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On February 16, 2002, Maxwell Academy alumni participated in the Sabbath morning service at Middletown Adventist Church. The students, who now attend Pacific Union College, filled the divine meeting with a lively song service, a trumpet duo, and a song in Ndebele—one of the languages spoken in Zimbabwe, by the musical group Agape. To top it off, Richard Doss, a junior theology major, gave a sermonette on salvation. Maxwell Adventist Academy is situated in Nairobi, Kenya, and over the years, PUC has recruited more than 20 of Maxwell’s graduates. Alumni from Maxwell are from a variety of different countries around the world. Comprising 25% of the international student population at PUC and living thousands of miles away from home, Maxwell alumni share a unique bond with each other. One of the highlights of the Middletown service was the music. At Maxwell, all students are required to earn two credits in a music class to graduate. Some students choose choir or piano lessons, while others opt to learn a new instrument. As a result, Maxwell’s graduates appreciate music in one way or another. Singing brings Maxwell alumni together; at first it was just a way to remember good old high school...

Pacific Union College invites the community to attend a retirement planning seminar on Monday, April 1, from 7-9 p.m. Presented by Maynard LeBrun, financial planner, in connection with a consultant from Estate Design and Family Wealth Transfer, the seminar will answer important questions about money and your future. The seminar will cover retirement plan options and how to calculate retirement income needs. Those who attend will also learn important information about investments, government regulations, Social Security, and insurance....

Donald John, professor of philosophy, religion, and history at Pacific Union College, recently contributed a chapter to the book, Radicalism in British Literary Culture, 1650–1830: From Revolution to Revolution, a collection of interdisciplinary essays by leading scholars published in January 2002 by the prestigious Cambridge University Press. John was solicited to write the article by Nigel Smith, who edited the book with Timothy Morton. Smith, currently a professor of English at Princeton University, studied at Oxford with John. John’s article, “They became what they beheld: theodicy and regeneration in Milton, Law and Blake,” examines changing concepts of the problem of evil and the regeneration of self. In the book, which argues that the radical agendas of the mid-seventeenth century did not disappear throughout the long eighteenth century but were present in a more continuous transmission, John addresses the theology of redemption. This theology underwent a substantial change over the years as God was ‘interiorised’ in the believer. In his conclusion John refers to the radical "envisioning [of] God who 'becomes as we are, that we may be as he is.'" It is this concept John links to the concerns of the English Romantic poets. In doing so, he shows how...

Michelle Tumes, a well-known Christian recording artist, performed for a full house at Pacific Union College on Saturday, March 16. Michelle’s music is a tender brand of song writing that has captivated listeners for several years. She has produced three CDs; 1998 Listen, 2000 Center of My Universe, and 2001 Dream; from these CDs, five songs have reached #1 on the adult contemporary charts. A talented song writer, Michelle has written or co-written every original song on all of her albums. She has also penned songs for Jaci Velasquez, Sixpence None the Richer, and Point of Grace. Michelle has toured with such artists as Jaci Velasquez and Fernando Ortega. She will tour this fall with Twila Paris on the “Twila Paris and Friends Tour.”...

Journey into the freshwater marsh, one of the world’s least explored natural habitats, and discover the wonder of this mysterious realm. The Elmer Herr Adventure Series at Pacific Union College hosts “The Marsh...A Quiet Mystery” on Saturday, April 13. Experienced documentary filmmaker Tom Sterling takes the viewer to marshes in Canada, Utah, and Oregon. Each unique environment is home to a myriad of wildlife from frogs and muskrats to deer, mountain lion, and elegant cranes....