Inspire, Fall/Winter 2009

a lumnotes Greg ’03 and Amber (Young) Anderson ’03 announce the birth of Samuel Courage Anderson on September 2, 2008. They reside in Arlington, Texas, where Greg attends Dallas Theological Seminary. Dan ’04 and Lindsey (Ellis) Alburger ’04 announce the birth of Jackson Daniel on November 1, 2008. They reside in Baltimore, Maryland, where Dan is a substitute teacher for Baltimore County Schools and Lindsey is a pediatric nurse at Johns Hopkins. Andrea (McCormick) Cruz-Santiago ’04 and her husband, Filemon, announce the birth of Emmanuel David on October 19, 2008. Andrea teaches math for a pilot program that targets at-risk teenagers through an online learning community. They live in Livonia, Michigan. Luke ’04 and Anna (Woodhams) Heinz ’05 announce the birth of Noah Maximus on March 6, 2009. Luke is a financial controller. After working in the international adoption field, Anna now enjoys the full-time job of caring for their son. They reside in Broadview Heights, Ohio. Jamie (Huffman) Jones ’04 and her husband, Lindsey, announce the birth of Adam Landry on December 26, 2008. They reside in Princeton, West Virginia, where Lindsey is an elementary special education teacher. Jamie works from home as the director of development for Mercer Christian Academy. Brent Miller ’04 has passed the Professional Engineering (PE) exam and is now a licensed professional engineer. He works as an electrical engineer at Stanley Consultants in Iowa. If you would like to contact a friend highlighted in this section, please e-mail us at alumni@cedarville.edu . We’d be glad to put you in touch. CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY 35 Exploring the Benefits of Pain What can we learn from suffering? For Dr. David Henderson ’00, that question led to his latest accomplishment. He recently joined forces with best-selling author Dr. Paul Meier to write a book about suffering, titled Finding Purpose Beyond Our Pain . In fact, when he first met Dr. Meier, David told him this is the book he would write if God limited him to just one. “I’ve been trying to relieve mental and emotional suffering through psychiatry,” David said, “and I’ve realized there are some things that are unavoidable and necessary in order for us to grow spiritually.” With that in mind, he wrote about what he considers to be the seven universal life struggles: injustice, rejection, loneliness, loss, failure, discipline, and death. A Cedarville native, David cut his University experience short when he decided to go right into medical school at Wright State University without a bachelor’s degree. He followed that up with a residency at the University of South Carolina. Then, a call from a friend set him on a different course. Wanting to incorporate his faith into his psychiatric practice, David found himself at Dallas Theological Seminary, where he met Dr. Meier. Besides writing, speaking, and managing his practice, David is married to Angela (Primo) ’00, whom he met at Cedarville in a freshman communication course. “The first day of class,” David explained, “Professor Gary Barker ’86 said he always had one couple meet there and get married. Well, we were that couple, and we invited him to our wedding!” The Hendersons live in Dallas with their two children. Released in November 2009, Finding Purpose Beyond Our Pain is published by Thomas Nelson. You may contact David at livingstonepresumed@yahoo.com and visit his website at www.drdavidhenderson.com . alumni spotlight alumni spotlight alumni spotlight alumni spotlight alumni spotlight alumni spotlight alumni spotlight alumni spotlight