Inspire, Spring 2010

Authentic praise. A community gathering. Challenging speakers. Some things never change. Meet a few of the guests who spoke in chapel during the past few months. Listen to archived chapel broadcasts at www.ThePath.fm/chapel . chapel report George Murray (January 5–7) Chancellor of Columbia International University www.ciu.edu Gracia Burnham (January 6) Representative for New Tribes Mission www.graciaburnham.org Chris Williamson (January 12–13) Senior Pastor of Strong Tower Bible Church, Franklin, Tennessee www.strongtowerbiblechurch.com Mark Cahill (January 19) Evangelist www.markcahill.org Hayes Wicker (January 20–21) University Trustee and Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Naples, Naples, Florida www.fbcn.org Stan Archie (January 27–28) Senior Pastor of Christian Fellowship Baptist Church, Kansas City, Missouri www.cfbckc.org Tite Tiénou (February 9) Dean and Senior Vice President of Education at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School www.tiu.edu/divinity Chris Miller (February 24–25) Senior Professor of Bible at Cedarville University www.cedarville.edu It’s not every day that a double-decker bus pulls into a Cedarville parking lot. But on January 27, a group of 30 students, faculty, and staff — including Dr. and Mrs. Bill Brown — piled in and headed south on the annual Civil Rights Bus Tour, a five-day excursion that retraces the major events of the Civil Rights Movement. Stopping first in Atlanta, Georgia, the group visited the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site and then continued on to Alabama for stops at the Rosa Parks Museum, the National Voting Rights Museum, and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. The trip culminated in Memphis, Tennessee, at the National Civil Rights Museum. “It is one thing to learn about history,” shared Nate Davidson ’12, “but completely different to walk in the footsteps of those who changed it. From marching over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to seeing where Rev. King was assassinated in Memphis, this trip allowed me to understand the Civil Rights Movement in an entirely new way.” While traveling on the bus, the group watched several videos that either reflected on incidents of the movement or dealt with racial reconciliation in today’s world. Julita Bailey ’11 remarked, “Martin Luther King, Jr., and many others risked their lives for something they knew was right. Although they may not have seen the results of their work, that did not stop them from continuing forward. They lived for God and the futures of those who would come after them.” The Civil Rights Bus Tour affirms Cedarville’s commitment to integrating faith, learning, and life. Through witnessing the failures and triumphs of recent American history, students learn to analyze these events from a biblical worldview, which then equips them to engage their world more courageously and effectively. Footsteps of History “This trip allowed me to understand the Civil Rights Movement in an entirely new way.” CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY 3