BE STILL AND KNOW
THAT I AM GOD
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Editor BE STILL Janell Hullquist, ’05
Contributing Writer Laura Hörger, ’04 AND Layout Editor KNOW Ryan Pierce Please enjoy this collection of inspirational thoughts and beautiful nature representing Student Editorial Assistants Southern Adventist University and our THAT I AM Rachel Beaver, ’19 surroundings. May it bring you closer to our Trisney Bocala Savior as we await His soon return. Natalie Boonstra GOD Tierra Hayes Oksana Wetmore, ’18
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2 3 God speaks to His children in many ways.
We read the biblical stories of God communicating audibly to Abraham, Elijah, Moses, and others, and if you’re anything like me, you feel a twinge of jealousy. We wish for the clarity of His words spoken directly to us. Yet God is not silent. His written Word, which is of inestimable worth, speaks across the centuries, as relevant today as when the verses were first penned. Additionally, as Martin Luther once said, “God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars.”
In crashing storms and silvery starlight, in the delicate honey bee and the playful river otter, God speaks. Nature is full of His handiwork, along with special messages that He intends for us. He also finds other ways to communicate, if we will only stop long enough to listen. In an increasingly hectic world, I challenge you to accept His call to “Be still, and know that I am God.” David Smith, president
4 5 HE SAYS, “BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD; I WILL BE EXALTED AMONG THE NATIONS, I WILL BE EXALTED IN THE EARTH.” THE LORD ALMIGHTY IS WITH US; THE GOD OF JACOB IS OUR FORTRESS.
Psalm 46:10-11
6 7 ith large white blossoms resistant to most diseases and pests. As the size of dinner plates, an added bonus, its bark has been used Wthe magnificent southern as an herbal remedy for anxiety, asthma, magnolia tree is the unofficial symbol of malaria, and rheumatism. the South. Growing to a height of up to Another remedy for our fear and 80 feet with a branch spread of 40 feet, anxiety is the Bible. Sometimes it quietly its leaves are a deep glossy green and, whispers God’s love, while other times it like its blossoms, give off a citrusy scent practically shouts His fierce protection. when crushed. His Word gives us resilience in the face of For all its beauty, the southern this world’s danger and disease. magnolia is unexpectedly resilient. “Therefore put on the full armor of When hurricanes and other foul weather God, so that when the day of evil comes, pummel every building and living you may be able to stand your ground, thing in their paths, the magnolia has a and after you have done everything, to significantly low rate of damage. It is also stand” (Ephesians 6:13).
8 9 Connecting With Purpose By Natalia López-Thismón, assistant professor, School of Journalism and Communication
ince I am the classic example of a photos on my phone. I love connecting “people person,” I always accept with kids because God speaks through Sopportunities to connect with others their honesty, sincerity, and kindness. and be a part of their lives, even for just a I saw this especially through Mateo, a moment. In March, I had the opportunity little boy about 8 years old, whom I met to travel to El Salvador as a sponsor on at the Vacation Bible School program a Southern mission trip as we partnered we held at the local Seventh-day with Adventist Development and Relief Adventist church. Agency. Being the only fluent Spanish We enjoyed singing together about and English speaker on that trip, I took Jesus, and he loved listening to the story on the role of translator for our group. of David and Goliath. On the last day Our team of 17 Southern employees of VBS, Mateo bounced up and asked, and students served with a pop-up medical “Same time tomorrow?” Telling him that clinic, where we saw more than 500 it was our last day was heartbreaking, but patients in just one week. It was fulfilling knowing that we had planted a desire to be able to connect with so many people for him to continue learning about Jesus and help them voice their ailments to the filled me with joy. students and doctor who provided them God used my longing for human with medical care. connection and spoke to me through In all my travels, I have learned that the children. He reminded me to have a kids are kids, all over the world. My time heart of simplicity and to come to Him in El Salvador reminded me of this, as as a child, open to learning and ready to children crowded around me to look at receive His love. 10 11 SPLENDOR AND MAJESTY ARE BEFORE HIM; STRENGTH AND JOY ARE IN HIS DWELLING PLACE.
1 Chronicles 16:27
12 13 n a world of “now,” of instant 24/7 delivers a swift, fatal blow with its bill. everything, there is hardly a want Now more than ever in this fast- Ithat cannot immediately be met. paced life, practicing patience is Great blue herons, however, are not important. Parents spend countless part of the on-demand crush. They have moments coaching their children to wait no meal delivery program to sign up for instead of screaming “Now! Now! Now!” in exchange for $59.99. Instead, the God also coaches us—His children—to long-legged bird waits oh-so-patiently, wait: “Yet the Lord longs to be gracious carefully stalking its prey in the shallow to you; therefore He will rise up to show water. When a frog, fish, or other you compassion. For the Lord is a God potential meal makes a miscalculation, of justice. Blessed are all who wait for the heron’s patience is rewarded as it Him!” (Isaiah 30:18).
14 15 BUT ASK THE ANIMALS, AND THEY WILL TEACH YOU, OR THE BIRDS IN THE SKY, AND THEY WILL TELL YOU; OR SPEAK TO THE EARTH, AND IT WILL TEACH YOU, OR LET THE FISH IN THE SEA INFORM YOU. WHICH OF ALL THESE DOES NOT KNOW THAT THE HAND OF THE LORD HAS DONE THIS? IN HIS HAND IS THE LIFE OF EVERY CREATURE AND THE BREATH OF ALL MANKIND.
Job 12:7-10
16 17 I Will Praise You
in This Storm By Rachel Beaver, 2019 public relations graduate
t was the end of the second week of off, leaving me to fend for myself. later, the downpour returned. I said aloud, my summer internship in Charlotte, To keep myself awake, I listened to “Okay, okay, Lord, I get it!” and I turned INorth Carolina, and after finishing an audio book, but I was so afraid, and it the book off. Almost as soon as I did, the work at 6 p.m., I began a long five-and- was so difficult to see, that I finally turned rain stopped again. I spent the last three a-half-hour drive home to Tennessee for it off and found myself singing the song hours of the drive home just talking to the weekend. “Praise You in This Storm” by Casting God. I spoke to Him and He spoke to me, The trip back and forth to Charlotte Crowns. After that song, I sang another and we just spent time together. through the mountains is usually and another, with prayers in between I truly believe that God has a sense of incredibly beautiful, but not that night. songs. I did this for a while, and it wasn’t humor sometimes. In quieting the storm, That night, the mountains were covered long until the rain began to calm and I He got my full attention and wanted me in a torrential downpour that had me could see again. to know that this was His time. He also driving completely blind. The backroads I thanked the Lord for clearing the wanted me to know that even through were narrow, curvy, and pitch black with rain and continued on. After a few my fear, He is greater than any storm I all the rain. All I could do was drive minutes, my exhaustion caught up to might face in my life. He will always be slowly and watch the lights on the car in me again, and I decided to turn on my there to clear the way and help me find front of me, but they eventually turned entertainment again. Not even a minute my way home.
18 19 I hear the Savior say, “Thy strength indeed is small; Jesus Paid Child of weakness, watch and pray, Find in Me thine all in all.” It All Refrain: Jesus paid it all, Seventh-day Adventist All to Him I owe; Sin had left a crimson stain; Hymnal, #184 He washed it white as snow.
Lord, now indeed I find Thy power, and Thine alone, Can change the leper’s spots And melt the heart of stone.
And when before the throne I stand in Him complete, I’ll lay my trophies down, All down at Jesus’ feet.
The SonRise Resurrection Pageant on Southern’s campus features moving depictions of the final days of Christ’s life.
20 21 ach honey bee lives only a few performing its last duty before death. short months and, in that time, Immediately after birth, a Eperforms such small tasks that she young worker bee holds a series of may never see the product of her toil. unglamorous—but essential—jobs. However, without her labor, the colony as From nurse to undertaker, from personal a whole would cease to exist. heating and cooling agent of the queen to In the spring and summer months, hive guard, the tasks performed by each honey bees flit from flower to flower bee are crucial to the life and health of gathering nectar and pollen, harvesting the entire community. sustenance for the colony while Honey bees are good role models pollenating the food we eat. Yet this of King Solomon’s advice, “Whatever quintessential “bee job” isn’t where your hand finds to do, do it with all your the story begins. Honey bees do not might” (Ecclesiastes 9:10). begin their lives and immediately start While not everyone is given an exploring your flower garden. In fact, exciting role in this life, each one is once you see a bee foraging, it is actually important to the Creator.
22 23 FOR I AM CONVINCED THAT NEITHER DEATH NOR LIFE, NEITHER ANGELS NOR DEMONS, NEITHER THE PRESENT NOR THE FUTURE, NOR ANY POWERS, NEITHER HEIGHT NOR DEPTH, NOR ANYTHING ELSE IN ALL CREATION, WILL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.
Romans 8:38-39
24 25 Time to Recharge By Jennifer Carter, Christian Service Program director
olunteer opportunities, volunteer opportunities that may help committee meetings, them find their calling. I also get to meet Vappointments, committee community partners and send students to meetings, cooking and cleaning, volunteer at their organizations. committee meetings, walking the dog, Even though I enjoy nature and committee meetings ... In our fast-paced spending time with my husband, it is world, it’s so important to have a way to not the way I recharge. For that, my recharge and stay connected to God. special time is Sabbath during Merge, a For my husband, Glenn, this is multicultural student-led worship service accomplished through nature. I love on campus. I love to see our young people spending time with him while walking take charge and get involved! This or hiking, canoeing, camping, and going energetic service is a time to fellowship on the occasional backpacking trip (just and get to know students on a deeper nothing to do with heights). spiritual and personal level. All of these activities definitely For me, the highlight is the amazing bring me peace and closeness to God, music. Some songs are happy and upbeat, but they are not my first choice for giving us energy, while others are deeper, recharging. What I really enjoy is being leading us to pause and reflect. When surrounded by people. That is why I everyone joins in, I just feel myself being love my job! I get to talk with students uplifted. Every time, I know I will leave on a daily basis and guide them toward recharged and filled with the Holy Spirit.
26 27 READING ABOUT NATURE IS FINE, BUT IF A PERSON WALKS IN THE WOODS AND LISTENS CAREFULLY, HE CAN LEARN MORE THAN WHAT IS IN BOOKS, FOR THEY SPEAK WITH THE VOICE OF GOD.
George Washington Carver
28 29 THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU, THE MIGHTY WARRIOR WHO SAVES. HE WILL TAKE GREAT DELIGHT IN YOU; IN HIS LOVE HE WILL NO LONGER REBUKE YOU, BUT WILL REJOICE OVER YOU WITH SINGING.
Zephaniah 3:17
30 31 urled on the forest floor, young (By comparison, humans have only 114 fawns wait nearly motionless degrees of truly usable vision.) The deer’s Cfor their mothers to return from innate senses of sight, sound, and smell foraging, sometimes for hours at a time. work together to keep them from harm. Unlike human babies and toddlers who— For a fawn, failure to follow instinct— to their parents’ chagrin—seem to have or its mother’s bidding—would be a no volume control and cannot sit still for dangerous lesson in obedience. two moments strung together, God gave In Philippians, Paul gives guidance the white-tailed deer an impressive ability for avoiding spiritual harm: “Whatever is for stillness. true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, Additionally, their sensory system whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, is adept at rapidly identifying danger. whatever is admirable—if anything is Having eyes on the sides of their heads excellent or praiseworthy—think about gives these deer a staggering 310-degree such things” (4:8). Honing our vision field of view, perfect for catching the through this lens widens our own angle of slight movement of a hungry coyote. view to sense danger to the soul.
32 33 Give Tomorrow
the Day Off By Christian Bunch, Student Missions director
ver Spring Break I had three Even now, I spend spring dreaming about plans: visit my brother, camp on summer, and when I get to summer, Othe beach, and visit my parents. unfortunately the cycle of planning for I left Southern late one evening and the next season consumes my thoughts drove until I reached my brother’s house and energies. You get the idea. I’ve in Orlando, Florida. We had a great planned my life in such a way that I can time, but throughout the weekend I kept never fully experience joy until tomorrow, thinking about how fun it was going to be and it’s exhausting. to camp on the beach. Of course we have to plan. We’ve got On Monday I left Orlando and drove bills to pay, responsibilities to fulfill, and to Anastasia State Park in St. Augustine. people to see. The future is unknown, so It was everything I hoped it would be. we try to control it. But in our attempt to Again, I had a great time, but I frequently limit the anxieties of tomorrow, we might thought about seeing my parents. overlook the joy of today. I left St. Augustine, and a few hours Whether we like it or not, life can later I was home with my family. Pure only be lived one day at a time. Whatever bliss! That is, until I started thinking circumstance you find yourself in, today about coming back to work and finishing is the Father’s gift to you—the birds keep the school year. singing and the heavens always declare When I was in college, all I could the glory of God. You and I are dearly think about after Spring Break was “when loved by a Friend who knows the future, finals are over, THEN life will be good.” so take a breath and smell the roses.
34 35 This is my Father’s world, And to my listening ears, This Is My All nature sings, and round me rings The music of the spheres. This is my Father’s world; Father’s I rest me in the thought Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas; World His hand the wonders wrought. This is my Father’s world, Seventh-day Adventist The birds their carols raise; Hymnal, #92 The morning light, the lily white, Declare their Maker’s praise. This is my Father’s world; He shines in all that’s fair; In the rustling grass I hear Him pass, He speaks to me everywhere.
This is my Father’s world, O let me ne’er forget That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the Ruler yet. This is my Father’s world; Why should my heart be sad? The Lord is King; let the heavens ring! God reigns; let the earth be glad.
36 37 PRAYER IS THE OPENING OF THE HEART TO GOD AS TO A FRIEND. NOT THAT IT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MAKE KNOWN TO GOD WHAT WE ARE, BUT IN ORDER TO ENABLE US TO RECEIVE HIM.
Ellen G. White
38 39 ith a bright orange breast and juvenile birds have been observed feeding vivid blue back, the eastern and nurturing their younger siblings. On Wbluebird catches the eye as it rare occasions, bluebirds will even care perches on phone lines and fence posts for babies unrelated to them or from a across Tennessee and much of the Eastern different species. United States. From this vantage point, The instinct to care for one another the little songbird can spot a tasty insect is noted throughout nature, a behavior more than 60 feet away. This skill helps placed there by a God who cares for feed the multiple broods of offspring that each of His creations and calls us to a bluebird couple will produce each year. follow His example. In this, the parents sometimes have un- “Be devoted to one another in love. expected help; bluebirds are one of only Honor one another above yourselves” a few bird species worldwide in which (Romans 12:10).
40 41 Moments of
Providence By Braam Oberholster, DBA, professor, School of Business
s an enthusiastic and serious scrambling around, the interaction of into my role as learning facilitator by nature photographer, I have air movements on plant and animal life, developing the habit of arriving in the Alearned to wait patiently for the pattern naturally emerging from classroom 10 to 15 minutes before class hours at a place where wildlife is likely footprints in the sand. Being still, yet starts. This gives me time to pause in to be active or for the right light to alert, I engage in a conversation with silent prayer near the seats that will soon illuminate a landscape. It may be sitting God. We talk about my life, about His be filled with learners. near a waterhole in the dusty, dry flats creation, about my purpose, about His I call on God’s wisdom to help me of Namibia looking for oryx; hiding by Kingdom. These are divine appointments discover explanations, activities, and an eastern bluebird’s nest; or waiting for often followed by an opportunity to illustrations that will resonate with my the perfect mix of morning light on an capture a moment of Providence in a students. I pray about known personal autumn Appalachian landscape. I wait photographic exposure. challenges students face and about for the moment. Personal experiences such as this God’s perspective on their future roles in It is not idle waiting. It is time I have taught me that communion with building His Kingdom. connect with God, to observe and God allows for Him to reveal Himself in This sets the stage for influential learn from His second book—the the life experiences of my students and moments of Providence in the lives of natural world. I take note of the insects myself. I have incorporated this mindset students at Southern.
42 43 In the heart of Christ, where reigned perfect harmony with God, there was perfect peace. He was never elated by applause, nor dejected by censure or disappointment. Amid the greatest opposition and the most cruel treatment, He was still of good courage. But many who profess to be His followers have an anxious, troubled heart, because they are afraid to trust themselves with God. They do not make a complete surrender to Him; for they shrink from the consequences that such a surrender may involve. Unless they do make this surrender, they cannot find peace.
Ellen G. White
44 45 I sing the mighty power of God, That made the mountains rise, I Sing the That spread the flowing seas abroad, And built the lofty skies; I sing the wisdom that ordained Mighty The sun to rule the day; The moon shines full at His command, Power And all the stars obey. I sing the goodness of the Lord, of God That filled the earth with food; He formed the creatures with His word, Seventh-day Adventist And then pronounced them good. Lord, how Thy wonders are displayed Hymnal, #88 Where’er I turn my eye! If I survey the ground I tread, Or gaze upon the sky!
There’s not a plant or flower below, But makes Thy glories known; And clouds arise, and tempests blow, By order from Thy throne. Creatures that borrow life from Thee Are subject to Thy care; There’s not a place where we can flee, But God is present there. 46 47 Be With Me By Stephanie Guster, senior diversity adviser
he idea of stillness has never been my heavenly Father foreknew would Instead, I carefully prepare the soil with part of my story; it more closely be needed for me to really experience nutrients, just the right moisture, and Tresembles the U.S. Army slogan, His presence? warmth from the sun or a grow lamp. “Be all you can be.” Be the top student. Be Be still. Be quiet. Be less worried. Be Then I prayerfully wait. a volunteer. Be on multiple committees. less determined. Be less stressed. Be less I water daily and check constantly for Be involved in community service. Be demanding of yourself. Be less demanding growth. I get excited as the mystery of a part of a mission trip. Be the mission trip of others. Be motionless. Be patient. Be still, motionless seed dying to itself leader. Be on the VBS team. Be on the joy-filled. Be alone with Me. Be somehow yields life and transforms into a board. Be earnest. Be effective. Be uninvolved. Be in one spot long enough tiny green sprout. It motivates me to successful. Be accomplished. Be the best. for Me to speak to you for longer than water more faithfully, even multiple times The temptation to be part of two seconds. Be with Me. in the same day. It inspires me to want to everything competes against God’s With the advent of spring, I invest grow more myself. It challenges me to call for me to “be still.” But as a dutiful time in my garden. Some seeds I start realize that perhaps the best growth does wife, attentive mother, involved church indoors. Others, I put directly outside in take place in stillness. Stillness nurtured member, and concerned teacher, I have the soil. The process of growth is by God’s never-ending love, which comes asked myself, what does it mean to facilitated by a lot of stillness. Although I from those who sit under the warmth of be still? Is stillness the opposite of could sit and watch the seed I’ve pushed His quiet presence, sacrificing the busyness? Is it the antidote to constant gently into the dirt, I think the waiting ongoing demands of this always-moving motion and activity? Is stillness what would be painful for my personality type. world and dying to self.
48 49 EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE, COMING DOWN FROM THE FATHER OF THE HEAVENLY LIGHTS, WHO DOES NOT CHANGE LIKE SHIFTING SHADOWS.
James 1:17
50 51 hen warm spring nights merge insect puts on a unique show. Called into early summer evenings, synchronous fireflies, they can control Wfireflies, or “lightning bugs,” the flashing patterns of their lanterns to begin a wondrous display of lights that match that of fellow fireflies. Males unite blink low along grass lines and across to create a brighter, more impressive open fields, celebrating the warmth of display than any individual could the season at hand. accomplish alone. The original glow stick, fireflies Though an adult firefly lives only 21 manufacture their own light through days, it shines its light mightily, uniting an internal chemical process that with his brothers around him in a creates bioluminescence in a portion glorious display of illuminated symphony. of the abdomen appropriately called God asks us to be as radiant as the firefly, the “lantern.” Usually observed as urging each of us to “let your light shine randomly blinking lights, in a few before others, that they may see your places—including the Smoky Mountains good deeds and glorify your Father in of Tennessee—a special variety of the heaven” (Matthew 5:16).
52 53 BEING CONFIDENT OF THIS, THAT HE WHO BEGAN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL CARRY IT ON TO COMPLETION UNTIL THE DAY OF CHRIST JESUS.
Philippians 1:6
54 55 God Sees the Sparrow By Ryan Pierce, graphic design manager, Marketing and University Relations
e also sees the pine warbler, it calmly stood there in my palm for shown here. Not long ago, I several minutes, content to wait out its Hwatched helplessly as one of grogginess. As a lifelong bird watcher, I these gregarious beauties took a headlong was thrilled to hold this tiny, beautiful flight into one of our windows, then fell creature. Weighing less than half an motionless to the deck below. Fearing ounce, it felt impossibly small and fragile. it was dead, I gently picked it up and Surely in God’s hands I must feel as realized it was only stunned. I could feel helpless as this little bird felt in mine. its rapid heartbeat and shallow breaths. And yet the Bible assures me that not As I held it softly, the bird slowly came a sparrow falls without His notice. I take back to its senses. I opened my hand, great comfort in knowing that God’s love expecting my little patient to panic extends to even the small and fragile. and take flight. But to my amazement, Including me.
56 57 WHEN I CONSIDER YOUR HEAVENS, THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, THE MOON AND THE STARS, WHICH YOU HAVE SET IN PLACE, WHAT IS MANKIND THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF THEM, HUMAN BEINGS THAT YOU CARE FOR THEM? … LORD, OUR LORD, HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH!
Psalm 8:3-4, 9
58 59 Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature, O thou of God and man the Son! Fairest Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor, Thou art my glory, joy, and crown.
Lord Jesus Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands, Robed in the blooming garb of spring; Seventh-day Adventist Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer, Hymnal, #240 Who makes the woeful heart to sing.
Fair is the sunshine, fairer still the moonlight, And all the twinkling, starry host; Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer Than all the angels heaven can boast.
Beautiful Savior, Lord of all the nations, Son of God and Son of Man! Glory and honor, praise, adoration, Now and forevermore be Thine!
60 61 liding, splashing, tumbling, and and buzzes to staccato chuckles, chirps, gliding smoothly through the and growls. When threatened, an otter’s Swater, the North American river hair-raising scream can be heard up to otter epitomizes the word “fun.” In fact, 1.5 miles across the water, warning others playtime is an essential part of otters’ of danger. social structure, encompassing all ages. The Bible reminds us of the value of Beyond making them better hunters, community and communication within otters’ “play” strengthens their bonds as the family of God: “And let us consider a family group. how we may spur one another on toward Equally important to otter society is love and good deeds, not giving up communication. While not using words meeting together, … but encouraging one that we would recognize, they have a another—and all the more as you see the broad range of vocalizations from whistles Day approaching” (Hebrews 10:24-25).
62 63 IF GOD IS ABLE TO PLACE THE STARS IN THEIR SOCKETS AND SUSPEND THE SKY LIKE A CURTAIN … COULD IT BE HE IS MIGHTY ENOUGH TO LIGHT YOUR PATH?
Max Lucado
64 65 Peace After the Storm By Carl Swafford, PhD, former Graduate Studies dean
liding through the cold water, our A strong wind was blowing as the trail That in itself was impressive, but the minds were fixed on the fading opened to the third lake. We put the thundering repercussions of the blasts Glight and the ominous threat of canoes in the water and started paddling provided the real show. The concussions an oncoming storm. I was a co-instructor to the only site on that lake. As we of the thunder blasts rippled through our for Southern’s Outdoor Leadership class, rounded the corner, we saw that it was bodies and then echoed off the hills and we were making our way through the taken. The rain was beginning, and the surrounding us. As a special finale, “balls Boundary Water Canoe Wilderness Area wind was blowing harder. We had to get of fire” rolled out of each strike. One blast in Northern Minnesota. The main draw off the water fast. There was a small, flat after another, we witnessed one of nature’s to this area is the ability to be alone with area on the opposite shore just a few yards most spectacular pyrotechnic shows. nature. Rarely in September do we see away. That would be our safe spot for the I looked around to see if everyone other canoe campers, but this fall proved night and a shelter from the storm. was safe, and we were. None of us had to be an exception. I have never paddled so fast in my ever before seen such a display of nature’s Rounding the corner of the lake, life. Once on the beach, we had only power. I’ll never forget the sight, the we could see that the last campsite was enough time to put up a tarp before the sound, and especially the smell of the taken. Usually, we stop in the early rain started pounding us. The nine of ozone. Finally, the air cleared and all was afternoon to set camp, but today, every us huddled in the driving rain as waves calm. The sky closed around with total site was filled at the previous lake and pounded the shore. The wind howled, darkness. We had weathered the storm. now this one. Our only remaining choice tree branches cracked, and we saw rapid- Now the light of the stars filled the sky. was to portage to the next lake in hopes fire flashes of lightning hit the island just The peace of the fall night was another of finding an available spot. a few yards in front of us. promise that God was with us.
66 67 ute, adaptable, and hardy, a insects, and just about any food they downy woodpecker is at ease in find from backyard feeders—regardless Cnearly any environment. This of where it lives. little North American bird makes its “I know what it is to be in need, and year-round home as far south as the I know what it is to have plenty. I have Florida Keys and as far north as Alaska, learned the secret of being content in any including most areas in between (minus and every situation, whether well fed a few desert regions). It also enjoys a or hungry, whether living in plenty or in wide variety of food, ensuring it can want. I can do all this through Him who always find something to eat—fruit, seeds, gives me strength” (Philippians 4:12-13).
68 69 ONE GENERATION COMMENDS YOUR WORKS TO ANOTHER; THEY TELL OF YOUR MIGHTY ACTS. THEY SPEAK OF THE GLORIOUS SPLENDOR OF YOUR MAJESTY— AND I WILL MEDITATE ON YOUR WONDERFUL WORKS.
Psalm 145:4-5
70 71 On His Path By Christine Moniyung, PhD, professor, School of Nursing
used to be a nursing professor at a doubts about leaving that job, and it secular college in Tennessee. I loved made me very sad to leave my students, Ithat job; I had great colleagues and but I see teaching nursing as my mission, wonderful students. I was even on track and I wanted to be in a place where I to receive tenure. To the average person, was free to do that. The verse, “Be still, a job like that would be one to hold onto and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10), forever. It seemed like I had everything challenged me to trust Him. figured out, but I couldn’t help feeling And the Lord answered my prayers, that there was something missing. leading me to my current position at Outwardly all was as it should be, but Southern. I’m now able to teach in an my heart could not find peace without environment where I can share my faith the ability to fully share and teach my with students and also encourage them spiritual values to my students. Prayer to make their faith a central part of their was not allowed in the classroom, and nursing careers. It has made teaching I could not share with my students more meaningful to me. the spiritual aspects of nursing that are God has a plan for each and every important to me. one of us. We can put our trust in Him So I turned to God, praying, “Lead and know that He will put us on the path Southern’s Sabbath Trail me where You want me to go.” I had my we’re meant to take. provides an opportunity to reflect on God’s gift of the Sabbath to humanity.
72 73 73 THE PROMISES OF GOD SOAR HIGHER THAN WE COULD HAVE IMAGINED, GO DEEPER THAN WE COULD HAVE HOPED, AND LAST LONGER THAN WE CAN ENVISION.
David Packer
74 75 Southern Flying Squirrel: Stealth Ecologist
ne of the common yet least growth. As it buries seeds and nuts, recognized inhabitants in the saving them to snack on later, it plants Osouthern United States is the new forests. southern flying squirrel. Coming out of its Like the squirrel, each and every cozy nest only at night, this squirrel can creature—ourselves included—has a job “fly” (technically glide) for up to 90 feet, to do, and if done faithfully, the Master even making 90-degree turns in the air. will say, “Well done, good and faithful Though mostly unseen, this recluse servant! You have been faithful with has a valuable impact on the ecosystem. a few things; I will put you in charge As it feeds on tree buds and wood- of many things. Come and share your burrowing insects, it stimulates new master’s happiness!” (Matthew 25:21).
76 77 I HAVE TOLD YOU THESE THINGS, SO THAT IN ME YOU MAY HAVE PEACE. IN THIS WORLD YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE. BUT TAKE HEART! I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD.
John 16:33
78 79 The Still Small Voice By Kathy Goddard, associate professor, English Department
y fingers fly across my keyboard, “Worried?” I ask. prepping a new idea for a group “Yes. I can’t sleep.” Mactivity. Plenty of time, I think I ask questions and listen. I share a to myself, with class in 40 minutes. Then favorite promise: “Do not be anxious a student steps into my office. It is, after about anything, but in everything, by all, my designated office hours. prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, She looks stressed. present your requests to God. And the Finishing the sentence I’m typing, I peace of God, which transcends all wonder, How long this will take? understanding, will guard your hearts and Without fanfare, a still small voice your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians sends a rapid-fire message: “This morning 4:6-7). I share that Paul was in prison you consecrated this day to Me. You gave when he wrote these words, and we Me your plans. Did you mean it?” discuss what Paul could have been I close my laptop and smile at her. worried about. Together we dig more Expecting that she needs help with her deeply into the words and phrases, latest writing assignment, I say, “Please, and eventually, I ask her: “How can I sit down” and motion to a chair. “How pray for you?” can I help you?” When I walk into my class, without a “I take my MCAT this month. I’m not new activity, I feel a calm peace that this, sure I will make it into medical school.” too, is on His agenda for today.
80 81 ike the southern magnolia, the composts faster, enriching the soil with flowering dogwood is special nutrients from its calcium-rich leaves. Lbeyond its celebrity status for This makes it a popular planting choice producing gorgeous floral displays and for land rehabilitation efforts. serving as a herald of spring wherever it We are also called to enrich those blooms. In fact, the most valuable asset around us as the “salt of the earth” of a flowering dogwood may be what it (Matthew 5:13). Just like salt enhances gives back to the forest. As a deciduous the flavor of food, even making bitter tree, its leaves and small branches shed food taste sweet when used in the right and decompose in autumn, as other trees amounts, sharing God’s love improves do; however, the dogwood leaf litter the lives of those around us.
82 83 I HAVE HELD MANY THINGS IN MY HANDS, AND I HAVE LOST THEM ALL; BUT WHATEVER I HAVE PLACED IN GOD’S HANDS, THAT I STILL POSSESS.
Martin Luther
84 85 A Rice-Field Intervention By Jared Powrie, 2019 computing graduate
uring my first six months as a to walk back to the dorm. even singing songs in my mind to help student missionary in Indonesia, As I locked up and left the office, I me make it through, but I was more Din addition to my mission realized for the first time just how dark fearful than I had ever been. I realized responsibilities, I took online classes. and isolated our street was at night. Every that it was because I wasn’t putting my Since the office where I worked was rustle, every dog bark, every noise around trust fully in God. the only place with internet, I would me made me jump. I don’t think I had So, in the middle of the road, do my schoolwork there after hours and ever appreciated just how useful a vehicle surrounded by hundreds of meters of then catch a motorbike ride back to my was until then. I passed the nearby shops, rice fields and still only a third of the dormitory, which took about 15 minutes. which were all dark and locked up. I way home, I stopped and prayed that One evening, I had to stay late to passed the empty soccer field, with its God would take away my fear, filling me work on a group class project; since swaying trees casting deep shadows. I with His peace and assurance. Then the we were on three different continents, walked through the alley that led to open craziest thing happened: immediately 11 p.m. was the only time we could all rice fields—a quick 3-second ride on a I felt at ease. Not just unafraid, but meet. My friends back at the dorm had motorbike but an eternity while walking. completely okay with anything that to take the motorbikes but said to call However, the scariest part of the journey would happen for the remainder of the them when I was ready to be picked up. was walking down the small road with trip home. God granted me His peace. By 12:45 a.m., I had finished the project huge rice fields on either side. There in Thanking God for watching over me, and had called everyone at the dormitory the middle of this open plain, I realized I continued the journey back, arriving multiple times. Nobody was answering. how vulnerable and scared I was. at the dorm at 2:40 a.m. Safe. Calm. At 1:55 a.m., I finally made the decision I had been praying the whole way, Knowing that God was with me.
86 87 AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS.
Philippians 4:7
88 89 Southern is the ABOUT most ethnically SOUTHERN diverse regional Nestled in the Smoky Mountain foothills of Tennessee, Southern Adventist University is an excellent location for university in the appreciating God’s many creations with nearly 40 miles of nature trails, a cave, and natural rock-climbing walls South, according right on campus. But while Southern is lovely, what makes it special is that God is here; we make to U.S. News and sure that He is at the center of everything we do, from group prayer on the ball field to a World Report. Christ-centered approach in the classroom.
Located in Collegedale, Tennessee
students are countries are acres make acres are students participate in LifeGroups students serve as students and employees volunteer enrolled represented on up Southern’s forested (student-led small group Bible full-time missionaries through Southern’s Christian Service 3,000 at Southern 30 campus 1,300 campus 800 1,200 studies) each year 70 each year 1,400 Program each year 90 91 In the last five years, 6,920 people CENTERED ON CHRIST in 14 countries were baptized At Southern, our goal is to help students develop and grow following meetings held a personal relationship with Christ. Students have the “It is the work of true education … to train the youth opportunity to explore their faith in a safe environment, asking hard questions and engaging in deep discussions both to be thinkers, and not mere reflectors of other by Southern’s Evangelistic in and out of the classroom. Faculty and staff model Seventh- men’s thought. Instead of confining their study to Resource Center. day Adventist beliefs while encouraging and supporting that which men have said or written, let students students wherever they are in their personal journeys. In addition to one-on-one mentoring, students can choose from be directed to the sources of truth, to the vast numerous collective worship options, including student-led fields opened for research in nature and revelation. Approximately small groups, nightly residence hall worships, weekly vespers Let them contemplate the great facts of duty and programs, and multiple church services on campus. destiny, and the mind will expand and strengthen.” 300 Students Part of encouraging a living, breathing Christianity is fostering serve as long- and short-term - Ellen G. White, Education, p. 17 a spirit of service. Southern provides many opportunities for missionaries to about 30 students to be the hands of feet of Jesus, both in the local community and internationally. countries each year.
92 93 PREPARING FOR LIFE
Some students enter university with Southern also offers a wide range of a clear goal; others are still exploring graduate studies programs, designed options. Southern has something for for the working professional. Evening everyone and offers a flexible system for classes, multiweek intensive sessions, general education courses, which allows and online options help more individuals students to take classes in a variety of expand their career opportunities through potential career fields without extending these master’s and doctoral degrees. the amount of time it takes to graduate. To maximize the university experience and 13:1 accommodate different learning styles, Student-Faculty Ratio we provide hands-on learning through international study tours, field trips, networking events on campus, internships, and on-campus jobs. For those looking for an extra academic challenge, our honors program, Southern Scholars, takes learning to the next level. 100+ Academic options, from associate to doctoral degrees 94 95 WE’D LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US AND STUDY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
SCHOOL OF NURSING UNDERGRADUATE Communication Music Biology GRADUATE DEGREES Doctor of Nursing Practice DEGREES Computer Information Systems Music Education* Business Administration SCHOOL OF BUSINESS For more information, visit Acute Care – Adult/Gerontology NP Computer Science Nursing Chemistry Master of Business Administration southern.edu/graduatestudies. Acute Care Specialization FOUR-YEAR DEGREES Computer Systems Administration Outdoor Emergency Services Construction Management Accounting Lifestyle Medicine Accounting Construction Management Outdoor Leadership Engineering Studies Finance MBA Healthcare Administration Master of Ministry Animation Corporate/Community Wellness Management Pastoral Care Graphic Design Healthcare Administration Nurse Educator Church Leadership and Management Archaeology English* Physics* Media Technology Management Primary Care – Adult/Gerontology NP Evangelism and Ministry Art Film Production Psychology Nursing Marketing Management Primary Care – Family NP Biblical Counseling Automotive Service Management Finance Political Science Outdoor Leadership Computer Information Systems Primary Care – Psychiatric Mental Health NP Biblical Studies Fine Arts Public Relations Physical Therapist Assistant SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK Biology* French* Public Relations-Business Religion SCHOOL OF COMPUTING Master of Science in Nursing Master of Social Work Biophysics Graphic Design Public Relations and Graphic Design Social Work Master of Science in Computer Science Acute Care – Adult/Gerontology NP Mental Health Practice in Social Work Business Administration Health, Physical Education, and Recreation* Religious Education* Vegetarian Culinary Arts Computer Science Nurse Educator School Social Work Business-Public Relations Health Science Religious Studies Embedded Systems Primary Care – Adult/Gerontology NP Trauma and Emergency Management Chemistry* Health Services and Senior Living Administration Social Work ONE-YEAR CERTIFICATES Primary Care – Family NP History* Spanish* Automotive Service Technician SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY Primary Care – Psychiatric Mental Health NP Master of Social Work/Master of Business Administration International Development Studies Sports Studies Bible Worker Master of Science in Counseling (dual degree) Master of Science in Nursing/Master of Business International Studies Theology Vegetarian Culinary Arts Clinical Mental Health Counseling Administration (dual degree) Journalism School Counseling *Teaching licensure available Liberal Arts Education TWO-YEAR DEGREES Post-Master’s Certificate NOTE: The most up-to-date Management Accounting Master of Science in Education Instructional Leadership: Administration listing of degrees may be Marketing Allied Health Pre-Dental Hygiene SCHOOL OF RELIGION Literacy Education found in Southern’s current Mass Communication Allied Health Pre-Nutrition and Dietetics Master of Arts Outdoor Education Undergraduate Catalog. Visit Mathematics* Allied Health Pre-Physical Therapy New Testament Studies southern.edu/catalog to Medical Science Allied Health Pre-Speech Language Old Testament Studies access the online version. Medical Laboratory Science Pathology and Audiology Religious Studies Missions Automotive Service
96 97 Tuition and fees AFFORDABLE EDUCATION at Southern cost
Getting a college education is an investment. In addition to offering career preparation, it provides knowledge, • More than 95% of freshmen relationships, and skills that last a lifetime! Research shows receive financial aid. 39% that compared to their Adventist peers at public universities, students who attend an Adventist university are much more likely to form a deep relationship with Jesus and a stronger • Approximately $15 million in commitment to their church while in college (to view the Southern scholarships and grants LESS research, visit southern.edu/100reasons). are awarded to students each than the national Private higher education has the reputation for being expensive, but Southern is more year, with additional assistance average for affordable than you probably think. For coming from outside sources. more details and to calculate your private colleges cost, visit southern.edu/tuition. International Students • At least 50% of students are We welcome students from around the world. In fact, there are more international students at Southern than ever before, representing more than 30 countries. While Southern does not currently and universities employed on campus, earning offer any scholarship packages for international students, we suggest that those interested in attending speak with the leaders of their local church, conference office, or division office to inquire $5 million annually toward about sponsors who are willing to assist with financing education at Southern. Additionally, in the United international students can work on campus for up to 20 hours per week to help offset their costs. tuition and other expenses. States. For more information, visit southern.edu/international.
98 99 OUTDOOR PARADISE Rock climbing: Hard sandstone bluffs throughout the area put Chattanooga on the CLOSE TO map for climbers nationwide, with more than EVERYTHING 400 routes within an hour of the city.
Life at Southern isn’t all about lectures and exams; For those who prefer to get out and enjoy nature, the Hiking: Within 15 minutes of Chattanooga, more than we have fun, too! More than half of our students nearby possibilities are endless. Soak up God’s beautiful 150 miles of hiking trails wind through forests, rivers, and mountains, providing variety and participate in intramural sports throughout the year, creation through whitewater rafting, paddle boarding, stunning scenery. For the serious hiker, there’s and there are more than 40 student-run organizations mountain biking, rock climbing, hang gliding, and miles of easy access to the entire eastern U.S. trail to choose from, including cultural clubs, hobby hiking trails. system, including the Appalachian Trail. groups, pre-professional chapters, and much more. Just a short ride from campus, the mid-sized city of As an added bonus, major metropolitan areas such as Mountain biking: More than 100 miles of Chattanooga offers something for everyone. History Atlanta, Georgia, and Nashville, Tennessee, are only a singletrack in the surrounding mountains offer buffs will enjoy visiting significant historic sites, while couple hours away, expanding your options even further. experienced cyclists a good ride, while off-road music lovers can find live musical events—including Southern really is close to everything. parks and greenways provide excellent leisure Chattanooga’s professional orchestra—throughout the opportunities for a gentler experience. week. Art galleries, a minor-league baseball team, a Caving: The greater Chattanooga area is vibrant local restaurant culture, farmers markets, one home to more than 7,000 caves, all within an of the world’s longest pedestrian bridges, and diverse hour of the city. shopping opportunities add to the fun. Water sports: Two of the nation’s most beautiful whitewater rivers are nearby: the Hiwassee and the Ocoee. The Tennessee River, which runs through downtown, is a popular spot for Chattanooga won ’s stand-up paddleboarding and rowing, Outdoor Magazine and its many tributaries make for a vast wonderland of water sports. 100 “Best Towns” contest twice! 101 MORE THAN 30 Seventh-day Adventist churches COME VISIT US! within 20 minutes of campus
By far the most interactive and insightful way to learn A Personalized Visit about Southern is by scheduling a campus visit. Pick a time that is convenient for you and get a firsthand Here are several great options: look at what it means to be a student at Southern. Go on a campus walk with a current student, try out our multiple PreviewSouthern food options in the Dining Hall, sit in on a class, and talk Join other prospective students and their families with a finance counselor about how it is possible for in finding your place at Southern. PreviewSouthern you to pay for college. Let us know through events were created for high school juniors and southern.edu/visit, and we’ll set it up! 1,200+ seniors, as well as prospective transfer students, high school students visit who are ready to experience what Southern has to SmartStart offer. Participants tour our beautiful campus, talk Save more than $2,100 and discover what makes Southern every year one-on-one with faculty, find out more about our Southern so special with a free college course that starts multiple scholarship options, and visit downtown in July. New students can take a three-credit-hour summer Chattanooga. Find out more or sign up at class without paying a penny of tuition. When the four- southern.edu/preview. week session is over, most students decide to stay at Southern. To take advantage of this offer, visit southern.edu/apply to apply or find more information at southern.edu/smartstart.
102 103 WHAT SOUTHERN STANDS FOR SINCE 1892, THE MISSION CORE VALUES Grounded in Jesus Christ and dedicated to the beliefs of As Southern Adventist University employees, we: MORE THAN the Seventh-day Adventist Church, we equip students to • Embrace the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Worldview embrace biblical truth, embody academic and professional and Fundamental Beliefs excellence, and pursue Spirit-filled lives of service. • Love Others as God Loves Them • Act with Integrity 59,000 • Live Prayerfully THE VISION • Serve Others Generously STUDENTS HAVE Southern Adventist University’s vision is to: • Follow God’s Calling • Model the love of Jesus in every interaction. • Pursue Excellence • Invite each student into a saving relationship with Jesus. • Exercise Responsible Stewardship ATTENDED • Inspire each student to engage with God’s Church and • Offer an Exceptional, Wholistic Learning Experience the world through service and witness. SOUTHERN AND • Provide each student with an exceptional learning experience that equips them to thrive in a fluid, global job market. GONE ON TO IMPACT THE WORLD. 104 105 Photo credits and captions
Cover: Pages 14-15: Pages 26-27: Pages 36-37: Pages 48-49: Pages 60-61: Pages 72-73: Pages 84-85: Photo by Terry Henson Photo by Terry Henson Photo by Ryan Pierce Photo by Ryan Pierce Photo by Terry Henson Photo by Keyanna Shultz Photo by Terry Henson Photo by iStockphoto.com/Yana Tatevosian This peaceful field, where students can A great blue heron waits on the bank of Students, employees, and community Found at the center of campus, this fountain Light illuminates this leaf’s veins, which A crisp fall morning invites Southern Southern’s Sabbath Trail provides an Visitors to Chattanooga’s Tennessee often be found relaxing in the sun, greets Southern’s Duck Pond, patiently watching members join together in praise during greets traffic that passes by Southern. provide structure and support while students to breathe deeply as they begin opportunity to reflect on God’s gift of the Aquarium Butterfly Garden can interact with visitors as they arrive at Southern. for its next meal to swim by. Merge, the gospel worship service held transporting water, nutrients, and energy to their day. Sabbath to humanity. hundreds of strikingly beautiful butterflies. weekly in Southern’s Lynn Wood Chapel. Pages 38-39: the rest of the plant—essential for growth. Page 4: Pages 16-17: Photo by Terry Henson Pages 62-63: Pages 74-75: Pages 86-87: Photo by Terry Henson Photo by Southern President David Smith Pages 28-29: Wildflowers such as these offer an Pages 50-51: Photo by iStock.com/Carol Hamilton Photo by Terry Henson Photo by Ryan Pierce Pockets of nature across Southern’s Spring flowers herald the arrival of Photo by Terry Henson unplanned burst of color on Southern’s Photo by Ryan Pierce Playful North American river otters can A flock—or murmuration—of starlings Indonesian rice fields stretch for miles. campus invite pause and reflection amidst hummingbirds to Tennessee, returning from The warm colors of a Southern maple tree campus. The stained glass in the Gospel Chapel of be viewed up close at the Tennessee sweeps through the sky, their raucous the usual bustle of activity. their winter migration further South. remind passersby of God’s creativity. the Collegedale Church of Seventh-day Aquarium, not far from Southern. chorus filling the evening air. Pages 88-89: Pages 40-41: Adventists depicts the life of Christ. Photo by Terry Henson Pages 6-7: Pages 18-19: Pages 30-31: Photo by iStockphoto.com/stanley45 Pages 64-65: Pages 76-77: “From the rising of the sun to the place Photo by iStockphoto.com/Dave Allen Photo by Terry Henson Photo by Ryan Pierce Bluebirds, native to the Southeast, look Pages 52-53: Photo by Terry Henson Photo by iStockphoto.com/EEI_Tony where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be Aptly named, the Smoky Mountains— Summer storm clouds darken the sky, Southern’s Anton Heiller Memorial Organ after each other. Photo by iStockphoto.com/tdub303 Once a month, the university’s Physics and The reclusive flying squirrel is native to the praised” (Psalm 113:3). not far from Southern—offer a natural signaling man and beast to take cover. fills the sanctuary of Collegedale Church of Synchronous fireflies gather for a light show Engineering Department hosts a star watch forests of the South. wonderland for outdoor adventure. Seventh-day Adventists with awe-inspiring Pages 42-43: in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. for anyone interested. Page 108: Pages 20-21: music. Photo by Braam Oberholster Pages 78-79: Photo by iStockphoto.com/Sean Pavone Pages 8-9: Photo by Calvin Serban Patience pays off as Braam Oberholster, Pages 54-55: Pages 66-67: Photo by Ryan Pierce Cloudland Canyon, located 45 minutes from Photo by iStockphoto.com/magicflute002 The SonRise Resurrection Pageant on Pages 32-33: DBA, business professor, captures this Photo by Terry Henson Photo by iStockphoto.com/Doug Schweigert Painted by Daud Akhriev, Wedding Feast of Southern in north Georgia, is a blaze of The southern magnolia, prevalent Southern’s campus features moving Photo by iStockphoto.com/nearandfar graceful snowy egret at takeoff. Silhouetted by the setting sun, the hills The Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Cana hangs in the Collegedale Church of color in the Fall. throughout the South, is unfazed by a depictions of the final days of Christ’s life. White-tailed deer frequently wander surrounding Southern give rise to the area’s Area in Minnesota offers a pristine setting Seventh-day Adventists. summer rainstorm. Southern’s campus and the surrounding Pages 44-45: nickname “Happy Valley.” for Southern’s Outdoor Leadership Pages 22-23: forests. Photo by Terry Henson program’s field trip. Pages 80-81: Pages 10-11: Photo by iStockphoto.com/DieterMeyrl Quiet spots on campus invite students Pages 56-57: Photo by Ryan Pierce Photo by Colin Lee Though small, the honey bee plays a Pages 34-35: to spend time in nature studying, Photo by Ryan Pierce Pages 68-69: Kathy Goddard, associate professor of Professor Natalia López-Thismón and valuable role in both decorative and edible Photo by iStockphoto.com/cturtletrax fellowshipping, or simply being still. Though tiny, pine warblers add a touch of Photo by Braam Oberholster English, opens each class with prayer. All the photos in Vacation Bible School student Mateo build gardens, including Southern’s Thatcher Farm. The beauty of places such as the beach color to the forests surrounding Southern. Downy woodpeckers can be seen around this book represent crafts together in El Salvador. at Anastasia State Park in St. Augustine, Pages 46-47: Southern’s campus year-round. Pages 82-83: Pages 24-25: Florida, can only be fully appreciated Photo by iStockphoto.com/RichardBarrow Pages 58-59: Photo by iStockphoto.com/igaguri_1 Southern Adventist Pages 12-13: Photo by iStock.com/JimSchemel when the worries of tomorrow have been Fall Creek Falls State Park is a popular Photo by Terry Henson Pages 70-71: Flowering dogwood trees announce that Photo by Terry Henson The view from Clingman’s Dome, the tallest set aside. Sabbath-afternoon destination for students “God made two great lights—the greater Photo by iStockphoto.com/MoreISO spring has arrived on Southern’s campus. University and our God’s greatness is displayed in a bright peak in Great Smoky Mountains National and employees. light to govern the day and the lesser light Autumn is a spectacular time to visit the Southern sunset. Park, offers visitors an expansive vista. to govern the night” (Genesis 1:16). Great Smoky Mountains National Park. surroundings.
106 107 THEY SPEAK OF THE GLORIOUS SPLENDOR OF YOUR MAJESTY—AND I WILL MEDITATE ON YOUR WONDERFUL WORKS.
Psalm 145:5
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