Lawrence Today magazine, Spring 2006
A much-needed model
Although I became a pastor, not a teacher, I concluded long ago that people
whose first career was teaching had a distinct advantage in the ministry.
I also realized how much I needed a mentor, but no such program existed in
my denomination at the time.
At one point, I thought about teaching at the college level, but when I sat
down with a professor friend who explained to me there was no program to prepare
a person, I was dismayed. Imagine my joy when I read of the newly instituted
Lawrence Fellows program (Lawrence
Today, Fall 2005). It is much needed. I
hope it will be a great success and fulfill President Beck’s dream to
become a national model.
Nancy Richards, M-D’59
St. Louis, Missouri
Healing the psyche and society
A good part of the mess we find ourselves in as a planet, and industrial society,
is a result of our deeply wounded relationship to our Mother Earth.
Putting a garden at Lawrence (Lawrence
Today, Fall 2005) finally — a
high-powered academic institution — has the potential to heal a little
piece of the psyche, and the society.
The conversation (and garden) is in the center of the campus. It could be a
beautiful and soulful first step. I am hopeful.
Great work to all who sat in meetings and persevered through the protocol maze!
No greenwashing, please.
Rufus Hellendale, ’77
Harborside, Maine
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