Word on the street is Donald Miller will be speaking in Nashville on October 15. Where? Apparently he hasn't decided yet. Lipscomb student Michael Gilbert has taken it upon himself to lead the campaign to bring the writer to our campus:
RT @mThomasGilbert: @donmilleris Come to Lipscomb University for your October 15 tour date
If you'd like to see Don Miller on campus in October, follow Gilbert's example and shout to the Twittersphere.
Associate Professor of Bible and Theology Dr. Lee Camp is the brains and master-mind behind Tokens. 
You've seen him in the classroom, now watch him on TV. Lipscomb history professor Dr. David Lawrence will discuss recent events in Iran on Inside Politics. The program airs:
News Channel 5+ (Cable Channel 50):
Tonight at 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 27 at 1:30 a.m., 5 a.m., 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 28 at 1:30 a.m., 5 a.m., 12:30 p.m.
News Channel 5:
Sunday, June 28 at 5 a.m.
High Rise residence hall director Mike Smith has finished his 2,000 miles + ride along the Underground Railroad from Mobile, Alabama to Owen, Ontario. Mike was riding to raise money to establish a new minority scholarship to help Lipscomb students pay for college. He's chronicled his whole journey here for your reading pleasure.
Nice job, Mike! Thanks for your hard work to help out students! (Sorry it took us over a week to post about your accomplishment)
If you feel inclined to donate to Mike's cause, you can do it online here.
What? Are we just victims of a mirage on this hot June day, or is there actually an ice cream truck in the middle of Bison Square?
Yep. Definitely an ice cream truck. An ice cream truck that appears to be handing out free ice cream even. If you're on campus, now might be a good time to pretend to be an Impact camper.
Photo from @FreckleFace82
Lipscomb's summer mission trip to Perth, Australia is off to a slow start. Ben Carpenter gives an update from the Denver airport:
Gifts are so wonderful. I love them regardless of the season or who gives them to me. I look at my stuff and realize that a lot of it are gifts given to me by others. Though whenever I first look at it, the fact that it's a gift does not come to mind. In fact I have to really think about who it was that gave me the gift. I consider letters a gift too, and I like them a lot because you don't have to think about who gave it to you. They make up the letter themselves. There are some other gifts that carry this importance with it.
I'm ashamed to say that I often think of salvation in the former way. I so often fail to see God in that gift. I don't think I'm alone in my thinking about this, so I ask the question, why? Why can't we see God in salvation as clearly as we see another person in a letter they send us? I think it's because we truly are doing things for our salvation, so that we can have everlasting life. So that we will not go to hell and be eternally damned. If we have this mentality as we live out our lives, we will completely miss out on who gave us this gift. Simply, we idolize our gift, not the Giver.
Julie Wheetley graduated from Lipscomb with a degree in Social Work. She currently works in the mission field.
Seth King is a senior Ministry major at Lipscomb and is spending part of his summer in Ghana, Africa, doing mission work.
During the past few days, healthcare has been all over the news. President Obama recently addressed the American Medical Association in order to give new light to this controversial issue. He addressed many misconceptions during his speech.
It isn't a secret that President Obama leans more towards a universal healthcare system than he does towards the traditional system. Many people are afraid that a universal healthcare system will lead to a government controlled healthcare system. This leads many people to think of the phrase "socialism," which leads to communism, which leads to dictators, etc. In other words, people see this as the beginning of the slippery slope.
There are two main criticisms of the universal system: the wait times and the treatment of doctors.
The wait time concern is probably a legitimate concern. If everyone had medical coverage and could go to the hospital when needed, it makes sense that wait times would be longer. Right now, 46 million Americans have no insurance at all, and there are many others that have sub-par coverage. Thus, they can only go to the hospital in dire circumstances. Once everyone has coverage, what will stop the hospital lines from lengthening? It would take time to work the kinks out of the system, but at least everyone would have coverage and the ability to go to the hospital rather than have to suffer because they cannot afford the visit.
Some of you may have heard about the trouble our Malagasy students are having with their home government. The Lipscomb community is working hard to help them, and Channel 5 ran a story about them yesterday. Find out more at http://madagascar.lipscomb.edu.
Here in lovely, beautiful Estes Park, nights are usually mild and uneventful. The streets are deserted except for pizza deliveries and dudes on phones outside the main bar downtown. One can walk to his destination without much fear of trouble. People typically don't come knocking at your door late at night to bum off you, and the local river can be heard slowly draining the snowmelt into the Mississippi River Basin.
Why should Sunday night have been any different? We had a moderately busy day at work, and Bell and I were pretty pooped after dinner. We managed to go for a run around town and were calmly relaxing, watching the Rockies/Cardinals game rerun whilst conversing with our respective better halves.
Bedtime is approaching at a cheetah's pace. As I wrap things up with Caitlin, a soft knock imposes itself upon our cracked door. The screen door is locked wide open, and through the sliver of the main door, I could see a streetlight and Marc's car. No person, though. I look at Bell. It's 10:10. Mostly everyone is asleep by now, at least those that have to work in the morning. Who could it be? Slowly, carefully, I open the door to see what the trouble is.........Michelle.
OC Eagle vs. Lipscomb Bison from Oklahoma Christian on Vimeo.
You have to be able to laugh a little bit at your own school...and for sure all of the other schools you compete against. This little video is a cheeky way for those of us who love our alma mater's to sit back and poke fun at ourselves. But in all seriousness...we won.
Since last summer, members of Amos House have come to know and love the colorful, endearing residents of Tent City, a local homeless encampment here in Nashville. When the city planned to close the camp on November 1st of last year, we organized a letter writing campaign and non-violent demonstration to pressure city officials and draw attention to the injustice of bull-dozing the makeshift homes of our brothers and sisters. With the combined efforts of college students, advocates, local church goers, and other concerned citizens, a public outcry was launched and to our surprise, Mayor Karl Dean was sympathetic to our concerns and granted the doomed camp a reprieve. He charged the Homelessness Commission with deciding what to do about the camp and, in turn, the Commission charged local outreach workers with the task of moving Tent City's residents out of the camp and into housing. The lack of low-income housing in Nashville and the overwhelming barriers that people living on the streets face made this task challenging, to say the least.
First Week Summer 2009 from Michael Gilbert on Vimeo.
A big part of college is learning to be on your own, and a big part of learning to be on your own is learning how to handle your money. Today, WULU introduces a series on personal finance writtern by Joe Dunlap, an '06 Lipscomb alum who now works as a financial analyst. Without further ado, here's Joe:
I begin my introductory financial musing to discuss two truths I find self-evident:
1. The easiest task in this world is paying someone else money
2. YOU are the only person fighting for your dollar.
Let's start by examining numero uno (that's Spanish for one numero). You've heard:
• Grocery store clerk asking you "Cash, check, debit, or credit?"
• "0% financing on all xxxx's from now until 20xx"
• "No payments for 90 days"
• "Now pay online!"
• "Automatic deductions from your checking account"
• "Bill me later"
• Taxes deducted from your paycheck
• Coupon books for installment loan payments (car, student loan, etc.)
• "3 easy payments of $39.95 (No COD's please), but wait! Call now and receive an extra..."
There are copious types of mediums, terms, and instructions to collect your money as easily as possible. Don't have money now? "Pay later." Don't have cash with you? "We take checks or cc and there's an in-store ATM." How do you pay your car note? "Pay online, call our 24 hr hotline, or mail a check in this pre-printed addressed envelope." Corporations and governments are innovative in their techniques for collecting as much cash from you as possible. They'll get your money. They use technology, (in)convenience, and even guilt/pride to drain your wallet like teenage daughters. You'll notice these tactics in any sales environment. Buying a house, furniture, car, etc.
Taking Notes
By: Lauren Plummer-Joseph
The murmer of the pine's green branches in her ears, she remembers how the
white heron came flying through the golden air and how they watched the sea
and the morning together, and Sylvia cannot speak; she cannot tell the heron's
secret and give its life away. -- Sarah Orne Jewett
Take me to the house you grew up in
and bring the daughter you birthed.
If it's the kind of summer evening
that holds a heavy magic in its balmy breath,
let's take to the trees--see how high we can climb--
and find a praying mantis to befriend.
I'll wait for the milk white moon to
peak a pie sliver through the Ozark hills--
when she shines her light upon the eaves and hollows
of a face I have so long admired--
Woman, Mother, Sister, Friend
I will look at you and remember a language long forgotten
from a world I want to know again.
Check out Exordium online at www.exordiumjournal.com
What's Up LU: Dr. Reed, tell me a little bit about your own college experience. Where did you go and in what did you major?
Jerome Reed: I went to Middle Tennessee State University as an undergraduate. They offered me a financial package I couldn't turn down. (In fact, I got a check from them every month which I saved and bought a car when I graduated). I majored in piano performance and ended up getting a second major in French. It was that second major that is part of the story of how I met my wife.
WULU: What did you do right out of college?
JR: I went straight into graduate school. I knew from the beginning that I did not want to stop until I had finished a DMA in piano performance. I went to The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC and studied with a fabulous Hungarian teacher, Bela Boszormenyi-Nagy.
