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A Lobster Fixes the Pickle Farm
Winter 2004-2005
President Horner submitted a letter of resignation to the Board of Directors three years ago at age 52. The Board at that time, hoping to retain him, set up a six month sabbatical resulting in Horner coming back from the refreshing beaches of Florida ready to stay on until age 65. But two years later—after reflecting once again that he had served as a college president since he was 29—Dr. Horner felt, if he ever wanted to try something different, now would be the time to pursue other career goals.
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Tribute to Paul Holmer
Fall 2004
One of our most formidable Christian apologists, Paul Holmer, joined the heavenly symposium on June 29th 2004.
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A Magnificent English Cathedral
Winter 2003-2004
A great work of art is almost always done by a single person. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony wasn’t written by a committee. Same with Shakespeare’s plays. It’s hard to think of any other masterpiece, aside from the KJB, cooked up in this way.
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News and Notes
Winter 2003-2004
Gold Medal Morning for NPU Crew; Kristen Prescott and Michael Pietro Wed; Anders Peter Johnson Arrives; A Life of Academic Commitment at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois; St. John 24 Mount Union 6
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Tribute to Harry Opel
Winter 2001-2002
Harry Opel, one of the greatest forces in serious (Covenant) music since the sublime A.L. Skoog himself, died at age 80 on January 2, 2002.
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Big Bible News
Summer 2001
St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota (the birth place of Minnesota Public Radio) is slowly and very surely producing the first Bible to be written and illustrated entirely by hand since the invention of moveable type more than 500 years ago. This St. John's Bible, a ten-year project, is now half-way complete.
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Wittgenstein's Poker
Summer 2001
Lots of people look forward to the Festival of Lessons and Carols broadcast live each year from the Cambridge University King's College Chapel on Christmas Day. The soaring music sung by boy sopranos, the lovely "Once in Royal David's City" processional, the beautifully read texts, and the thrilling acoustics of this vaulting, perpendicular Gothic chapel built by Henry VI combine for a spiritual and aesthetic treat.
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Swedes in the Twin Cities
Spring 2001
These scholars had collectively produced Swedes in the Twin Cities, which was selling like hotcakes. The book is co-edited by Dag Blanck, the Director of the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center at Augustana College, Rock Island, and Philip J. Anderson, Professor at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago.
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Pre-Ventura
Winter 2000
One of Minnesota’s finest citizens just published his memoirs. In
A Man’s Reach, 91-year-old Elmer Andersen looks back with
humor and wisdom on a full, rich, and wonderful life.
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College on Five Dollars
Spring 2000
On a sunny, late summer morning in 1954, a crew-cut 17-year-old with two cardboard suitcases boarded the Hiawatha Zephyr in St. Paul, Minnesota. He took a seat by the window as the train pulled smoothly away from the station and began to glide down the tracks toward Chicago.
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River Horse
Fall 1999
About ten years ago, a travel book appeared in which the
author checked out our country by driving from coast to coast on the
back highways. Blue Highways, written by William Least Heat-Moon, was
very engaging.
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My Dinner with Aaron
Winter 1999
On a recent Friday afternoon, I stopped at the Pietisten office on my way home from work. Phil Johnson, editor-in-chief, poured two cups of coffee and we sat down to take stock of things. Phil said, “I have a favorite composer.” This was unexpected, but since I work in the concert business my antenna went on alert.
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Transcending Everydayness
Fall 1998
Some people in town don’t like it–too modern. I tell them, “Art is once again ahead of the curve.” They, of course, tell me, “Take a hike.”
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Walker Percy Musings
Spring 1997
Don Erickson, an English teacher at Augustana, a top notch liberal arts college in Rock Island, Illinois, sent off a post card 20 years ago with just two sentences: "Read Walker Percy's The Moviegoer. I guarantee it."
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The Idea of a University
Fall 1996
At the Homecoming weekend alumni banquet in the old gym — where the floor serves as the ceiling to the ancient swimming pool down below — a group of the faithful recently heard about the future of North Park University. President David Horner has been guiding North Park for ten years now. His witty talk was filled with facts and news.
