/blogs/biola-magazine/articles/category/2013-summer Biola Magazine Staff <strong>What Every Pastor Should Know: 101 Indispensable Rules of Thumb for Leading Your Church, </strong>coauthored by Gary L. McIntosh (professor of Christian ministry and leadership), Baker Books, April 2013. Pastors and church leaders are constantly faced... Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/in-print-summer-2013 /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/in-print-summer-2013 Biola Magazine Staff Since graduating from Biola in 1981 with a degree in intercultural studies and business, Julie Sagatelian has become a respected financial planner with a passion for creating financial strategies. As a financial adviser at Waddell &amp; Reed in... Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/biolans-up-close-summer-2013 /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/biolans-up-close-summer-2013 Rick Bee As many of you who completed last year alumni survey may recall, the alumni office has gone through an extensive review of programs and services. In a recent “state of the alumni union” address, we were pleased to share with the university Board... Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/alumni-files-summer-2013 /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/alumni-files-summer-2013 Biola Magazine Staff It been 34 years since <strong>Sherrill </strong>(<strong>Hennings</strong>, ’71) <strong>Bragg </strong>first set foot on Peruvian soil. Four children and 14 grandchildren later, Sherrill is currently working to complete a project she and her husband, <strong>Everett Bragg </strong>(’71), started in the... Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/where-are-they-now-summer-2013 /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/where-are-they-now-summer-2013 Amber Amaya There is one thing Allen Yeh, associate professor of intercultural studies and missiology, won’t eat — bugs. He used to stay away from brains too, until he unknowingly tried the Latin American dish his host family set before him while living in... Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/get-to-know-summer-2013 /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/get-to-know-summer-2013 Thaddeus Williams The Peace and Love Hippie Hostel is one of Paris’ most budget-friendly, a dingy sanctuary for under-showered backpackers. It was there that I met Derrick. Derrick didn’t believe in organized religion. Derrick didn’t believe in unorganized... Thu, 27 Jun 2013 17:00:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/when-relevance-trumps-reverence /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/when-relevance-trumps-reverence Melissa Travis When I enrolled in Biola M.A. in science and religion program in 2009, I was driven by my passion for teaching science and faith topics to adults. My ultimate dream has long been to educate believers, particularly church leaders, on the... Thu, 27 Jun 2013 17:00:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/the-faith-of-a-child-can-be-reasonable /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/the-faith-of-a-child-can-be-reasonable Biola Magazine Staff Higher education is in the midst of an unprecedented shift, brought on by the relatively rapid rise of online learning. Last year alone, nearly one-third of college students nationwide took at least one online course — up from just 10 percent in... Thu, 27 Jun 2013 17:00:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/what-are-the-advantages-and-drawbacks-of-online-ed /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/what-are-the-advantages-and-drawbacks-of-online-ed Biola Magazine Staff The Abolition of Man This book consists of three reflections on education: “Men without Chests,” “The Way,” and “The Abolition of Man,” along with a rich collection of illustrations of the Natural Law. I deeply appreciate Lewis’ arguments for... Thu, 27 Jun 2013 17:00:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/my-favorite-cs-lewis-book /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/my-favorite-cs-lewis-book Matt Anderson An American salesman, a Dutch academic and an Australian actor walk into an old house nestled some four miles outside Oxford, England. It not the start of a bad joke, though they will hear stories of pranks pulled by the man who once lived... Thu, 27 Jun 2013 17:00:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/at-home-with-lewis /blogs/biola-magazine/2013/at-home-with-lewis