While all formal connections with the magazine have been severed with my resignation, I have agreed to serve as a consultant from time to time when I can help in some specialized way.  But with the continuing and new staff, it looks like the future is on an upward course for the magazine in the... Continue Reading

Dr. Dalbey, who has served as interim president of the Seminary since June 2012, will become the fifth president to lead the institution. He has taken on several roles at Covenant since 1999, when he was named dean of students. A few years later, he became vice president of student development and assistant professor of... Continue Reading

Monroe may hold the record for the highest number of offices held during his career in public service. 1782, Virginia legislature; 1790, U.S. Senate; 1794, Minister to France; 1803, Minister to France and Spain whose initiative resulted in the Louisiana Purchase; 1803, Minister to England; 1810, elected to the Virginia legislature a third time; 1811,... Continue Reading

There are so many ministry lessons that can come out of something like this. In ministry, it’s easy to get caught up in the wrong priorities. You get caught up in numbers and money, and then something like this happens. It reminds you that ministry isn’t about making sure your church is the biggest and... Continue Reading

The donors, who have given $5 million to the school over the last two and a half years and who by some reports have pledged $60 million, explicitly state that they “deeply regret that we must now discontinue that support due to actions of President Aguillard which we believe to be unethical and potentially illegal.”... Continue Reading

Gosnell, 72, faces five counts of murder—four for babies allegedly killed after being born alive and one for a patient who died after receiving too much anesthesia. Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey Minehart dismissed three other charges Tuesday, saying state prosecutors had failed to make a case in the deaths of those babies. Gosnell faces... Continue Reading

And I am exhausted. The toll this job has taken on me and on my family cannot be ignored. I also know that, although I have committed each day to serve God and this institution to the best of my ability, I have strained or broken relationships with several of Erskine’s most important alumni, faculty, and... Continue Reading

A memorial service to remember this great servant of God will be at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 27th, at First Presbyterian Church in Hattiesburg.  Becky will have a private burial before the memorial service.  Dr. Sean Lucas and Dr. Jim Baird will be officiating, and Becky has invited our Board of Trustees members to... Continue Reading

“We have lost our friends and neighbors. We lost the safety and comfort of our homes,” said [Pastor] Crowder, raising his voice over the whirr of helicopters surveying the nearby rubble from overhead. “But as scary as this is, we don’t have to be afraid.” The explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. rocketed shrapnel across... Continue Reading

“Now, the bright people of my home state have made him the GOP person for Congress,” Brunson went on. “If he dealt treacherously with his wife before, and the state, and the people who worked for him, do you think [his] character has changed that much? That he’s not gonna deal treacherously at some point... Continue Reading