Ouachita Baptist University Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita Alumni Magazine Ouachita Alumni Spring 2012 The Ouachita Circle Spring 2012 Ouachita Baptist University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/alumni_mag Recommended Citation University, Ouachita Baptist, "The Ouachita Circle Spring 2012" (2012). Alumni Magazine. Book 7. http://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/alumni_mag/7 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Ouachita Alumni at Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. It has been accepted for inclusion in Alumni Magazine by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. SPRING 2012 EXPLORE Launching lifelong explorers Remembering Francis McBeth “In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience Exploration expands education is a form of exploration.” Ansel Adams One of my favorite inspirational quotes declares, “A ship in a harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” The lure of exploration has been a driving force throughout history. The same is true at Ouachita, whether exploring new frontiers academically, spiritually or “We must go beyond textbooks, geographically. Such well-established campus programs and events as the Grant Center for International Education, Campus Ministries, the European Study go out into the bypaths and Tour and Tiger Serve Day provide a wealth of opportunities to both explore and untrodden depths of the engage the world around us. wilderness and travel and The call to exploration is a Biblical mandate. Jesus Christ calls His disciples to explore and tell the world the “come, follow me” and to “go into all the world.” Even as the Son of Man “has no place to lay His head,” He invites each of His followers to “deny himself, and glories of our journey.” take up his cross, and follow me.” That’s radical exploration, setting sail regardless John Hope Franklin of where the voyage leads.