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FALL 2019 ASK BOLDLY Is your prayer life stuck in a rut? Try the ABCDs. DON SHIRE, THE TRUMPET- FORMER ATHEIST EARNS LEGACY ALUM BILL TAYLOR PLAYING MISSIONARY p.12 A MASTER OF DIVINITY p.22 ON FINISHING WELL p.24 FEBRUARY 4–7, 2020 FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS with Kerwin Rodriguez ’09, Bryndan Loritts ’03, and Mark Jobe ’84 Alumni Day: Friday, February 7 • foundersweek.org moody.edu/alumnimag CONTENTS VOLUME 69, ISSUE 02 16 22 24 IN EVERY ISSUE 05 Moody Highlights 28 Life & Ministry Notes 32 Present with the Lord Sellout 36 Why I Give 12 Don Shire left the business world to become a 38 Bold Steps trumpet-playing missionary. 39 Flash Back Ask Boldly 16 Peter Grant offers ways to pull your prayer life out of a rut. Finding Your Roots 18 Fourth-generation alum uncovers clues about her alumni relatives. 39 Back to School: Former Atheist 22 Earns a Master of Divinity ‘I never in a million years would have taken this path . .’ Big Shoes to Fill 24 Global missionary Bill Taylor talks about finishing well. Cover Photo by Lawance Bowlin MOODY ALUMNI & FRIENDS 03 Good News Wherever You Go Moody Radio’s all-in-one app connection GET MOODY RADIO’S NEW APP • Personalize the app with your favorite Moody Radio content • Connect with your local Moody Radio station • Listen to daily Today in the Word devotionals • Seamlessly connect with Android Auto and Apple Carplay • Easy to use—and free! MR000492-2 Radio App Ad.indd 1 9/10/19 10:36 AM MOODY New Mural Honors Emma Dryer’s Prayerful Persistence and Faith new 20-foot mural painted by “It all comes down to her prayers,” says More tributes: A Moody student Isaac McLaugh- McLaughlin, a senior majoring in Evan- The Alumni lin is among several new cam- gelism and Discipleship. “She had a Auditorium was pus tributes to preserve the legacy of really strong passion for the Bible . recently renamed Chicago Bible teacher Emma Dryer. The and she wanted to make a school of Dryer Auditorium. mural depicts Emma in prayer, then the evangelists.” McLaughlin hopes the new An Emma Dryer people impacted by her prayers to estab- mural will give everyone on campus “a exhibit opens in lish a Bible school—D. L. Moody, Moody visual representation of Emma Dryer’s the D. L. Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, and the world. values and faithfulness.” n Museum in 2020. MOODY ALUMNI & FRIENDS 05 HIGHLIGHTS Left: A look inside one of Moody Moody Aviation Gets Aviation’s new Frasca flight simulators. Above: The Cessna airplane Flight Simulators, Plane arrives from MAF. hanks to generous donors, Moody Aviation Conrad expressed gratitude for the donors, who T recently acquired three custom-made flight provided 87 percent of the funds needed to pur- simulators and a Cessna 185 airplane. chase the simulators. Moody’s capital funding paid The new Frasca advanced aviation training devic- the rest. es simulate the three Cessna airplanes in Moody Aviation’s fleet (172, 182, and 206), and are ideal for MAF Airplane training during inclement weather in the Pacific Moody Aviation is also grateful for the four-seat Northwest. Cessna 185 donated by Mission Aviation Fellow- “Dispatchability for training aircraft can be as ship. The retired aircraft, which was flown in Indo- low as 20 percent in December and January in nesia by Moody Aviation graduates over the years, Spokane, whereas the simulator lets us train inside will be used initially as a maintenance training whether it’s raining, snowing, or sleeting outside, rebuild project. “Our students will take the airplane and at lower student cost,” says Jim Conrad ’98, all apart and refurbish it. They’ll rebuild the air- Moody Aviation’s program manager. “That helps frame, overhaul the engine, and install new avion- tremendously.” ics, as part of their maintenance training,” says “Our students fly 15 to 20 hours in the simulator Conrad. “Then it will be released for service in our before they move into the airplane,” he adds. flight training curriculum.” The new devices replace aging simulators that The Cessna 185 is a high-performance tail wheel Moody Aviation used for two decades. “The simula- aircraft with a float conversion to take off and land tor is a computer,” Conrad says, “and how many in water. Moody Aviation will offer float training 20-year-old computers are still running well?” during parts of the year on the water runway at While simulators have been used to teach instru- Felts Field and on the many lakes around Spokane. ment flying, the new simulators can also introduce With more than 100 students in the five-year students to visual attitude flying—navigating by program, Moody Aviation values the partnership looking at the horizon outside and determining the with MAF, which loans instructors and has Moody airplane’s pitch and roll. They have a 210-degree, graduates serving with MAF. Conrad says, “We’re 10-foot-tall wrap-around projection display system. excited about what the Lord is doing in and through “It seems as if you’re flying a real airplane,” Conrad Moody Aviation’s staff and students and looking says. “So it’s very realistic, and we’re excited to be forward to many years of continued ministry to our able to deploy this in training for our students.” students.” n 06 MOODY ALUMNI & FRIENDS Moody Radio Charleston Named for C. Donald Cole Moody Radio’s newest station, Moody Radio Chicago Named WCDC, is on the air and broad- NRB Station of the Year casting in Charleston, South Car- olina, via 107.7 FM and AM 950. oody Radio Chicago was named Matt McNeilly The station call letters, WCDC, M Station of the Year by the National (center left) and were chosen to honor C. Donald Religious Broadcasters. Station man- Doug Hastings Cole, the longtime Moody Radio ager Matt McNeilly accepted the award during ’79 (center right) pastor who hosted Open Line, a the NRB’s annual convention in Anaheim, of Moody Radio Bible Q and A broadcast, from California, on March 29. receiving NRB’s 1982 to 2008. Pastor Cole was “WMBI 90.1 FM has been broadcasting the Station of the inducted into the National Reli- truth of God’s Word for 93 years, and we’re as Year Award. gious Broadcasters Hall of Fame dedicated today as we were in 1926 to help our in 2006. He died in 2012. listeners take the next step in their journey with Jesus Christ,” said “Pastor Cole’s life and minis- McNeilly. try left an indelible mark on this NRB, whose association includes more than 1,100 Christian broad- world for the gospel, and we are cast organizations, annually awards a station that is “innovative, local- overjoyed by the opportunity to ly focused, and that effectively impacts its market through community honor him through Moody Radio service, promotions, outreach, ratings, and/or other means.” Charleston,” said Doug Hast- Over the last year, Moody Radio Chicago’s morning show, Karl and ings ’79, Moody Radio’s vice Crew, has heard from more than 4,000 people who have dedicated president. or re-dedicated their lives to Christ because of the program’s biblical, Moody Radio has grown to in- gospel-centered teaching. Programs such as Money Wise Live, Open clude more than 70 stations, six Line, and In the Market with Janet Parshall are also reaching listen- digital stations, and more than ers with sound teaching. And Moody Radio Chicago and its listeners 1,500 affiliates that carry its pro- partnered with Bible League International to provide thousands of gramming. “We believe the great Bibles to people who lack God’s Word in their language. city of Charleston is a terrific fit “WMBI remains a model for broadcasting excellence—a vital minis- for us, where listeners will con- try that is richly deserving of this recognition,” said Troy Miller, NRB’s nect with and embrace Moody interim president and chief executive officer. n Radio programming,” he said. n MOODY ALUMNI & FRIENDS 07 HIGHLIGHTS Retiring O’Neal Promoted to from Moody Associate Provost Dr. Larry Davidhizar ’74 calls his retirement “sort of an end of an r. Bryan O’Neal ’87, vice president and dean of era.” Then he explains how he ar- D Moody Bible Institute Distance Learning, has been rived on campus in the first grade promoted to vice president and associate provost of (1960), when his parents left their academic affairs and assessment. Indiana farm so his dad could at- “Bryan has been a valued member of Moody Bible Institute for tend Moody. Larry enrolled as a a number of years, both from the faculty side and the administra- freshman in 1971, and notes that tive side,” said Dr. Mark Jobe, Moody’s president. “He continues there has been a Davidhizar on to bring to his leadership role a deep and abiding commitment campus every year since then (so to the Lord and His Word, as well as a vast amount of ministry many, in fact, that the family will experience and passion for our legacy as an alum.” be an interesting story in a later Dr. O’Neal will oversee all academic programs for undergrad- issue of the magazine). uate, online, and seminary programs. His appointment is part He later earned a ThM from of a streamlined administrative leadership structure announced Dallas Theological Seminary and earlier this year that eliminated four vice president positions a PhD from Loyola University of (associate provost and dean of faculty, dean of MBI, dean of Chicago. After returning to Moody MTS, and dean of MBIDL).