama accepted theDemocratic nomination for president inDenver, his rhetoric was as lively as anyminister. He quoted Baptist preacher MartinLuther King Jr. when he said, “We cannotwalk alone…and as we walk, we must makethe pledge that we shall always march ahead.We cannot turn back.” In his campaignspeeches, Obama referenced FrederickDouglass, an AME preacher, when he said,“Don’t think for a minute that power willconcede anything.” As Douglass reminds usin his 1845 slave memoir, “Power concedesnothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.” It is no accident that Obamachose to pay homage to two of the greatestministers that the black church traditionhas produced.Barack Obama is international andcosmopolitan; he is biracial and multiethnic;he is highly intelligent and sophisticated.And yet, the strength of the people, thewords, and the rhythms of the black churchare also a part of what has made him whohe is. It is a part of what has made Americawhat America is. We, as a nation, are apeople of many faiths, religious traditions,creeds, and doctrines. And that diversityis our strength. The black church remainsa forceful institution, alongside many otherorganizations and institutions, devoted tothe cause of peace and justice for all people.But we cannot forget that the black churchis also a living witness, a historical reminderthat the Christian church can, and must,produce men and women committed tobeing visionaries, servant-leaders, and activeagents for social change.Barack Obama is just one man. Aspresident for the next four years, he will befaced with some of the toughest economicand social conditions that this nation hasever known. He will make many mistakesand missteps. We, as a nation, will makea judgment in a few short years as to theeffectiveness of Obama’s political leadership.But my prayer is that the hope and theenergy and the change that fueled hiscampaign, stirred the skeptics, and inspiredthe disenfranchised will be the same hope,energy, and change that Obama brings tobear on his decisions for our nation. He is theproduct of an enduring political and religiouslegacy that extends from David Walker toAnna Julia Cooper to Martin Luther King Jr.to Barbara Jordan. President Barack Obamais standing on the shoulders of giants. wYolanda Pierce, Ph.D., is PrincetonSeminary’s Elmer G. Homrighausen AssociateProfessor of African American Religion andLiterature, and Liaison with the PrincetonUniversity Center for African American Studies.Photo: Rachel Achtemeier

CALENDARCALVIN2009Concert: “A Sacrifice of Praise”Sunday, March 29A service of thanks for the life of JohnCalvin and his gifts to the worship life ofthe church featuring Philip Orr, composer,Cornelius Plantinga, preacher, and thechoirs of Nassau Presbyterian Church,Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church,and PTS. This concert is part of the event“Calvin, Worship, and Church Music: GladSurprises for the Church Today.”6:00 p.m., Miller ChapelContinuing Education Event: “Calvin,Worship, and Church Music: GladSurprises for the Church Today”Monday, March 30Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff, keynote speaker9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Erdman Center ofContinuing EducationFor more information, call 609.497.7990, oremail coned@ptsem.edu.The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture:“Imagination and Race in the Ageof Obama”Thursday, April 9Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr., William S. TodProfessor of Religion and African AmericanStudies, Department of Religion, PrincetonUniversity, lecturer7:00 p.m., Miller ChapelThe Abraham Kuyper Lecture andPrize: “Religion and Science: Wherethe Conflict Really Lies”Thursday, April 16Dr. Alvin Plantinga, John A. O’BrienProfessor of Philosophy, University of NotreDame, lecturer7:30 p.m., Miller ChapelDavid A. Weadon Memorial Concert:“The Octave of Easter”Sunday, April 197:30 p.m., Miller ChapelA service of readings, choral anthems,and congregational hymns celebratingthe Easter season, led by the PrincetonSeminary choir.BaccalaureateFriday, May 223:00 p.m., Nassau Presbyterian ChurchCommencement ExercisesSaturday, May 234:00 p.m., Princeton University ChapelFor a complete and updated listing of events at PTS, visit our online public events calendar at www.ptsem.edu and selectthe public events calendar link.inSpire MagazineP.O. Box 821Princeton, NJ 08542-0803Non-Profit Org.U.S. PostagePAIDBridgeport, NJPermit No. 1981ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED