Inspire Summer/Fall 2003 - Princeton Theological Seminary

2 31465PTS inphotos1. John and John Potter,father and son PTSalums, with ProfessorBruce McCormack (center)2. InSpire congratulatesits student staffers(from left) Beth Godfrey,Erin Dunigan, andErika Marksbury.3. Ph.D. graduateMichael Brothers withwife, Lauren McFeaters,and daughter Josie74. Graduate K.C. Wahewith President andMrs. Gillespie5.Th.M. graduateRege Mathew86. Matthew and MandyFlemming, a graduatingclergy couple7. Father and sonalums Paul and ToddStavrakos (left) andAlex and Ware Wimberly98. Erin Dunigan andJeremy Deck, winnersof the Fellowship for theParish Pulpit Ministry, bothplan to study in Scotlandin the coming year.109. Father and sonalumni/ae Andrew andTom Kort.10. Ph.D. graduates(left to right) RaewynneWhiteley, MichaelBrothers, David Miller,and Jaehyun Kim.

inSpirePrinceton Theological SeminarySummer/Fall 2003Volume 8Number 1EditorBarbara A. ChaapelArt DirectorKathleen WhalenJunior Graphic DesignerHetal MistryEditorial AssistantsWesley GoldsberryErika MarksburyCommunications AssistantMichelle Roemer SchoenStaff PhotographersErin DuniganBeth GodfreyEddie NabhanLoren PankratzJoshua SutherluninSpire is a magazinefor alumni/ae and friendsof Princeton TheologicalSeminary. It is publishedthree times a year bythe Princeton TheologicalSeminary Officeof Communications/Publications, P.O. Box 821,Princeton, NJ 08542-0803.Telephone: 609-497-7760Fax: 609-430-1860Email: inspire@ptsem.eduWeb site:www.ptsem.edu/read/inspire.htmThe magazine has a circulationof approximately 23,000 andis printed by George H.Buchanan Co. in Bridgeport,NJ. Reproduction in wholeor in part without permissionis prohibited. Nonprofit postagepaid at Bridgeport, NJ.The views expressed ininSpire may not necessarilyrepresent those of PrincetonTheological Seminary.Featuresin this issueCheck us out online!And send our web address to friends, parishioners,and those you love. inSpire is onlineat www.ptsem.edu/read/inspire.htm.10 • The Preacher’s Craft: Engle Instituteof Preaching Receives Rave ReviewsForty PTS alums who preach gatheredexpectantly for the first Joe R. Engle Instituteof Preaching in June—hoping to refinetheir craft and enjoy being back on campuswith colleagues.by Barbara A. Chaapel12 • Listening to Latin American VoicesProfessor of Ecumenics and MissionLuis Rivera-Pagán reflects on the ideasand commitments that brought him toPrinceton from his native Puerto Rico.by Erika Marksbury13 • Encountering Barth As aMissionalTheologianKarl Barth is an unexpected apologist for thecentrality of mission to the church’s identity,and thus an important missional, as well assystematic, theologian.by Darrell Guder16 • Encountering Christ on the Loose:Remembering Donald Harrisville JuelNew Testament theologian and PTS professorDon Juel, who died this year after a longillness, is remembered for his wit, his senseof collegiality, and his deep commitment to theunvarnished witness of the Bible.by Beverly GaventaOn the CoverEngle Institute fellows learnedpractical ways of staying in touchwith their preaching craft, refiningand shaping the ancient practice ofproclaiming the Word of God.Departments2 • Letters3 • inSpire Interactive4 • On & Off Campus18 • Class Notes28 • Outstanding in the Field30 • Investing in Ministry32 • In Memoriam33 • End Thingsinspire • 1

summer/fall 2003from thepresident’s deskDear Friends and Colleagues:At its annual meeting inMay, I announced to theBoard of Trustees my desireto retire from this office onJune 30, 2004. That willcomplete for me fifty yearsof ministry in thePresbyterian Church(U.S.A.)—twenty-nine in the pastorateand twenty-one here at the Seminary. Ithas been a wonderful road to travel.Accepting my request, the Boardappointed a presidential search committeeto discern the one God has chosento be the sixth president of PrincetonTheological Seminary. It is a strongcommittee of able people who in dueseason will be seeking comments andsuggestions from alumni/ae and fromthe church-at-large. Please keep them inyour prayers.Meanwhile, the beat goes on atPrinceton Seminary. You will hear it inthe lovely tribute by Professor BeverlyGaventa to our faculty colleagueDonald Juel, whose untimely death inthe spring semester devastated theSeminary community. You will hear thebeat also in the articles featuring ourtwo new mission and ecumenics professors,Dr. Luis Rivera-Pagán and Dr.Darrell L. Guder. The beat is verystrong in the feature article on the inaugurationthis summer of the Joe R.Engle Institute of Preaching, whichreceived rave reviews from the fortyyoung pastors invited to participate.2 • inspireWith every good wish, I remainFaithfully yours,Thomas W. GillespieLettersMemories of MentorsYour articles on mentoring [spring2003 issue] struck many memories!Now at 77, I have many “seniormoments,” one an inability to recallthe name of the man who said, “I cannever look down on anyone fromwhom I have learned something andI have learned something from everyone.”So, too, my mentors werenumerous, but two stand out.The first was the minister ofBryn Mawr Presbyterian Church inBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. I thinkI learned more from Rex Clementsand his wife, Marian, than from anyoneelse. To the people of a wealthyand well-educated congregation, hepreached simply, from the heart. Noseminary professor could have criticizedthem. I’ll never forget them!Another minister who really challengedme was a young graduate ofAustin Seminary. She and I were associateinterim ministers in a large, urbancongregation we laughingly called“First Interim” because all the staffwere interims. She taught me how tobe a pastor. We went our separateways, she to a succession of congregations.Last year she wrote that she wastired of being a CEO and had accepteda call to serve on the pastoral staff ofanother congregation where she coulddo what she loves best.Now retired, I live in a retirement/nursingresidence. I’m learningnew skills: how to accept the ministryof others, and how to serve one anotherwithin a very diverse community.I love it! I am no longer a pastor, but“doing unto others as I would have itdone unto me.”James K. Egly (’51B)Portland, OregonA Civilian Chaplaincy?As I read Jack Moriarty’s comments[spring 2003 Letters to the Editor],I recalled the old debate about a civilianchaplaincy for the military. Having[chaplains] in civilian clothes like RedPlease write—we love to hear from you!We welcome correspondence from ourreaders. Letters should be addressed to:Editor, inSpireOffice of Communications/PublicationsPrinceton Theological SeminaryP.O. Box 821Princeton, NJ 08542-0803email: inspire@ptsem.eduLetters may be edited for length or clarity,and should include the writer’s name,address, and telephone number.Cross workers was raised during theVietnam era. A soldier was quoted assaying to a civilian reporter: “How do Ifeel about my chaplain? You wouldn’tunderstand. You weren’t there.”The chaplain is there. Sharing allthe joys and sorrows of military life.One denomination, I remember, didnot wish chaplains to give HolyCommunion to their members. Theyflew a civilian minister to Vietnam,and it was a great task to keep himsafe, fed, and housed in a combat zone.Imagine a hundred or so civilian ministersin a combat zone, each ministeringto his/her denomination, all incivilian clothes, some making very specialdemands, of course.I served thirty years as an armychaplain and two enlisted as an armydraftee. I served as an interim pastorfrom 1992 to 1995. In my experience,military chaplains, active duty andretired, often receive very cold treatmentfrom civilian Presbyterian clergy.Glenn Myers (’78M)Rio Rancho, New MexicoWhen I read “We love to hear fromyou!” I decided to respond, first, inappreciation of your excellent editorialwork, and second, just to let my 1942classmates know that I had two newstory books published this last year,one in Korean and another in theTurkana language of Kenya.And, just for your information onthe subject of chaplaincy, the militarydoes employ auxiliary chaplains, whoare civilian ministers. I served fora number of years in Taiwan in sucha capacity, in charge of an air forcechapel, holding services at remotemissile bases, and also then in chargeof a naval Sunday school of 500.David Woodward (’42B)Alhambra, California

summer/fall 2003inSpirenteractiveWe are pleased to continue this feature that invites readers to share ideas and stories with other readers. To receive the questions, alumsshould sign up at http://www2.ptsem.edu/alumni/change.htm. Thanks to those who answered this issue’s question. We received manyresponses, both serious and lighthearted, and will include more of them in the next issue.A course on basic business andaccounting principles. Though I hate itwhen people glibly talk about thechurch as a business, I think many pastorswould benefit from knowing whatit takes to run a business. What is achart of accounts? What is a balancesheet and how do you read it? What aregood accounting procedures? How doyou make sense of professional auditreports? And for those who are fortunateenough (or unfortunate enough, asthe case may be) to serve churches withendowments, how do you understandinvestment reports?Richard J. Moore (M.Div., 1970)Neenah, WisconsinkI have been active in training interimpastors, and participants in our trainingevents say that basic information onfamily systems theory and its applicationto the church is one of the mosthelpful things in our curriculum. Mostwish they had learned about it earlier.Tom Sebben (M.Div., 1970)Sharon, PennsylvaniakThere ought to be a course called“What They Don’t Teach You inSeminary.” It would include: what to doon a Sunday when the air conditioningisn’t working, the substitute organistcan’t find the organ key, and the P.A.system breaks down. How to handlepeople who think that being caring entitlesthem to know intimate details ofothers’ lives and health. What to saywhen a kid interrupts your children’ssermon and says, “Why should we loveJesus? He died.”Allen Brindisi (M.Div., 1971)Davidson, North CarolinakWith my tongue firmly in cheek, I’doffer a course in verbal self-defenseagainst malicious parishioners.(Physical self-defense is best accomplishedby throwing the Book ofConfessions and the ever-expandingBook of Order at them.) The parish isrife with well-intentioned dragons,antagonists, and just plain crazy folks.If you could make one addition to the course catalog at PTS,what course would you offer, and why?I’d also revise the speech curriculum sothat courses would include Shakespearianinsults, and maledictions and cursesin Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew (oneway to use those languages!).Joseph Cejka, (M.Div., 1982)Bakersfield, CaliforniakWheat and Tares 101: Preparing forthe political agendas established byruling elders in the church parking lotafter each session meeting.Wheat and Tares 201: Maintaininga personal faith after everything youlearned about ministry is contradictedby the actions of parishioners in thechurch parking lot after services.Wheat and Tares 301: The SensualPastor: Preparing for the consequencesof eye contact and good listening skillswith members who are lonely and wantto offer something of themselves afterhours in the backseat of their SUVlocated, where else, in the church parkinglot.Doctoral Seminar: Wheat and Tares501: The church parking lot as the rootof all evil. Training in demolitions.Training in the expansion of outreachministries, which will require new constructionin the area now occupied bythe church parking lot.Kenneth Shales Williams, (M.Div., 1982)Portland, Oregonk“Being a Lover and a Historian:Practical Matters for Professional Clergyin Their First Church and Beyond”Frederick J. Mendez, (M.Div., 1986)Parsippany, New JerseykI suggest a course that examines thehistory of mysticism or examines theforms that spiritual experiences takeand how they are understood in modernWestern culture. I’m a psychiatristand am becoming quite interested inhow spiritual phenomena need to beunderstood in their own right ratherthan pathologized or reduced to psychiatricsymptomology.Jeffrey Rediger, (M.Div., 1989)Sandwich, MassachusettskI’d have a course on the basics ofmanaging volunteers and running asession meeting. As a leader of leaders,the pastor should understand organizationaldynamics in order to make bestuse of human resources. Nothing’smore dispiriting than a session meetingthat rambles along from one person’senthusiasm to another’s beef to another’spersonal problem to another’sfinancial concern, ending only at thepoint of mutual exhaustion.V.W. (Trip) Torbert, (M.Div., 1987)Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniakI would have loved a course called“Everything You Need to Know aboutBeing an Associate Pastor.”I know that many graduates arebecoming associate pastors withoutknowing what the “associate” part ofthat means (i.e., staff/team dynamics,working with senior pastors, etc.).Few graduates think about themselvesas ministers in the context of a multistaffedchurch.Billy Song, (M.Div., 1994)Torrance, CaliforniakI would like to see a course on thehistory of Princeton Seminary, from itsfirst professor Archibald Alexander, toits signature theologian Charles Hodge,to its embroilment in the modernistcontroversy in 1929, to the present.The so-called “Princeton theology” hadan enormous influence on Americanreligious history, and its strengths andchallenges should not be forgotten.Galen Johnson, (M.Div., 1995)Siloam Springs, ArkansaskOnly sort of facetiously, I’d offer“Things You Can Do with YourEducation and M.Div. If You SuddenlyDecide to Leave the Church As SoonAs You Graduate.”Amy Watson, (M.Div., 1997)Columbus, Ohioinspire • 3

summer/fall 2003on&off CampusFaculty and Staff AccoladesThe Center for the Arts, Religion, andEducation (C.A.R.E.) in Berkeley, California,has elected James F. Kay a C.A.R.E. Fellowin recognition of “service to the field of ‘artsand religion.’”Lorenzo (Lonnie) Kirk, an ARAMARKemployee at PTS since 1986 (belowcenter, withARAMARKstaff TonyInternicolaand AmyEhlin), wasrecentlynamed“Associate ofthe Quarter”by ARAMARK.With hisdetermination to exceed customer’s expectations,his reliability, his dedication, and hishard work, Kirk, who is lead cashier, goesabove and beyond the call of duty.Robert Lanchester enjoyed a successfulrun as the Governor and Hero’s father inMuch Ado About Nothing, the opening workof the 41st season of The ShakespeareTheatre of New Jersey.On May 9, the Encyclopedia of Scienceand Religion was published by MacmillanReference, New York, and the very firstset was sent express mail to J. Wentzelvan Huyssteen, editor-in-chief, who wason sabbatical in Cape Town, South Africa.This special set was presented to vanHuyssteen’s alma mater, the University ofStellenbosch,at a specialreceptionon May 26.The NorthAmerican ribbon-cuttingceremony tookplace on June4 at VillanovaUniversity inVan Huyssteen, right,with Professor WalterClaassen of the Universityof StellenboschPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania.This publicationis a significantmilestonemarking the maturation of the contemporarydialogue between the sciencesand religions, according to van Huyssteen.The publication has two volumes including529 entries and articles, written by 440scholars of international renown.The Society for the Advancement forContinuing Education in Ministry (SACEM)presented David Wall with a special recognitionaward, given for service “above andbeyond the call of duty to SACEM in theadvancement of continuing education forministry.” The award recognized Wall’s valuablecontributions as board member, treasurer,registrar, and member of SACEM’sannual conference planning team.Gregg Meister (far right) poses with PTS professors (left to right) Nancy Lammers Gross, RandyNichols, and Charles Bartow and Meister’s various media awards.Celestial Calvin Garners a TellyAcross the Centuries: The Church Constitution, a video produced by PTS alum GreggMeister that features an animated John Calvin talking to the present-day church froma spaceship, has won a 2002 Telly Award. The Telly Awards honor outstanding non-networktelevision commercials and programs and broadcast video and film production.Produced by Interlink Media, of which Meister is founding president, the videoexplains the history and meaning of the Presbyterian Church’s constitution. Interlinkmade the original version in 1990 for the Presbyterian Church (USA). When it becameoutdated, Meister partnered with Princeton Seminary to write a new script and updatethe production using PTS talent. PTS professor of speech communication in ministryCharles Bartow is the voice of Calvin, and professors Nancy Lammers Gross and RandyNichols do voice-overs.Meister and Bartow met when Meister was a media-savvy student at Princetonin the late ‘70s. They later team-taught mass media for the parish at San FranciscoTheological Seminary. After pursuing a masters in communications at the AnnenbergSchool of Communications at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Meisterbegan Interlink Media in 1988. What began “in my home sitting at an electric typewriter”is now a full-fledged studio in a building Meister owns in Haddonfield, New Jersey.“The technology has changed,” says Meister. “We’ve moved from tape recordingequipment to CD-ROMs and the Internet. But our mission of getting out importantmessages is still the same.”Many of those important messages are linked to his faith. Interlink has produced anumber of videos for the Presbyterian Church, including one on the Book of Confessions,one on church officer training, and one for the Committee on Theological Education.Providing resources for the church and the parish pastor is a passion for Meister.“We try to equip the saints with today’s technology and educational resources,” heexplains. “The gospel doesn’t change, but how you communicate it does.”Across the Centuries has also won a Communicator Award, and was a national finalistfor the Vision Awards, honoring excellence in television production.For more information on Interlink Media, go to www.interlink-media.com.Organ ModulationsIn late April the Organ Historical Society met in Princeton for a symposium on organresearch, and PTS’s Joe R. Engle Organ was highlighted in a talk given by Martin Tel, theSeminary’s C.F. Seabrook Director of Music. The organ was also featured in a performanceby Joan Lippincott, one of America’s outstanding organ virtuosos.In the week prior to this event, Paul Fritts, the organ’s builder, was in Miller Chapel todeliver a new rank of flute pipes for the organ. While there he decided to replace theKoppelflöte with the more gentle speaking Rohrflöte. According to Tel, “The change issubtle. The new rank seems better suited for the acoustics of Miller Chapel. The fact thatPaul is willing to revisit his instrument and make this modification speaks volumes aboutthe integrity of the builder and his love for his craft.”Lippincott recorded the second of her CDs on the Engle organ, on the Gothic label. Therecording features the works of the Clavierübung III of Johann Sebastian Bach and will bereleased this fall.Photo: Joshua Sutherlun4 • inspire

summer/fall 2003on&off CampusInternational Religion and ScienceScholar Lectures at PTSDr. John Polkinghorne, formerpresident and professor of mathematicalphysics at Queens’ College in Cambridge,England, and a fellow of the RoyalSociety, was the guest lecturer for the2003 Warfield Lectures, held in March.His lecture series was titled “TrinitarianPerspectives: Science and Religion in aTheological Context.”Polkinghorne spoke about the relationshipbetween science and theology,including their conflicts, contrasts, andharmonious interaction—theintertwining of the two andthe long history they havewith each other. He highlightedthe important roleIan Barbour, a contemporaryAmerican physicist andtheologian, had in forging adialogue between the twofields. Polkinghorneexplained that Barbouroffered “a taxonomy of thedifferent ways in which hesaw that it had been provedpossible to relate scienceDr. John Polkinghorneand religion. His scheme has becomesomething of a classical grid that hasbeen used by many subsequent writerson the subject. Barbour’s four-fold classificationsemploy the headings of conflict,independence, dialogue, and integration.”In 1983 Polkinghorne resigned hischair in physics at Cambridge to takeup study in theology at Westcott College.Since then he has published a seriesof books on the compatibility of religionand science, including The Way theWorld Is and a trilogy, One World,Science and Creation.In his writing and speaking,Polkinghorne is notafraid to ask difficult questionsabout God’s action ina scientific creation. Headdresses questions likehow God acts in a worldgoverned by scientific law,and whether miracles arepossible in a scientificworld. He posits that theuniverse is an “open andflexible system” where patternscan be seen to exist,but where “the providentialaspect cannot be ruled out.”Seminarians Offer Series of Musical MatineesThe Mackay Campus Center played host this past academic year to a new student recitalseries that promises to become an annual tradition.More than a dozen seminarians graced the stage as part of Concerts in Mackay, a monthlyforum showcasing the multitude of musically talented students at PTS. For some of themany students whose gifts might otherwise lie dormant or go unnoticed, the free lunchtimeperformances provided a vehicle for Princeton’s student musicians to share their gifts withthe Seminary community. The concert series was conceived and organized by the newlyformed PTS Musicians’ Fellowship, under the leadership of PTS senior Cedric Johnson.“We found that there were a number of excellent musicians attending PTS,” Johnson said,“some of whom had been full-time performers, had toured, or had even released their ownCDs. Some of them were continuing to perform, but others were not.”The concerts may help students reclaim the musical outlets that they assumed would besacrificed when they chose to pursue ministry. While choral opportunities abound at PTS,the Mackay series provided an especially rare and valuable opportunity for instrumentaliststo perform. Johnson cited the variety of featured styles and genres as a primary strength ofthe series.“The Musicians’ Fellowship consciously set out to use music to build bridges across barriers,”he said. “We had bluegrass/folk musicians perform with jazz musicians, and jazz musiciansperform with Latin and rock musicians. It brought people together in unusual andwonderful ways.”Folk artist Kiran Young, a featured performer for the series’ inaugural concert in November,offered a similar sentiment.“The atmosphere was casual and relaxed,” Young said, “the audience welcomingand warm. There was a sense of community, support, appreciation, and excitement thatI had not encountered at the Seminary before in the same way.”Johnson cited the support of faculty and staff, especially Dean Jeff O’Gradyand Professor Martin Tel, as indispensable to the concerts’ success.Performers for the first season of Concerts in Mackay included KiranYoung (guitar, voice), Mary Beth LeCroy (guitar, banjo, voice), AaronAnastasi (guitar), Aisha Brooks-Lytle (piano, voice), BethanyHanke (piano), Lyle Watson (guitar), David Chavez (saxophone),James Logan (saxophone), Mike Samson (guitar),Anna Garbisch (flute), Erica Wilfrid (flute), Aaron Sizer(piano), Wes Goldsberry (violin), Alex Wimberly (mandolin),Phil Helsel (guitar), and Melissa Moore (cello).Photo: Beth GodfreyPresidential SearchCommittee AppointedThe Board of Trustees has appointeda presidential search committee toname Princeton Seminary’s sixth president,who will take office followingthe retirement of President Thomas W.Gillespie on June 30, 2004. The committeeis cochaired by Warren D.Chinn and Mary Lee Fitzgerald. Othermembers of the committee are RobertM. Adams, Fred R. Anderson, NancyO. Gray, Heather S. Haaga, Justin M.Johnson, Thomas R. Johnson,Deborah A. McKinley, Earl F. Palmer,Arthur F. Sueltz, Thomas K. Tewell, andDavid M. Mace, ex officio and chair ofthe Board of Trustees.The committee is very interested inhearing from alumni/ae who have thetime and interest to share theirinsights about what is required in thefuture leadership of the Seminary.They are also interested in receivingnames of potential candidates. Thecommittee would appreciate receivingsuch information by September 19,2003, via U.S. mail or email(Presidential Search Committee,Princeton Theological Seminary, P.O.Box 3386, Princeton, NJ 08543-3386,or pts-presidentsearch.org). All informationwill be kept confidential.Class of 1953 Bequeaths Two FullScholarships to PTSAt this year’s Alumni/ae Reunion, theClass of 1953 presented PTS with two fullscholarships in the amount of $31,156.46,which was raised from pledges and gifts,and will bear the Class of 1953’s name. Thismoney will go toward one general and oneinternational student scholarship.Members of the steering committee thathelped raise the scholarship funds wereAnne C. Willis, Eunice Wenstrom, BenjaminE. Sheldon, and Stanley E. Niebruegge.Photo: Leigh Photo & Imaginginspire • 5

summer/fall 2003on&off CampusNew TrusteeIn May, PTS’s Board of Trustees electedthe Reverend Deena L. Candler as an alumni/aetrustee in the Class of 2006.Candler, a 1981 PTS graduate, is pastor ofcaregiving at West Hills Presbyterian Churchin Omaha, Nebraska. She previously servedas the first full-time chaplain and instructorin religion at Jamestown College inJamestown, North Dakota.She serves on the Committee onPreparation for Ministry of Missouri ValleyPresbytery and as a mentor at thePresbyterian Seminarians Conference. Herpassion for ministry and the church is centeredon caregiving, adult biblical literacy,spiritual formation, and preparation of candidatesfor ministry.Candler was raised in Colorado andearned a B.A. in sociology from ColoradoState University. She has a 14-year-old son,Kel, whom she adopted from Honduraswhen he was six months old.PTS’s Book Sale a Big Success!In April the PTS Stewardship Committee’sannual book sale raised approximately$20,000 to benefit three internationalseminaries: the Interdenominational BibleCollege in Kathmandu, Nepal, which isrun by the National Churches Fellowshipof Nepal (NCF); the India Sunday SchoolUnion (ISSU); and a project in China calledEducational Resources and Referrals China.The Interdenominational Bible Collegealso received 14 boxes of excellent-qualitybooks, removed from the donations beforethe sale began. “Your books have arrived,and will be very useful to our students andour pastors,” wrote PTS alum, ManojShrestha, from Nepal.According to Steven Hamilton, PTSdirector of alumni/ae relations/givingand the administration’s liaison to theStewardship Committee, the sale wouldn’thave been the tremendous success it waswithout the “devotion and hard work of thestudents on the Stewardship Committeehelping their sister seminaries.”Seminary Graduate Receives David H.C.Read Preacher/Scholar AwardAlexander Wimberly, a Master of Divinity graduate,was the 2003 winner of the $10,000 DavidH.C. Read Preacher/Scholar Award given by thecongregation of Madison Avenue PresbyterianChurch in New York City to honor their formerpastor, the Reverend Dr. David H.C. Read.Wimberly was selected from 36 candidates nominatedby 23 Protestant theological schoolsthroughout the United States and Canada.The award is given to a student in the final yearof a Master of Divinity degree program whodemonstrates special distinction in both preachingand biblical scholarship and is committed tothe parish pulpit.Wimberly is the son of Princeton Seminaryalumnus Ware Wimberly, Class of 1963.Out of Africa: A Gift of Rare BooksHenry Hale Bucher Jr., PTS Class of 1962, has donated his lifelong collection of rareAfricana from the 19th and 20th centuries to the Seminary archives. Bucher, who iscurrently chaplain and associate professor of humanities at Austin College, lived in theWest African country of Gabon for several years after he graduated from Princeton,and later spent decades collecting West African books, especially about Gabon.“As a pastor and educator, I knew I would never have great financial wealth to giveback to Princeton,” he said, “but I can contribute this once-in-a-lifetime gift to helpscholars of West Africa.”The books in the collection have been appraised at a fair market value of $34,980,according to R & A Petrilla, a professional appraisal firm specializing in African andAfrican American books. Some of Bucher’s books are written in African languages,including Mpongwe, Benga, Kele, and Fang; many are in their original wrappers, andare cloth- or leather-bound.“History is usually written by the colonizers or the occupiers,” explained Bucher.“I concentrated on collecting and recording the history and perspectives of the indigenouspeople of Gabon, especially theMpongwe up to 1860.” The collectionincludes the earliest grammars, dictionaries,and Bible translations in Gabon,as well as copies of unpublished manuscripts.Bucher also plans to add photographs,audio recordings of oral histories,and trading records (includingthose of slave ships) to the collection inthe future.PTS archivist Robert Benedetto ispleased with the gift. “This is a fine collection;some of the items were printedin very limited editions and are especiallyrare,” he said. “We are delightedto add these materials to our Africanholdings, which also include the diaryand papers of Princeton Seminaryalumnus Robert Hamill Nassau(1834–1931) as well as materials aboutAlbert Schweitzer’s work in Gabon.”Bucher was born in Hainan, China, tomissionary parents Henry Hale BucherSr. (PTS Class of 1934) and Louise ScottBucher. He has eight ancestors who aregraduates of Princeton Seminary.Henry Hale BucherPhoto: Joshua SutherlunPhoto: Cat Garlit6 • inspire

summer/fall 2003on&off CampusDr. Lee (left) and Dr. NiebuhrPhoto: Beth GodfreyBeyond Fire and Brimstone: PTSCelebrates Jonathan Edwards’s300th BirthdayIn mid-April, PTS hosted “JonathanEdwards the Theologian,” the first of twomajor conferences celebrating the 300thanniversary of Edwards’s birth. TheSeminary proved an appropriate host forthe gathering, given the man’s intimateconnections to the borough and its institutions.(Edwards was the third president ofPrinceton University and was buried in thetown’s cemetery.)As the conference title suggests, despitethe recent increase in public consciousnessabout Edwards’s esteem as a scholar,images of a petulant pulpiteer still cloudhis identity as America’s pre-eminent theologian.“If people have read anything byEdwards, they have read his 1741 sermon,‘Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,’”notes Dr. Stephen D. Crocco, James LenoxLibrarian at PTS. “This sermon, andalmost nothing else, has been reprinted incountless anthologies of American literature.It has taken nearly fifty years of hardwork by a small army of scholars to showthe world that there are other dimensionsof Edwards’s thought.”“People have been taking Edwardsseriously for some time now,” said Dr.Sang Hyun Lee, PTS professor of systematictheology. “He is now considered themost important thinker in the history ofthe United States, and one of history’spremier theologians along with Luther,Calvin, and Barth.”Leading the charge in April was a numberof distinguished academicians, includingHarvard University’s Richard R.Niebuhr. In his opening keynote address,Niebuhr discussed what he considersEdwards’s most important insight—thatplurality is necessary to constitute beauty.“One alone, without reference to anymore, cannot be excellent,” Niebuhr said.Featured speakers also included Crocco,John F. Wilson of Princeton University,Yale University’s Harry S. Stout, Paul Helmof King’s College in London, and RobertJensen from the Center of TheologicalInquiry in Princeton.“We devoted quite a bit of time to delvinginto theological and doctrinal issuesthat have not really been discussed muchat previous Edwards conference,” saidLee, who has written extensively onEdwards. “There was in-depth and livelydiscussion about the Trinity, grace, andjustification by faith. I think people appreciatedthat.”The conference locale allowed PTSto highlight Edwards’s connections toPrinceton. Scheduled events includedvisits to the Maclean House near NassauPresbyterian Church, where Edwardslived briefly prior to his death, and toPrinceton Cemetery.This year’s second major conference,“Jonathan Edwards at 300,” will take placein October at The Library of Congress inWashington, D.C.Thomas W. Gillespie Receives ErnestTrice Thompson AwardOn May 24, PTS president ThomasW. Gillespie received the Ernest TriceThompson Award from The PresbyterianOutlook Foundation at a dinner duringthe 215th PCUSA General Assembly inDenver, Colorado.The Ernest Trice Thompson Award isnamed for the founder of The PresbyterianOutlook and the chairman of its board ofdirectors and a coeditor for nearly 60 yearsuntil his death in 1985.The award is given to a person or personswho represent those areas in whichThompson performed his most distinctiveservice to the Presbyterian Church andthose causes that The Presbyterian Outlookhas advocated throughout its history. It recognizesdistinguished lifetime service in thePresbyterian Church (USA).Gillespie was honored for his two decadesas president and professor of New Testamentat PTS, for his leadership among the10 theological institutions of the PresbyterianChurch (USA), serving as chair of thePCUSA Committee on Theological Educationfrom 1992 to 1994, and for his leadership in“Protestant circles in the United States andworldwide among Presbyterian andReformed churches.”CorrectionIn the spring 2003 issue of inSpireon page 19 in the box listing the Pan-African Seminar Scholars (“Rooted inAfrican Soil”), we inadvertently omittedLinda Thomas from the list of participantsfrom the United States. Weapologize for the oversight!Photo: Beth GodfreyParking Deck CompletedIt was a beautiful spring morning and PTS faculty, staff, and students neededno excuse for coming out to celebrate the dedication of the new parking garageon May 14.President Gillespie opened the dedication with a prayer, trustee Jay Vawter cutthe ribbon, and the ceremonial first vehicles drove up the ramp—led by JeffO’Grady, dean of student affairs, on his Harley.“This is a chance for us to celebrate the end of the academic year and the endof the days of circling the campus in search of a parking space, “ Gillespie said.Tours of the structure followed, with a cookout and party for students and staffon the top deck.According to German Martinez, PTS’s associate director of facilities, who oversawthe project from its beginning, “It was in the planning stages for five yearsand has been one of the most well-planned projects I’ve seen, and one of thebest in terms of teamwork. The Seminary community has been very patient duringthis year of limited parking.”The parking garage is a three-level structure with 286 parking spaces, of which7 are reserved for handicapped parking. It includes an elevator and security telephones,and is landscaped to be as unobtrusive as possible. The project beganon May 20, 2002, and was completed two months ahead of schedule.In celebration of the new parking garage, Dean O’Grady gave Mrs. Barbara Gillespie a rideon his motocycle while her husband looked on.inspire • 7

summer/fall 2003on&off CampusFaculty PublicationsJames Charlesworth coedited, withPTS alumnus Michael Daise (’94M),Light in a Spotless Mirror: Reflectionson Wisdom Traditions in Judaism andEarly Christianity (Trinity PressInternational, 2003).Two faculty members contributedessays to Key Thinkers in Christianity(Oxford University Press, 2003) editedby Adrian Hastings et al: James F. Kay onRudolf Bultmann and Bruce McCormackon Karl Barth.Faculty Appointmentsand PromotionsAt the May meeting of the Board ofTrustees, the following faculty appointmentsand promotions were announced:Brian K. Blount, formerly associate professorof New Testament, was promoted tothe rank of full professor, effective July 1.Michael A. Brothers was appointedassistant professor of speech communicationin ministry. He earned his Ph.D. at PTSin 2003.Kenda Creasy Dean, formerly assistantprofessor of youth, church, and culture,was promoted to the rank of associate professorwith tenure, effective July 1.Gordon S. Mikoski was appointed instructorin Christian education. An M.Div. graduateof PTS, he is a Ph.D. candidate atEmory University.John B. Faulkenberry Miller, a PTSPh.D. candidate, was appointed as a parttimeinstructor in New Testament for a oneyearterm.Martin Tel, PTS’s C.F. Seabrook Directorof Music, was given the additional designation“with rank of assistant professor.”Hispanic Theological Initiative NewsIn July Catholic and Protestant Latino/a Ph.D. awardees from eight countries and PuertoRico, and representing 17 different seminaries and universities across the United States,gathered at Princeton Theological Seminary with their mentors for the seventh annualHispanic Theological Initiative (HTI) Summer Workshop.Dr. Benjamin Valentín, a past 1999 HTI dissertation award recipient and now assistant professorof systematic and constructive theology at Andover Newton Theological School, lecturedon how Hispanic/Latino/a theology canmove from affirming Hispanic cultural identity andpopular religion, to supporting a broader coalitionor alliance of liberation theologies.Valentín’s lecture, titled “Going Public: Latino/aTheology As Public Discourse,” was responded toby Dr. Catherine Keller, professor of constructivetheology at the Theological School of DrewUniversity, and Luis Rivera-Pagán, PTS professorof ecumenics and mission. The HTI Book Prize wasawarded to Valentín for his book Mapping PublicTheology (Trinity Press International, 2002).During the four-day workshop, HTI announced“Discovering the Silences: The Latin AmericanReligious Bibliographical Project.” The project’s primarygoal is to help HTI mentors and awardeesJoanne Rodriguez, director of theHispanic Theological InitiativePhoto: Joshua Sutherlunaccess a particularlist ofDr. Benjamin Valentínresources for comprehensive exams. The secondarygoal is for this list to make its way into the U.S. academy,where Spanish is not considered a primary scholarlylanguage and where Latin American scholarship isabsent from most doctoral program curricula and fromdoctoral exam bibliographies.HTI is an organization funded by the Pew CharitableTrusts and housed at Princeton. It was founded in 1996to identify and prepare highly trained educators andleaders who can articulate, model, and help teachvalues that will inform and make an impact in Latino/acommunities and society in general. It also intendsto increase the presence of Latino/a faculty—especiallytenured faculty—in seminaries, schools of theology,and universities.Photo: Joshua SutherlunWorld Syriac Scholars Gather at PTSMore than 100 scholars from the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and Syriagathered on campus in July for “Syriac Christianity: Culture at the Crossroads,” the fourthNorth American Syriac Symposium.Hosted by PTS, the symposium explored all aspects of Syriac Christianity, with anemphasis on cultural and religious interaction.Kathleen McVey, PTS professor of early church history, helped plan the symposium. TheSyriac language, she explained, is “a dialect of Aramaic, Jesus’ language,” and was “thelingua franca of Syro-Mesopotamia from the second century A.D. until the Islamic conquests.As such, it became the vehicle for one of the major early Christian cultures. SyriacspeakingChristians expressed themselves and their beliefs in distinctive forms of art,architecture, and hymnody, as well as in many literary genres. Their missions spreadChristianity to central Asia, India, and China.“Although Arabic replaced Syriac as the principal language in the Middle East, Syriacnot only continues to be the liturgical language for millions of Christians today, it is also aspoken language that has experienced a modern revival,” she said.The symposium featured a concert that included chants from the Syrian Orthodox traditionperformed by the Choral Society of the Archdiocese of the Eastern United States, andchants from the Chaldean Liturgy of the Syro-Malabar Church in India. Instruments includedoud, kanoon, percussion, nye, flute, keyboards, violin, and vocals.In a lecture by Dr. Amir Harrak from the Department of Near and Middle EasternCivilizations at the University of Toronto, participants learned about the fate of Christianmonuments during the war in Iraq.8 • inspire

summer/fall 2003on&off CampusRetired, but Not Retiring!On June 30, two long-time and belovedPrinceton Seminary administratorsretired: Chase S. Hunt left his position asdirector of planned giving and Dean E.Foose retired as director of alumni/aerelations and senior placement. Huntjoined the PTS administration in 1979,Foose in 1987.Both are PTS alums and both werepastors before returning to PrincetonSeminary to work. Hunt served as assistantpastor at The Brick PresbyterianChurch in New York City and as pastorof The Drayton Avenue PresbyterianChurch in Ferndale, Michigan. Foose,too, ministered in New York City, atthe Broadway Presbyterian Church,as well as at West Presbyterian Churchin Wilmington, Delaware, and as pastorof Glading Memorial Presbyterian Churchin Philadelphia.And both remained pastors at heart.Friends and donors looked forward topersonal calls and visits from Hunt, whoknew their birthdays, their children’snames, and their hopesand dreams. Alumni/aearound the country andthe world enjoyedFoose’s ready laugh, listeningear, and eagerattention to their concernsas he helped thembegin ministry, celebratemarriages and births,solve conflicts, and findnew calls.If roots help makethe man, Chase Hunt,though born inPittsburgh, is a trueson of the City ofBrotherly Love. He grewup in West Philadelphia,graduated from hisbeloved Universityof Pennsylvania, andstill travels south tosee Penn Quaker footballgames (“Fan”doesn’t even begin tosay it!) and to root forthe Fightin’ Phillies.Foose hails from White Deer, Texas, andgraduated from the University of Texas.He headed east to Princeton in the mid-’60s and stayed east; but he has kept hisslow Texas drawl.InSpire readers may only know Huntand Foose as Seminary administrators,but there’s a lot more to know. Hunt, forexample, loves lighthouses, and his oldestson gave him and his wife, Sue, the retirementgift of an overnight stay in a lighthouse.They also like to explore the inletsand islands of the Eastern Shore ofOn their last day at the office,Dean Foose (right) looks ready forretirement, but we’re not so sureabout Chase Hunt!Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay.Foose is a gourmet cook and wineconnoisseur, and spends a week everysummer fishing with buddies on aremote lake in Canada. He was thrilledthat the Seminary’s retirement gifts tohim were classy cookware and a castingrod, rather than the more typicalSeminary rocking chair.Gene Degitz, vice president forSeminary relations, echoed what manyin the PTS community know about theirtwo colleagues when he spoke at theirretirement dinner. “Dean has been aremarkably effective mentor and counselorto students, alumni/ae, and congregations.He has worked with people tohelp them discern their gifts, articulatetheir strengths, and discover their calls.I suspect that Dean knows more alumson a first-name basis than anyone elseon the staff or faculty.”Degitz called Hunt, a business graduateof Penn and an early second-career seminarian,“a pioneer who is generous andloyal, and has the gift of always seeingwhat is good in a person,situation, or event.For more than a quarterof a century, he hasbeen in the business ofmaking true friends forthe Seminary he somuch loves.”In their non-retiringretirement, Hunt looksforward to traveling,matting and framing hiswife’s watercolors, andcontinuing to serve thewider church throughpresbytery committeesand supply preaching.Foose will keep cookingand fishing, and will dovolunteer work and visitchurches and collegecampuses to help withPhoto: Sue Huntthe call process of thePCUSA. He also looksforward to spendingmore time with his wife,Sandy, and to “restoringold things, including myself.”At PTS, neither Hunt nor Foose willbe replaced with full-time administrators.Rather, in response to budget reductionscaused by the decrease in endowmentincome brought about by the economy,their responsibilities will be foldedinto already existing positions. StevenHamilton will become the director ofalumni/ae relations/giving, Deadra Johnswill become the director of plannedgiving, and Cathy Cook Davis will becomethe director of student relations andsenior placement.Calling All CPMs!In early October, Princeton Seminary willcosponsor, along with the Presbyteries ofMonmouth and New Brunswick, a trainingevent for Committees on Preparation forMinistry (CPMs).PTS’s Office of Student Relations andSenior Placement serves as a liaisonbetween students seeking ordination toministry of Word and Sacrament in thePresbyterian Church (USA) and their CPMs.This event, titled “Nurturing the NextGeneration: Effective Care of Candidates,”will bring together the Seminary and membersof CPMs to discuss mutual tasks, learnfrom one another, and encourage eachother in their common work.Presentations are designed to offerpractical advice, ideas, and skills. Topicsand speakers include: “A Sacred Calling,”with Elder Evelyn Hwang, associate forresourcing CPMs, Presbyterian Church(USA); “Speaking the Truth in Love,”with the ReverendLauren McFeaters,associate pastor,Nassau PresbyterianChurch,Princeton, NewJersey, and certifiedpastoralcounselor;“UnderstandingGen-Xers,” withDr. Kenda CreasyDean, PTS’s associateprofessor ofyouth, church,and culture; and“Spiritual Formation and the CandidacyProcess,” with the Reverend Jeffrey V.O’Grady, PTS’s dean of student affairs.Workshops include: “Working withDifficult Candidates,” “The Perfect Pastorand How to Build One,” and “CPMs andSessions Working Together.”Cathy Cook Davis, director of studentrelations and senior placement, believesthe church “can be excited about the nextgeneration of pastors. This event is away we can partner with CPMs to exploretogether our God-given opportunity tonurture our students.”“Nurturing the Next Generation: EffectiveCare of Candidates,” will take place Sunday,October 5 through Tuesday, October 7. Theregistration fee is $25 per person or $100per presbytery for up to five participants.This fee includes breakfast, lunch, and dinneron Monday and breakfast on Tuesday.Housing is available, but limited, at anextra cost. Registrations and fees must bereceived by Monday, September 15.For more information, please contact theOffice of Student Relations and SeniorPlacement at 609-497-7882 or email CarolBelles at carol.belles@ptsem.edu.inspire • 9

summer/fall 2003The Preacher’sCraftEngle Institute of Preaching Receives Rave Reviewsby Barbara A. ChaapelEnglish author Samuel Johnson oncesaid, according to his biographer and travelingcompanion James Boswell, that “awoman’s preaching is like a dog’s walkingon his hind legs. It is not done well; butyou are surprised to find it done at all.”Thankfully, most of the church isbeyond such bigotry regarding womenpreachers. But people in the pews who hearpreaching from man or woman week afterweek might agree that it is not done well.Joe R. Engle, (a Presbyterian laymanfor whom the institute is named), whilehe applauds the sermons he hears fromthe pulpit of his church, the Fifth AvenuePresbyterian Church in New York City,bemoans the state of preaching in general.“Preachers put too little effort into composingtheir sermons,” he says. “Too manydo not focus on the text. Too many do notwork at their sermons as if their ministrydepended on it.”Because he thinks ministry, and thegrowth of the church, does depend on goodpreaching, he has put his money where bothhis mouth and his heart are. In a generousgift to Princeton Seminary, he has envisionedand made possible the Joe. R. Engle Instituteof Preaching, a weeklong summer conferenceto nurture and strengthen the craft of thosewho preach.Forty PTS alums from the Classes of1996 and 1997 attended the inaugural EngleInstitute this past June. They worshippedtogether, attended practical workshopstaught by PTS preaching and speech faculty(Charles Bartow, Randy Nichols, SallyBrown, Cleo LaRue, Jim Kay, and NancyLammers Gross), and talked together andwith faculty about their calling as preachers.Mary McKey, a pastor in North Carolina,called it one of the best educational events10 • inspireshe’s ever been to. “There was atheological excitement that undergirdedthe practical application,”she said. “Theological insightsshaped the practice of preachingand both were valued.”Dr. Nancy Gross’s workshopon exegesis was a highlight forMcKey. “She gave me a new exegeticalmethod, where the text you’repreaching on is shaped by yourwhole ministry,” McKey explained.“She urged us to ask those we meetin the daily practice of ministry—our secretaries, our sextons, peoplewe visit in the hospital, committeemembers—what the text for our sermonmeans to them. Using this method,sermon preparation begins at the breakfastmeeting.” McKey couldn’t wait to get hometo try it.Ken Locke, from Nashville, Tennessee,signed up for workshops with ProfessorsCharles Bartow and Randy Nichols. Heappreciated how practical they were. “Bartowripped apart my elocution, and then put itback together,” he said, laughing. And Lockevalued Nichols’s explication of how differentJungian personality types favored differentpreaching styles, sometimes without realizingthe limitations of each. “For example, someof us preachers are intuitive, and we thinkour congregants can intuit what we mean.But maybe we have artists in the pews whoneed images.”Kristin Saldine, Princeton Seminary’sminister of the chapel and the coordinator ofthe institute, called the event a new model inpreaching conferences.“The Engle Institute wasn’t built around‘experts,’ but around practicing preachers,”she said. In the old model, faculty andspeakers come, present their expertise to theparticipants (called Engle “fellows”) throughTom Tewell talking with Engle Institute fellowslectures, and leave. In the new model,according to Saldine, faculty stay around,share meals with the fellows, worshipwith them, become involved in informalconversation around the coffeepot.“Our institute is not star-based,” sheexplained. “In other words, we don’t chooseparticipants who are the ‘best’ preachers.We invite them to self-select, based on theirPTS class [the Classes of 1996 and 1997were chosen because they are the classes thatwould have been invited to go to Israel hadthe Seminary still sponsored that alumni/aetrip] and whether they actually preach. Englefellows are preachers of many types—pastors,associates, chaplains, presbytery staff—andmany denominations.”Another component in the new modelwas inviting a practicing preacher/pastor topreach the institute sermons each evening.This year’s preacher was Dr. Tom Tewell,Joe Engle’s pastor at Fifth Avenue. In additionto preaching four sermons, Tewell leda lively conversation about his craft.“The most important tasks in the churchare preaching and worship,” he said. “Theyare the center from which all else comes.Photo: Beth Godfrey

They are how the church will be nourished,whether the church is large or small.”Tewell had a lot to say about preparation,his key to effective preaching. Hespends between 15 and 20 hours a week insermon preparation, with the blessing of hissession and personnel committee.“When I came to Fifth Avenue,I told the session I needed this timeif they wanted strong preaching andworship, and I enlisted them tohelp me protect the time.” Tewellurged institute fellows to go homeand do the same. “It’s essential tocarve out time every day from allthe other tasks of ministry thatbeckon loudly,” he said. “I spendat least one hour each day, plus onehalf day and one full day each weekon sermon preparation.”Tewell also offered practicalpreparation tips: “Read widely, andread writers who agree with youand those who don’t; read about communicationstheory, which tells us weonly have 30-to-60 seconds to grabthe hearer’s attention; collect quotes and storiesand sayings, and develop a way to organizethem—I have piles that I file oncea year, which may not be the best way, but itworks for me!” He also carries a smallnotepad as he travels around New York Cityby subway, at hand to write down what hecalls “slice-of-life” moments.“Once I saw four hands grasping thesame subway pole when the train suddenlyjerked to a stop. The hands were AfricanAmerican, Asian, Hispanic, and Caucasian.I used that illustration a year later on WorldCommunion Sunday.” He urges all preachersto see and use the “slices of life” in theirown contexts.And to use titles that get people’s attention.“People often don’t know the biblicalstories, but they do know the common culture,”Tewell explained. “When we get intothe pulpit, we can assume that the peoplein the pew will know about the war in Iraq,and Tommy Hilfiger slacks, and reality TV.Choose titles that hook that knowledge andintrigue people about its connection to faithand the biblical text.”He practices what he preaches. Institutefellows heard him preach “If NBC NewsCovered the Feeding of the 5,000” and“Sorry, Mr. President, I Don’t Dance.”One sermon title printed in a New Yorknewspaper—”The Power of a TommyHilfiger Image”—garnered calls both fromthe fashion firm offering to help TewellNancy Lammers Gross shares a lighthearted momentduring an institute coffee break.Cleo LaRue makes a point during his workshop on “Imaginationand the Sermonic Idea.”research the topic and from a reporter whowanted to write a story about the church.“I remember the reporter asking me how tospell Colossians,” Tewell laughed. “You neverknow what the outreach of a sermon titlecan be!”Joe Engle appreciates preaching that connectsthe biblical witness and contemporaryculture. “Preachers must convey to listenersa sense of what the gospel is saying to ourhuman experience today,” he said. “It’s hardwork, but it has the potential to change andPhoto: Beth Godfreysummer/fall 2003enrich lives every Sunday.”By all counts, the Engle fellows werechanged and enriched by the institute.“It’s been great,” said Krista Henning-Ferka,who pastors four small Lutheran churchesin South Dakota and preaches twice eachSunday. “I came with sermons and got helpfulfeedback and direct application that I canuse as soon as I get home.”Enriching, too, was the chance to beback on the Seminary campus. “They lovedbeing back,” Saldine said. “They savoredevery bench, every table in Mackay, eventheir old dorm rooms. It was a chance to talkabout preaching, to chat with faculty, and toreconnect with their seminary experience, toremember what was good and to rethink andreclaim what might have been bad. Insteadof seeing ‘what PTS didn’t do for me,’ theywere able to see their seminary experience inlight of the complexities of ministry.”The fellows echoed her thoughts. At theevaluation session ending the week, they listedwords that summed up their experience:“Affirming, heartening, rediscovery, energized,challenging, broadening”were just a few.Saldine hopes the Englefellows will “reconnect virtually,”making use of the Seminaryweb site to share resources andstay in touch. “We all wantto come back next year,” saidHenning-Ferka. “We knowwe can’t, but we sure wish wecould. I’d recommend this instituteto anyone who preaches.”Another group of fellowsPhoto: Beth Godfreywill have that chance next summerat the second EngleInstitute, including members ofthe Classes of 1998 and 1999.Princeton Seminary and Joe Engle hopethe institute will become an annual event.Their goals are grand: “With this institute Iam hoping to improve the quality of preachingin our nation’s pulpits,” said Engle. “Themain purpose of a seminary is to educatepeople for the parish ministry, and in thePresbyterian tradition, preaching should beone of the highest priorities. When preachingis good and effective in the local church,then that church is usually thriving.” ❚inspire • 11

summer/fall 2003One World, One ChurchConversations about Mission and Ecumenics in the Twenty-First CenturyThrough the generosity of PTS trustee emeritus Henry Luce III, Princeton Seminary has two chairs in mission and ecumenics:the Henry Winters Luce Chair in Missional and Ecumenical Theology, filled by Professor Darrell L. Guder, and the HenryWinters Luce Chair in Ecumenics and Mission, filled by Professor Luis Rivera-Pagán. Both Guder and Rivera-Pagán were appointedto their posts in 2002.Henry Luce III is the son of the late Henry R. Luce, who began Time, Inc. and was editor-in-chief of Time magazine, and thegrandson of the Reverend Dr. Henry Winters Luce (PTS Class of 1896) and Elizabeth Luce. His grandparents, in whose honorand for whose work the chairs are named, spent many years in China as Presbyterian missionaries.InSpire is pleased to introduce Drs. Guder and Rivera-Pagán, and their work in mission and ecumenics, to our readers. Becausehis chair emphasizes theology and his position is in the Theology Department, Guder writes about the missional church and itstheological seeds in the work of Karl Barth. Rivera-Pagán, whose chair falls within the ecumenics area of the History Department,talks about his experience with and commitment to ecumenical conversation and action, particularly in relation to the churchesand people of his native Latin America.Listening to Latin American Voicesby Erika MarksburyLuis Rivera-Pagán, PTS’s visitingMackay Professor of World Christianityduring the 1999–2000 academic year, suspectshe knows why he was invited toreturn to Princeton.Now the Henry Winters Luce Professorof Ecumenics and Mission, Rivera-Pagánsays, “They called me and said, ‘Luis, wewould like you to come back here on amore permanent basis.’ I think the idea forhaving me comes from the fact that thisinstitution used to play an important rolein Latin America, and I think they’d lostthat connection. Also, a Puerto Rican cancontribute another dimension, because wecan be both Latin American people andUnited States citizens.”But at the opening worship service ofthe Association of Latin/HispanicAmerican Students last fall, Rivera-Pagánchallenged the notion that he was one offew Latin people on campus.“When I was interviewed for thisstrange chair,” he remembers, “I was toldby one member of the search committee,‘Luis, we would like you to come, becausewe don’t have too many Latinos orHispanics here.’ And I immediately replied,‘Oh, yes, you have lots of Hispanics andLatinos here. Manuel Alvarez, who cleansStuart; Ricardo Sosa, who used to cleanAdams House…. They are the people whocut the grass, who wash the dishes, whomop the floors.’ I remember saying, ‘Theyare your new douloi.’“They are not here tonight, but theyare part of this community, and I amtelling you, they want to converse withyou. They want you to hear about theirdreams, why they are here, what theirhopes are. Have you talked to manyof them?”Rivera-Pagán can issue this challengebecause he has spent time talking withthem. He knows the stories of the womenwho work in the cafeteria—how they cameto the United States in search of employmentthat would allow them to save fortheir children’s education. He tells of thewoman who cleans Brown Hall, and howher earnings help provide for her mother.The stories of their lives affect Rivera-Pagán’s life and work; their “reconstruction”projects inspire his own.In April, he dedicated his inauguraladdress to the memory of Richard ShaullLuis Rivera-Pagán(1919–2002), PTS’s first professor to holdthe chair he now occupies, and was honoredby the presence of Shaull’s widow atthe lecture. That lecture testified to a mainobjective of not only Rivera-Pagán’s preaching,but also of his scholarship: to drawattention to those whom history (and thepresent) have deemed less-than-human.He spoke about Bartolomé de las Casas(a 16th-century Spanish historian, theologian,and priest who championed the rightsof native peoples of the Americas) andhis prophetic last words to Spain, whichcondemn Spain’s violence and inhumanityagainst those peoples. Rivera-Pagán’s ownprophetic call to study the stories of thepast—particularly those that remain largely(continued on page 14)Photo: Beth Godfrey12 • inspire

summer/fall 2003Encountering Barth As a Missional Theologianby Darrell L. GuderIn the spring of 1999, my wife and I hadthe opportunity to devote part of our sabbaticalto a semester at the Universityof Göttingen, in Germany. The attractionwas the opportunity to work with ProfessorEberhard Busch, the well-known Reformedtheologian whose publications includethe classic biography of Karl Barth. He heldthe chair in Reformed theology in Göttingen(he has since retired), the same chair KarlBarth initiated in the early 1920s.The major emphasis of our sabbaticalwas a seminar that Busch invited me tocoteach with him. The theme, which hesuggested, was “missional church,” andone of the textbooks was the book by thattitle that I had edited and that had justappeared the previous year. The otherassigned readings for the seminar werelarge segments of the last full volume (IV/3)of the Church Dogmatics, especially thesections dealing with “The Being of theChristian As Witness” and “The Sendingof the Community of the Holy Spirit.” Wewere testing an idea I had been discussingwith Busch for the last several years.Darrell L. GuderPhoto: Eddie NabhanIt had long intrigued me that DavidBosch, in his magisterial text TransformingMission, repeatedly refers to Barth’s importancefor the theology of mission. I don’tcome across many Barthians who speakof his work in that way. And yet, the majorshift in missional thinking about the churchin the 20th century is largely ascribed toBarth’s influence. That shift is often summarizedwith the term missio Dei, the “missionof God.” This theological consensus, nowdominant in missiological thinking aroundthe world, emphasizes that God is by hisvery nature the “God who sends,” whosepurpose is the healing of the world, andwho sends his Son to carry out that purpose.God’s way of bringing that healing “to thenations” is through the people that he calls,forms, and sends as his witness—Israeland the church engrafted upon that root.Thus, the theology of mission is placed inthe center of the Trinitarian dynamic: Godthe Father sends the Son, the Father and theSon send the Spirit, and the Triune God callsand sends the church to carry this gospel toall people.This approach to mission results ina radical redefinition of the church. In thelanguage of Vatican II, “The pilgrim churchis missionary by its very nature.” Mission,thus, is not one of the many good thingsthe church does. Nor is the churchitself the purpose of mission. Thechurch is mission for the sake ofGod’s purposes, and all that itdoes should focus on its callingto that task of witness.This “missional” understandingof the church,emphasizing its “sentness,”pervades the great discussionof the church in volume IVof Barth’s Church Dogmatics.As Bosch paraphrases Barth’semphasis, the church’s “mission(its ‘being sent’) is not secondaryto its being; the church exists inbeing sent and in building up itselffor the sake of its mission.”(Transforming Mission, p. 372) Thus,Johannes Aagard, the Danish missiologist,is not exaggerating when he describes Barthas “the decisive Protestant missiologist in thisgeneration” (cited in Bosch, TransformingMission, p. 373).But I am discovering that this missionalapproach to the church was emerging inBarth’s thought long before it found its classicexpression in the last volume of theDogmatics. The thinking that led to thisbroad consensus was first expressed in a lecturetitled “Theology and Mission in thePresent Day” that Barth delivered to theBrandenburg Mission Society in 1932.Already in 1928, the prominent Germanmissiologist Karl Hartenstein had publisheda provocative essay called “What Does KarlBarth’s Theology Say to Mission?” I suspectthat these themes, theology and mission,were developing in Barth’s thinking in sucha way that, by the time we get to the finalvolume of the Dogmatics, it is possible todescribe his work as “missional theology.”That is the thesis I hope to investigate furtherduring my remaining years at Princeton.A missiologist must always pay attentionto the context! My friend and PTS colleagueBruce McCormack examines in great detailthe genesis of Barth’s theology in terms ofthe philosophical, theological, and culturalcontext of the first four decades of the 20thcentury in his book Karl Barth’s CriticallyRealistic Dialectical Theology: Its Genesisand Development 1909–1936. One aspectof that contextual examination that particularlyinterests me is that, for Barth andmany others, “Christendom” was over. The17 centuries of this grand partnership ofchurch, state, and culture, going back toConstantine’s establishment of Christianityin the fourth century, had now reachedtheir conclusion.For Barth, the project ended with theKaiser’s declaration of war in 1914. By theearly 1920s, the theologian was commentingto a friend: “The idols were tottering.” Inessays published in the 1920s and the early1930s in the journal Zwischen den Zeiten(significantly translated “Between theTimes”!), Barth and many like-mindedfriends explored the implications of this shatteringparadigm shift. The radical change ininspire • 13

summer/fall 2003untold—was clear. His lecture also servedas an uncomfortable reminder of history’stendency to repeat itself.“My lecture had to do with the 16thcentury,” he says, “and I would have givenit even had there not been a war going onin Iraq…. But this war is a similar story—a powerful nation giving a beating to aweaker nation, gaining more power in theprocess and saying we’re doing it to defendcertain ideals….”Rivera-Pagán is convinced that thenaiveté most of us live with—that allowsus to believe in the good intentions ofacts such as war—is chosen. He wantsto discourage, or even disallow, that sortof naiveté. His extensive and ongoingwork on the themes of war and peaceis one way he hopes to help students“not necessarily deny previous certainties,but rethink them, so as not to takeanything for granted.”Rivera-Pagán focuses much of hisscholarship on theology and literature, havingseen “two intellectual booms” in LatinAmerica in the late ’60s and early ’70s: onein theology and one in literature. He hasdiscovered some surprising convergences ofthemes—the sacraments, oppression, struggle,and hope—and realized that “these aretwo enterprises that can thoroughly dialoguewith one another.” Because thewhole of history and faith is one immense,all-encompassing story for Rivera-Pagán, heworks on bringing together literature andthe narrative of Christianity. Letting thetwo speak to each other, he believes, willprovide students with new, fuller understandingsof both.“The Old Testament,” he says, “is astory of immense failure, and then in theNew Testament, we have the failure of oneguy, then a group of other persecuted failures—tragedyafter tragedy—and withthose stories, one can face the tragic destinyof human failure. We hold that despite thecruelty of human beings, there is somekind of hope in the Word… and that ishow the dialogue works: everywhere theway of the cross, everywhere the hope ofthe resurrection.”While Rivera-Pagán enjoys his workwith dialogues of the past—such as the16th-century debates about the conquestand Christianization of the Americas—healso closely follows the more recent expressionsof theology from Latin American,Latino/Hispanic, and Native Americancommunities, theology informed by culturaldiversity and ethnic identity. He workswith the words of Roberto Guizueta, JustoGonzález, Benjamín Valentín, Ada MaríaAsasi-Díaz, María Pilar Aquino, DaisyMachado, Zaida Pérez, Orlando Espín,José David Rodríguez, and others who hesays “are forging a refreshing new perspective,from the underside of the Leviathan,that might help shape the theologies of the21st century.”It wasn’t an easy decision for Rivera-Pagán to leave sunny Puerto Rico (a secondtime!), where he had been doing similarwork on the faculties of the University ofPuerto Rico and the Evangelical Seminaryof Puerto Rico, for Princeton Seminary.“Every academic enjoys Princeton’slibraries—both Speer and Firestone[at Princeton University], that is, if youcan find your way around! But I came fora year and went back home; I saw this asa one-year experience. I came the secondtime with some doubts, but I knew I wasSome Latino/a members of the PTS communityPhoto: Beth Godfreythe context of Christian Europe made itnecessary to start talking about “post-Christian Europe.” The challenge to thechurch was profound, going to its veryroots. The church could not be faithful toher Lord while devoting all her energies tomaintaining what she had once been.The concern for the evangelicalintegrity and faithfulness of the church’sproclamation in a post-Christendom worldis, I think, a driving force in Barth’s theology.By naming his great work the “church”dogmatics, rather than calling it a “systematictheology,” or even a “Reformed dogmatics,”he makes it clear that his focusis the church, her faith, her witness, her“active knowledge”…her mission.The church in the West faces a greatchallenge in a world that has become a difficultmission field. The task of theologyis to think through the faith in light of thechurch’s calling to be the witness and heraldto the gospel. Theology must take thecontext of the post-Christendom Westseriously, but it dare not reframe the gospelto fit that context comfortably. Indeed, forBarth this has been the fatal problem ofmuch Western theology over the centuries:he fears compromise with context candilute the gospel and restrict its power andits claim on human lives.It is both the privilege and the responsibilityof the church of Jesus Christ tomake the gospel hearable and visible inevery context. This is what Barth’s theologyseeks to do: to equip the church to thinkabout and understand its calling in such away that it can translate the gospel lucidlyin a post-Christian world.It seems, then, that our reading ofBarth may be too narrow if we see his theologyonly as a break with liberalism or theEnlightenment. That break is, of course, anessential part of his theological revolution.But by the time we get to the later volumesof the Dogmatics, his polemic is embeddedin a larger confrontation with the end ofChristendom in general.Barth’s way of carrying out that confrontationis instructive. He takes the legacyvery seriously. He explores the theologyof Christendom in great detail (much ofit in those notorious small-type sections),demonstrating over and over again howa dialectical approach works. We learnwith him to say both “yes” and “no” to theChristendom tradition. We recognize God’s14 • inspire

summer/fall 2003being asked to contributesomething here.And if I take seriouslymy theological vocationas a Christian, then thisdecision is not only amatter of libraries, butof where I can be moreuseful—whether inPuerto Rico, wheremany do what I amdoing, or here, wheremy contributions aremore unique.”Ultimately, it was through a conversationwith a friend, “who considers himselfan unbeliever,” that Rivera-Pagán believesGod spoke to him and directed him backto PTS. Laughing, he says, “God cansometimes be very peculiar in the waysShe acts.”While God has led him far fromhome for now, Rivera-Pagán maintains tiesto the land that nurtured his theologicalthought. This past year he returned toPuerto Rico to lecture, and also deliveredaddresses in Ecuador, Costa Rica, andMexico. The travel keeps him connected,not only to his home, but also to expressionsof Christianity that inform his field.“During the 20th century, ecumenismSelected publications by Luis Rivera-Pagán:Essays from the Diaspora, 2002Fe y Cultura en Puerto Rico, 2002Diálogos y Polifonías: Perspectivas y Reseñas, 1999La Evangelización de los Pueblos Americanos: Algunas Reflexiones Históricas, 1997Mito, Exilio y Demonios: Literatura y Teología en América Latina, 1996Entre el Oro y la Fe: El Dilema de América, 1995Los Sueños del Ciervo: Perspectivas Teológicas desde el Caribe, 1995A Violent Evangelism: The Political and Religious Conquest of the Americas, 1992and missions were closely intertwined,”he explains. “Their intimate linkage wasbased on the utopian vision of one churchin one world. At the dawn of this newcentury, the Christian faith finds itselfmore globally dispersed and fragmentedthan ever before. It is a global religion;it is also a highly divided and contentiousfaith. This dual reality presents new andexciting challenges that merit intenseresearch and creative dialogue.”This fall, the three members of PTS’sMissions, Ecumenics, and History ofReligions faculty will be on campus togetherfor the first time. Rivera-Pagán, DarrellGuder, and Richard Young have scheduleda series of meetings to discuss the interplayof their fields, and how to best strengthenBartolomé de las Casasthis area’s Ph.D. program, which attractsmany students from outside the UnitedStates. Rivera-Pagán is excited aboutthe possibilities ahead for the program,but admits with a sigh and a smile, “Itis an immense field, and we are mortalhuman beings.”As such, he will simply continue doingwhat has made him beloved among students:to seek out the passion-filled, sometimespainful stories that yearn to betold—stories of faith and love and life—and to tell and teach those stories, let themshape his life, and offer them to students inhopes that their lives will also be changed.Because more often than not, they are. ❚Erika Marksbury is a 2003 PTS graduateand was one of Dr. Rivera-Pagán’s students.faithfulness in all those centuries of theproject. But we also recognize our humansinfulness at work in the reductions andadaptations of the radical gospel in order tofit a particular context more smoothly.News about the “end of Christendom”is only slowly getting through to our congregationsin North America. Although theevidence of this paradigm shift is persuasiveand often unsettling, there is both willfulavoidance of the facts as well as manyefforts to turn the wheel back and torestore Christendom. Barth is an uncomfortableconversation partner for anyonebeholden to either option. His radical insistenceon the event character of the gospel,on the centrality of Jesus Christ, on theformative power of Scripture, on the certaintyof God’s faithfulness, on the sinfulnessof all human attempts to replace thegospel with our religions—all of this isessential for the nurture of a missionalchurch in a post-Christian world.It may well be time to set aside someof the unhelpful generalizations aboutBarth that emerged in the first wave ofencounter with his theology—and in theprocess to set aside that unhelpful wordSelected publications by Darrell Guder:“neo-orthodoxy.” For Barth, the good newsof God’s love-made-history in Jesus is thegift that becomes the task of the church.It is not a gospel to be hoarded, or thatfocuses on the believer’s salvation in isolation.It is the “power of God for salvation”(Rom 1:16) that empowers the community’switness and heralds the fact that God’sgood reign is already breaking in. ❚Unlikely Ambassadors: Clay Jar Christians in God’s Service, 2002Ser Testigos de Jesucristo: La mision de la Iglesia, su mensaje y sis mensajeros, 2000The Continuing Conversion of the Church: Evangelization As the Heart of Ministry, 2000The Incarnation and the Church’s Witness, 1999Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America, 1998Be My Witnesses: The Church’s Mission, Message, and Messengers, 1985inspire • 15

summer/fall 2003Encountering Christ on the LooseRemembering Donald Harrisville JuelDr. Donald Harrisville Juel, Princeton Seminary’s Richard J.Dearborn Professor of New Testament Theology, died on February23, 2003, following a long illness. Born in Alton, Illinois, onMarch 4, 1942, he was educated at St. Olaf College (B.A.), LutherTheological Seminary (B.D.), and Yale University (M.Phil. andPh.D.). He served as pastor of several Lutheran congregations andtaught at Indiana University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and,for seventeen years, at Luther Theological Seminary, before returningto the Princeton Seminary faculty in 1995. He wrote Messiahand Temple, Messianic Exegesis, Mark (a commentary), and A Masterof Surprise: Mark Interpreted. He is remembered by his PrincetonSeminary colleagues and students as a man committed to awakeningin them and in the church a deep appreciation for and love ofthe Bible.Photo: Keith Kerberby Beverly GaventaDuring the second semester of the1995–96 academic year, Donald Juel andI taught NT101 together. I watched as thisnew colleague opened his first lecture byshowing slides of the ending of the Gospel ofMark in several ancient Greek manuscripts.Although I nodded politely, I was more thana little confused by this strategy. At most,perhaps a quarter of these entering studentswould have studied Greek, which meant thatmost of the assembled class would have experiencedthe exploration of a text-criticalproblem as a visit to another planet.Slowly the tactic became clear to me.Don wanted to begin the semester by destabilizingstudents’ assumptions about theNew Testament. He might have done that bysketching for them some important currentdebates in New Testament scholarship,debates that sometimes involve understandingsof the earliest Christian communitiesthat are diametrically opposed to one another.Or he might have compared a few crucial16 • inspiretexts in varying contemporary translations,underscoring the ambiguity of the originaltext. Instead, he presented the class withthe more basic question of the “original”text itself. Before we interpret, before wetranslate, we confront a myriad of textualproblems that complicate the phrase“the New Testament,” and Don wantedstudents to face the question of what is theNew Testament.These days classifying scholars by theirareas of expertise is standard fare. Biblicalscholars may engage in rhetorical analysis ofPaul’s letters, for example, or literary analysisof 1 Kings. I suspect that an equally revealing,maybe even more revealing analysis,however, would inquire into the varying pedagogicalgoals of professors. Some professors,deeply enamored of the scholarly traditionsin their own fields, want students to understandthe history of research that has producedwhatever consensus and conflict characterizespresent discussions. Others havestrongly held convictions about major questionsin the field, and they will want toshape students to favor their own views. Stillothers want students to know and appropriatethe interpretive traditions of their owndenominations—or perhaps to challengethose same views.These are not mutually exclusive goals,to be sure, and I can recall occasions wheneach of them emerged in Don Juel’s teaching.Yet surely his primary commitment wasto the preparation of leaders for the church,women and men who would be capable ofleading, and willing to lead, congregations inthe reading and interpreting of the Bible. Hewanted our graduates to be equipped tomake decisions about texts, not to be sooverwhelmed by the Mount Everest of biblicalscholarship that they avoided it altogether.After all, shouldn’t a pastor be able toarticulate a position about the ending ofMark 16?To say that Don Juel wanted to prepareleaders for the church sounds utterly innocuous,but Don’s understanding of leadershiphad little to do with packaged lessons onchurch management, especially when it came

to interpreting the church’s biblical andtheological tradition in the present.Leaders, for Don, were not list-makers.Simply to identify the various optionsavailable for addressing a given problemis a poor substitute for interpretation.Commentators who specialize in rehearsingthe many proposed solutions to any exegeticalargument perform an important service,but Don would find the mere listing ofopinions insufficient. More than once, heurged a student, “Make an argument, forcrying out loud!”Don also had a particular disdain forwhat he called “explainers,” a term I havecome to cherish. “Explainers” are those interpreterswho think that all difficulties in thetext can be unraveled in one way or another,so that the Bible becomes a little lapdog,incapable of causing problems or givingoffense. A couple of generations ago, an“explainer” might have analyzed Jesus’ exorcismsas psychological solutions of hystericalillnesses or attributed the feedings of themultitudes to the brown bags each familybrought along from home. In Don’s view,however, “explainers” are everywhere. A conversationabout the story of Ananias andSapphira brought this home to me. Don dismissedthe various attempts to reduce thestory to a warning about the authority ofPeter and the apostles. He was more interestedin taking seriously the terrifying power ofGod at work in these deaths, somethingLuke himself does when he notes at the endof the story that “great fear seized the wholechurch.” (Acts 5:11)Don also understood that leadership inbiblical interpretation is not about moralizing.The desire to be sure that other peoplebehave, that they do it on our terms, andthat the Bible supports our understandingof those terms, runs deep in many of us whostudy and teach in seminaries. Profoundlyshaped by his own Lutheran tradition, andperhaps more profoundly by his reading ofthe letters of Paul, Don recognized both thedeep urge to moralize and its lack of foundationin the gospel of God’s grace. (In fact,we had a standing joke about our developinga program in anti-Pelagian studies, exceptthat neither of us was kidding.)Stating what Don wanted to avoid iseasier than articulating positively what hemeant by leadership. The best encapsulationcomes in his own words. Often he employedlanguage about pastors offering interpretationsthat would “prepare readers for anencounter with the text.” (When I find thatexpression in a student’s paper, I know towhom the student has been listening.) Thatencounter would not necessarily be a warmand fuzzy experience. After all, rubbing thenoses of often-anxious entering students intothe very basic question of what constitutesthe text of the New Testament may wellproduce an encounter that is far from comforting.What Don wanted, if I understoodhim correctly, was that our graduates andtheir congregations would be genuinelisteners of the text, able to imagine thatJesus Christ himself is “on the loose,”a phrase Don used to characterize the endof Mark’s Gospel. (Much of this approachwas worked out in his long-standing collaborationwith Patrick Keifert of LutherSeminary. In “The Bible and TheologicalEducation: A Report and Reflections ona Journey,” which will appear in UnsettlingScriptures, Surprising Faith: Essays in Memoryof Donald Harrisville Juel [Westminster JohnKnox, 2004], Keifert traces the developmentof this understanding of leadership and itsimpact on theological education.)Although I never heard Don articulatehis understanding of collegial relationships inso many words, I think it is fair to say thathis understanding of pedagogy had parallelsin his understanding and, more important,his practice of collegiality. Preparing womenand men who are ready and able to makeinterpretive decisions and lead communitiesof faith to hear and respond to challengingbiblical texts requires something more thana gaggle of talented scholars. It requiresa team of people who are bound togetheras much as they are bound to their work.Put succinctly, Don wanted his colleaguesto flourish. Although he wouldfeign envy when one colleague’s bookappeared on the shelves at Barnes & Nobleor another lectured in some exotic location,he genuinely rejoiced in his colleagues’accomplishments. At the drop of a hat,he would engage a conversation aboutpedagogy or think out loud with a colleagueabout a problem with a student or a class.summer/fall 2003“Don also had a particulardisdain for what he called‘explainers,’…interpreterswho think that alldifficulties in the text canbe unraveled in one wayor another, so thatthe Bible becomes a littlelapdog, incapable ofcausing problems orgiving offense.”Recently I ran across a C.S. Lewiscomment that, when we lose someone dear,we lose not only that person’s relationshipto us, but we lose some portion of thatindividual’s relationship to other people(The Four Loves, chapter 4). Although hedoesn’t say as much, Lewis seems here todevelop Paul’s understanding of the Bodyof Christ as is applies to grief. The commentstruck me sharply because of Don’s death.Reflecting personally, I have lost this dearfriend and colleague, as well as his influenceon the students we would have taughttogether, his enlivening rapport with membersof the Seminary staff, his engagingconversations with friends near and far, andmuch more that I cannot bear to articulate.That sentence could be multiplied manytimes over across the PTS community.Perhaps that is only a long way aroundsaying that we grieve the loss of this colleaguewith his youthful black hair, hisloping gait, his perpetual tardiness, and hiswelcoming smile. And our personal senseof loss is exceeded only by our grief at whatthe church has lost in the death of this fineteacher. We give thanks to God for his manygifts to Donald Juel and for Don’s gift’s tothe Body of Christ. ❚Beverly Gaventa is the Helen H.P. MansonProfessor of New Testament Literature andExegesis at PTS; she taught New Testamentcourses with Don Juel and was his friendand colleague.inspire • 17

St. Thomas and the Carlson School at theUniversity of Minnesota. He also representedthe International Chamber of Commerceat United Nations Global Compact meetingsaround the world, covering the environment,human rights, and labor. He works withUnited Nations agencies on special programsto put the unemployed to work rebuildinglarge, broken cities.Terrence Tice (B, ’61D) writes,“My translation and introduction ofSchleiermacher’s Notes on Virtue appearedfrom Edwin Mellen Press in April. Withmy wife, Catherine Kelsey, a UnitedMethodist minister, I am very active inscholarly efforts.”1958 John Niles Bartholomew(B, ’71D), retired synod executive for theSynod of the South Atlantic and chair of theCommittee on the Office of the GeneralAssembly, served for three months as interimpastor of Wrangell Presbyterian Church,a remote church in Alaska.Franco Giamèpiccoli (M) retired aftera seven-year mandate as pastor at theWaldensian Church of Palermo, Italy. Livingnow in Torino, he is still active as the coordinatorof the Commission on Globalizationand Environment for the Federation ofProtestant Churches in Italy. He is a memberof the editorial committee of the WaldensianPublishing House in Claudiana. His emailaddress is fgiampic@tin.it.Walter Mueller (M) became the religioncolumnist in July 2002 for The DailySoutherner, the second oldest daily newspasummer/fall2003Class notesKey to Abbreviations:Upper-case letters designate degreesearned at PTS:M.Div. B D.Min. PM.R.E. E Th.D. DM.A. E Ph.D. DTh.M. MSpecial undergraduate student USpecial graduate student GWhen an alumnus/a did not receive a degree, alower-case letter corresponding to those abovedesignates the course of study.1940 Franklin Gillespie (B) isstill active at White Horse Village andSwarthmore Presbyterian Church.1945 John David Burton (B, ’51M)is serving his 13th interim, this one at theFirst Presbyterian Church in Bryan, Ohio.He is planning “a bash” for the Class of1945’s 60th reunion next year.1948 Melvin L. Schaper (M) trusts“that Princeton shall always be a pillar ofspiritual strength in standing strong for Godand his word to us in the Bible.” Schaper hasserved in ministry for nearly 60 years.Robert E. Seel (B) writes, “Beingretired has made it possible to be active inPresbyterian Border Ministries in Nogalesand Douglas, Arizona, as well as other pointsalong the border. The church is seeking to besensitive to the many immigrants who risktheir lives to find jobs in the United States.”1949 Kyung Y. Chun (M) is professoremeritus at Hanshin University in Seoul,South Korea.1950 Raymond Waddell Moody(B) and his wife, Anita, celebrated their 65thwedding anniversary on June 18. He writes,“We continue to live and enjoy our homeand church here in Woodland, Washington.”1952 Jerry W. Bohn (B) writes,“I continue to thank God for the educationI received at PTS. In my retirement, mypastor is Ken Gruebel (’72B).”1953 Ned E. Richardson (B) ispastor at Round Valley United MethodistChurch in Covelo, California.1955 E. Bruce Ellithorpe (B)writes, “As I enter my eightieth year,I am still calling and participating inworship—slowing down but happy tobe serving the church and our Lord.”He lives in Rocklin, California.James MacKellar (B) writes,“I’m happily retired on the Canadianborder in eastern Vermont. I continueas moderator of the GeneralAssembly’s Advisory Committee onthe Constitution.”William W. Matz (M) is an adjunctfaculty member at Moravian College andat Northampton Community College,both in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.1956 Robert G. Crawford’s (b)new book, What Is Religion? (Routledge,2002), will be translated into Greek andPortuguese. The book deals with six worldreligions—Judaism, Christianity, Islam,Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism—andhas been welcomed by ministers and studentsat the Open University in England,where he works as an associate lecturer.He also serves the United Reform Churchas a minister and conducts Sunday services.Edward R. Danks (B, ’87p) is retiredand living in Whispering Pines, NorthCarolina, after serving five years as chaplainand adjunct professor at the PresbyterianCollege in Kikuyu, Kenya.Betty Kurtz Hamilton (e) writes, “I continueto enjoy my nine-year-old granddaughterand the beauty of living in Sonoma,California, and my ties with my other seminary,San Francisco Theological Seminary.”John (Jack) Thomson (B, ’67M) wasrecently elected to the Denton (Texas)City Council. He writes, “The city councilof seven governs the City of Denton, witha population of 90,200 and growing.”1957 Robert W. MacGregor (B)is president emeritus of the Centerfor Ethical Business Cultures (formerlyMinnesota Center for CorporateResponsibility), affiliated with the graduateschools of business at the University ofMembers of the Class of 1953 who attended their 50threunion in MayPhoto: Leigh Photo & Imaging18 • inspire

summer/fall 2003Class notesper in North Carolina in continuouspublication. He preaches every Sundayat Macclesfield Presbyterian Church inMacclesfield, North Carolina. His emailaddress is drwalt_27886@yahoo.com.Julian Philip Park (B) lectured lastDecember at Kwansei Gakuin University,where he formerly taught while a missionaryprofessor in Japan.Norma Jean Sullivan Perkins (E) hasbeen children’s church leader on the staffof Coronado Community United MethodistChurch in New Smyrna Beach, Florida,since July 2002. She writes, “This is my firstpaid local church position, as God had otherplans for me as an editor and church curriculumwriter when I graduated from PTS.During those 40 years I was also a volunteereducator in local churches. Now I’m thrilledto be officially on a church staff!”Joseph M. Shaw (D) writes that he is“grateful for my time at PTS (1953–58).[I am] also grateful that PTS is in the serviceof the gospel and the church.”1960 John H. Valk (B) writes,“Retirement has made it possible for me toplay “Taps” frequently for the U.S. MarineCorps, to take over the directorship of aband called “The Elmirans,” and to studyto become an oblate at Mount DavisBenedictine Monastery.”1961 Howard W. Fritz (M)and his wife, Marion, have moved intoa jointly owned home with their pastorson Stephen (’89B) and his family inLancaster County, Pennsylvania. Fritz isparish associate on his son’s staff at WaysidePresbyterian Church in Landisville.Bruce Nicolls (M) and his wife, Kathy,after 40 years as missionaries in India,now reside in New Zealand. They are doingtheir best to adjust to a new culture. Bruceis working half time on the Asia BibleCommentary Series, contextual commentariesfor Asian pastors and theologicalcolleges. They celebrated their 50th weddinganniversary on July 25.1962 José C. Nieto (M, ’67D)delivered four inaugural lectures last OctoberAlumni/ae UpdateThe Alumni/ae Association Executive Council has reached a new level of communicationscapability! You can now communicate with us, either individually or as a group, byemail, using our PTS email addresses on the web.Just go to http://www.ptsem.edu/bond/alumni/aaec.htm and you will find a list of thenames of AAEC members with PTS email addresses. Click on one or more of our names,and send us an email. If you choose to use the group address, alum.council@ptsem.edu,we will all receive a copy of your message.We hope you will use these email addresses as a convenient link with us and with theSeminary. Send us your suggestions and your concerns, and tell us about issues youface in ministry. Let us know how we can more effectively represent you.As you probably know, the Seminary web site also allows you to update your personalinformation via the web, and to add your email address to the alumni/ae email directoryon the web. It’s a good way to stay in touch with fellow alums.Finally, the council is interested in “first call” experiences in ministry. Those of you whoare Presbyterian graduates from the Class of 1973 on (for starters, anyway!) and whohave served in the pastorate have received a survey from us asking about your first call.We ask that you complete the survey and return it as soon as youcan. The council will meet on September 29 and 30 and October 1 inPrinceton and will begin discussion of the survey then.Stay in touch!at the new location in El Escorial of theSpanish Protestant Theological Seminary(SEUT), formerly in Madrid. Two lectureswere on the 16th-century Spanish reformerConstantino Ponce de la Fuente’s doctrineof the church and sacraments. The othertwo were on Cervantes’s literature andreligion. Nieto has published ten books.The latest one is Consideraciones del Quijote,Juan de la Cuesta-Hispanic Monographs(Delaware, 2002). He is the MaryS. Geiger Professor of Religionand History at Juniata Collegein Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.1963 Richard B.Anderson (B) writes, “Myretirement lasted three weeks.The First Presbyterian Churchof Ft. Lauderdale asked meto join their staff part time asparish associate for pastoral care.I love it! It’s a wonderful churchThe Reverend Kathy J. Nelson (Class of 1980 M.Div., 1986 Th.M.,1992 D.Min.) is the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church inDayton, New Jersey. She represents Region Three, which includessouthern New Jersey and Delaware.and staff that is alive and lovingly reachesout to others.”John Killinger (D) had three books publishedlast winter and this spring. God, theDevil, and Harry Potter: A Minister’s Defenseof the Beloved Novels was released in Januaryby Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Pressof New York. Ten Things I Learned Wrongfrom a Conservative Church was publishedby Crossroad/Carlisle Books in October, andMembers of the Class of 1963 who attended their 40threunion in Mayinspire • 19Photo: Leigh Photo & Imaging

summer/fall 2003Class notesEvery Trembling Heart: Prayers andAffirmations for Christian Worship was publishedin March by Abingdon Press. Killingerand his wife, Anne, live in Warrenton,Virginia, a few miles from the nation’scapital. In the fall he will be a visitingfellow at the University of Durham inEngland, where his research will center onCeltic spirituality and where he will lectureon American fundamentalism.Fredric T. Walls (B) has retired after twenty-two-and-a-halfyears as the director of thePresbyterian Self-Development of PeopleMinistry, the denomination’s premier partnershipprogram with poor and oppressedpeople around the world. Walls previouslyserved as a pastor in Los Angeles, California,as the associate dean of students at KnoxvilleCollege in Tennessee, and as the Houstonurban university pastor with the universitiesand churches in Houston, Texas. ▼1964 Samuel James Campbell (B)was awarded an honorary Doctorof Divinity degree from the PresbyterianTheological Faculty, Ireland, in recognitionof outstanding service to the church inIreland and overseas.Charles E. Stenner (B) is interim pastorat Westminster Presbyterian Church inColumbus, Ohio.1965 Mebane Harrison (E) is directorof education for the navy in Coronado,California, home of the Navy Seals andthe Constellation, Nimitz, and Stennisaircraft carriers.Robert E. Larson Jr. (B) is interim pastorat Woodland Presbyterian Church inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. His email addressis robert.larson18@verizon.net.1966 Elizabeth Glenn Biggers (E)reports that she has completed her Ph.D.in clinical psychology and that her husband,David Carl Biggers, died on March 18.Frank Poole (B) is interim executive of theSynod of the Northeast. He began servinga three-year term in April. Poole came to thesynod from Utica Presbytery, where he wasalso interim executive.David Stout (M) is superintendent inthe Iowa Annual Conference of the UnitedMethodist Church, serving as dean of thecabinet for the 2003–2004 session.1967 Earl S. Johnson Jr.’s (B) book,Witness without Parallel: Eight Biblical TextsThat Make Us Presbyterian, was publishedin 2003 by Geneva Press.1968 Lowery M. Brantley (b) issenior pastor of Wesley Monumental UnitedMethodist Church in Savannah, Georgia.Jim Clark (B) is interim pastor at theFirst Presbyterian Church in Loris,South Carolina. He married Jean ParrottClark in 2000. They live at their farm homein Effingham, South Carolina.Donald H. Liebert (D) is emeritusprofessor of sociology at Whitworth Collegein Spokane, Washington. His email addressis donliebert@whitworth.edu.1969 Thomas Baker’s (B, ’93P)book Corporate Time-Out, Times Two(Johnson & Johnson) is the second editionof a compendium of brief articles on howto deal with stresses and strains of corporatelife while keeping a sense of emotional andspiritual balance. Baker also participates withthe Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church’sHabitat for Humanity group and Meals forthe Homeless program. He is in his ninthyear of playing baseball with the Over 40Roy Hobbs Baseball League New JerseyPatriots. He says, “I function as the unofficialchaplain; my playing skills are mediocre,but I’m good at breaking up on-field fights!”Robert Butziger (B) is in private practiceas a pastoral counselor and moderator of thePresbyterian Serious Mental Illness Networkof the Presbyterian Health Educationand Welfare Association.1970 Ralph Quere (D) retired fromfull-time teaching at Wartburg Seminary, buthopes to continue teaching part time. Hishistory of the 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship(In the Context of Unity) will be publishedthis year.Thomas A. Sebben (B) is interim pastor/headof staff of the First PresbyterianChurch in Meadville, Pennsylvania, afterinterim service in Cuyahoga Falls andYoungstown, Ohio. In May he was certifiedby the Presbyterian Interim MinistryCertification Board. He is currently editorof The Bridge, a newsletter of the Associationof Presbyterian Interim Ministry Specialists.He and his wife, Jody, have led the spousetrack in interim ministry education eventsat Montreat and Zephyr Point. His emailaddress is sebben@adelphia.net.Bill van de Meene (M) writes fromAustralia that he hopes to retire this year.He says he is always grateful to PTS. Andto “pray for peace.”1972 Calixto C. Sodoy (M) wasrecently commissioned as volunteer visitingprofessor at Central Philippine Universityin Iloilo City, Philippines. His church,Preston Hollow Presbyterian Churchof Dallas, Texas, is his sponsor. Sodoyis a retired Presbyterian minister, havingorganized Presbyterian Filipino congregationsin Corpus Christi, Houston, andDallas, Texas. In his country of origin,he will devote his time to teaching seminarystudents in the school from which he graduatedin 1964. ▼20 • inspire

Class notes1973 John (Jack) V. Carlson (B)is pastor of Highland Presbyterian Churchin Street, Maryland, where he has a parttimepastoral counseling practice. He isauthor of The Spiritual Dimensions of Self-Esteem (Alba House, 2000).Mizuo Ito (M) is pastor of ShizuokaChurch (United Church of Christ in Japan)in Shizuoka, Japan.Henry S. Wilson (M) has been appointedby the Lutheran Theological Seminary atPhiladelphia as the H. George AndersonProfessor for Mission and Cultures, and thedirector of the Multicultural MissionResource Center.1975 N. Dean Evans (E) is deanof Brandywine Episcopal Diocese ofPennsylvania. He assists clergy in 17churches with worship and programming.1976 Steve Jacobs (B), who hasserved on the Regis University (Denver,Colorado) administrative staff since 1988,working specifically in the School forProfessional Studies, has been appointedassistant vice president. The School forProfessional Studies serves 13,000 undergraduateand graduate adult students at eightcampuses, and through online learning.Victor Pandian (U) is the regionalcoordinator for East Asia for CampusCrusade for Christ International. He is basedin Singapore, where he is in charge of communityand prayer ministry for nine EastAsian countries, as well as coordinator forministry in Mongolia. Pandian would loveto hear from PTS alumni/ae. His emailaddresses are vicpand@eao.com.sg andprince20731@yahoo.com.After two years as designated pastor,Donald E. Potter (B) was installedin November as pastor of the PresbyterianCongregation of Middletown inMiddletown, Pennsylvania.Barbara Sterling-Willson (B) ischaplain of the Hospice of CentralNew York. Her email addressis bwillson@hospicecny.org.1977 After 40 years of local churchministry, Edijece Martins Ferreira (D)is emeritus pastor of Madalena PresbyterianChurch, where he worked for 35 years. Heis still teaching at his local seminary inRecife, Brazil, and at the Catholic University.Robert F. Hull Jr. (D) was appointed deanat Emmanuel School of Religion in JohnsonCity, Tennessee, where he has taught Greekand New Testament for 25 years.Thomas Mowbray (B) has publisheda new book, A Concert of Prayer. Autographedcopies can be ordered via email(mowbray@rconnect.com) or by visitinghis web site at http://mowbraypublishing.homestead.com.William H. Yeager (B) recently retiredafter 25 years in the United Methodistministry. He served the last 12 years aspastor/director of the University UnitedMethodist Church and Student Centerin Gainesville, Florida.1978 In May, John Blewitt (B)received his D.Min. in gospel and culturefrom Columbia Theological Seminary.Jeffrey G. Guild (B) is chief of personnel,chaplain division headquarters of the UnitedStates Air Forces in Europe at RamsteinAir Base in Germany. His email addressis cherokee140_1968@yahoo.com.Thomas Samuel (M) was consecratedas a bishop of the Diocese of Madhya Keralaof the Church of South India. His emailaddress is csickdbishop@satyam.net.in.1979 Gary Dorrien (M, E) haspublished his tenth book—The Making ofAmerican Liberal Theology: Idealism, Realism,and Modernity, 1900–1950 (WestminsterJohn Knox Press, 2003). This is the secondvolume of a three-volume interpretationof American theological liberalism.In April, Bob Faser (B) received hisD.Min.Sts. from the Melbourne Collegeof Divinity in Australia. His thesis was onChristmas as “a season of opportunity”for churches to relate to their communities.John Helgeson (M) is running for a seaton the Apollo-Ridge School Board in Apollo,summer/fall 2003Pennsylvania. He is a minister at ApolloPresbyterian Church.In March, Jeremiah D. Schenck Jr. (B)became pastor of Flagstaff FederatedCommunity Church in Flagstaff,Arizona. The congregation is partPresbyterian, part United Methodist,and part Community. Schenck’s emailaddress is jedschenck@aol.com.1980 Jennifer Burns Lewis (E)is pastor/head of staff at the PresbyterianChurch of Western Springs in WesternSprings, Illinois. Her email addressis jlewis@presbyws.org.Thomas G. Long (D) has written anew book titled Beyond the Worship Wars—Building Vital and Faithful Worship(Alban Institute, 2001, reprinted 2002).Craig A. Miller (B) is pastor of ForestHills Presbyterian Church in Tampa, Florida.1981 Mary Ford-Grabowsky (B,’85D) writes, “I still treasure every courseI took at PTS, every teacher, and everyminute I spent there. Thank you!” Ford-Grabowsky writes full time and has contractsfor two new books.Judith A. Westerhoff (B) is servingYorkville Presbyterian Church in Yorkville,New York, as temporary supply pastor.1982 Jana L. Childers (B) has beenelected dean of San Francisco TheologicalSeminary. She becomes the first female deanin the 132-year history of the seminary.She also serves as vice president for academicaffairs and professor of homiletics andspeech communication. ▼Thomas L. Craig (B) is director of thePastoral Care Department at Saint BarnabasMedical Center in Livingston, New Jersey.inspire • 21

John S. McClure (D) has been namedsenior professor of preaching and worshipat Vanderbilt University Divinity School.An accomplished rock and roll and bluesmusician, he was recently asked who hewould like to change places with for a day.His response: “Eric Clapton.”Paul Kim (B, ’98M) is assistant professorof Hebrew Bible in the Williams Chair ofBiblical Studies at Methodist TheologicalSchool in Delaware, Ohio.1985 Sarah Jones Nelson (B)discovered in the archives of MagdalenCollege in Oxford, England, a documentwritten by Sir Issac Newton, or by his scribe,in 1687 or 1688. It outlines the legal caseagainst King James II, and also suggests therelationships between scientific knowledge,law, and morality. Nelson believes the docusummer/fall2003Class notesAttila A. Kocsis (M) is pastor of theMagyar Hungarian Reformed Church inPerth Amboy, New Jersey. He received hisPh.D. from Protestant Theological Institutein Kolozsvár/Cluj, Romania, in 1995.Byron E. Luckett Jr. (B) recently beganwork as senior consultant with Faithworks,a division of the nonprofit fundraiserIDC Publishing. He continues servingpart time as relief chaplain for St. RoseDominican Hospital in Henderson, Nevada,and as youth pastor for the First KoreanPresbyterian Church of Las Vegas.Michael McKay (B) is pastor ofMontville United Methodist Churchin Towaco, New Jersey.Kamkhuol Lianchinkhup Taithul (M),along with his wife, directs the HarvestSchool of Mission in Shillong, Meghalaya,India. Bible studies, prayer meetings, gospeloutreach, and seminars are offered to thechildren that come from different statesof the region. Taithul’s email address istaithul@yahoo.co.in.1983 Jerry P. Denton (B) isassociate pastor at Centenary UnitedMethodist Church in Laurel, Delaware.Neil Dunnavant (B) (pictured belowwhile on a mission trip to Guatemala)began work in July as associate pastor foroutreach at the First Presbyterian Churchin Greensboro, North Carolina, where heis working with Sid Batts (’79 B), thechurch’s pastor. ▼H. Daniel Lewis (B) is director forgift planning and congregational supportat McCormick Theological Seminaryin Chicago, Illinois. His email addressis hdl54@aol.com.22 • inspireDavid C. Marx (P) is interim pastorat Island Presbyterian Church in CorpusChristi, Texas.Nancy F. McClure (B) is currentlya tent-making pastor. She writes, “I servea 120-member congregation in Millerstown,Pennsylvania, on a half time basis. I alsoteach a learning support class in our localelementary school half time.” McClureis working on a master’s degree in specialeducation at Shippensburg University.Her email address is pcpv@pa.net.Marvin McMickle (P) is professor ofhomiletics and chairperson of the PracticalTheology Department at Ashland TheologicalSeminary in Ashland, Ohio. He has beena pastor in Cleveland since 1986.Lydia M. Rappaport (B) is interimminister of St. Andrews Presbyterian Churchin Lebanon, Pennsylvania.Gale W. Watkins (B), pastor of WestminsterPresbyterian Church in Phoenix,Arizona, teaches Presbyterian polity andworship at the Fuller Seminary Southwestextension in Phoenix. His email addressis galew@aol.com.Brett P. Webb-Mitchell (B) has publishedChristly Gestures: Learning to Be a Member ofthe Body of Christ (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2003).1984 Last fall, Richard Blackwell (B)was named pastor of Baptistown BaptistChurch in Baptistown, New Jersey.Tim Fearer (B) is pastor of theWestminster Presbyterian Church ofHueneme in Port Hueneme, California.His email address is timfearer@aol.com.Jill Geoffrion (B) recently publisheda book of poetry, prayers, and hymns,Labyrinth and Song of Songs (Cleveland:Pilgrim Press, 2003), which was inspiredby the labyrinth and by the Song of Songs.She also has a forthcoming book, Ponderingthe Labyrinth: Questions to Pray on the Path,scheduled for release in October. Visither web site, www.jillkhg.com, for informationabout and photographs of labyrinths.Carol Gregg (B, ’95P) recently begana position at Alma College as director of“Discovering Vocation.” The project is a newventure funded with a two-million-dollargrant from Lilly Endowment Inc., with thegoal of helping to develop leaders who“think critically, lead wisely, serve generously,and live faithfully.”Taiwan Presbyterian Theological Seminary’sJohn McCall (B) decided to cover eachpiece of bread and communion cup withcellophane at the seminary’s communionservice in May due to the impact of SARSon his community. The servers all woremasks and each person had his or her handssprayed with alcohol at the door. McCallsays that students had been reluctant togo to their field education churches and thathe had his temperature taken before enteringtwo churches. ▼

summer/fall 2003Class notestake a bowWilliam H. Gray III (’70M) received the honoraryDoctor of Humane Letters degree from Claflin University inOrangeburg, South Carolina, at their 133rd commencementceremony on May 10. He was also the commencement speaker.Gray is president and CEO of The College Fund/United NegroCollege Fund, and pastor of the 5,000-member Bright HopeBaptist Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The Outstanding Local Leadership Award was presented toGeorge Burn (’71B), director of pastoral care at CentreCommunity Hospital in State College, Pennsylvania, by theAssociation of Professional Chaplains (APC) for “exhibiting outstandingdedication to the association and promotion of professionalchaplaincy through active involvement and initiative atthe local or regional level.” Burn has served as director of pastoralcare for the past 11 years. He is a board certified chaplainand an ordained minister in the American Baptist Churches inthe USA.Waynesburg College in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania,bestowed an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree onM. Craig Barnes (’81B), the Meneilly Professor of Leadershipand Ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, at their 152ndcommencement on May 11. Barnes was the speaker at the college’sbaccalaureate service held the same day. He is a memberof the PTS Board of Trustees.Hawley L. Wolfe (’81B), pastor of Broadmoor PresbyterianChurch in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was chosen by the LouisianaMoral and Civic Foundation to receive the 2002 Oscar E. SandenPreaching Award. This award is named for Oscar E. Sanden, afounder of the Louisiana Moral and Civic Foundation, and thefoundation’s first executive director. Sanden was a Presbyterianminister, educator, counselor, world traveler, theologian, scientist,administrator, lecturer, author, and poet. Wolfe was chosenfor his “embodiment of many of the characteristics that [the]Reverend Sanden is remembered for,” in addition to “his excellencein preaching, both in the content and the spiritual depthand impact that his preaching has on the people who are fortunateto be members of his congregation.” Like Sanden, Wolfewas recognized for his scholarship, publications, and “for beinga very personable and warm pastor.”Christina M. McCormick (’96B) was recently honoredwith the 2003 Making a Difference award given by the specialeducation committee of the Westfield Parent Teacher Council inWestfield, New Jersey. The award is given each year to an individualwho “best exemplifies positive efforts in support of specialeducation.” McCormick was chosen for the way she “considerseach student as an individual with unique gifts and abilities,and is their champion as they struggle to become the best theycan be.” She is associate pastor for youth at The PresbyterianChurch of Westfield.ment makes the case that Newton wasone of the architects of our civil liberties.1986 Jerrett L. Hansen (P) is thenew senior pastor of Gloria Dei Churchin Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania.David M. Preisendanz (B) is pastorof the First Presbyterian Church in WillowGrove, Pennsylvania.1987 Timothy E. Fulop’s (B) newposition is vice president for academic affairsand dean of the college at Lakeland Collegein Sheboygen, Wisconsin.1988 Joe Castleberry (B) is thenew academic dean at the Assemblies ofGod Theological Seminary in Springfield,Missouri. He writes, “Thanks again toeveryone at PTS for their investment in me.We’re working hard to make the most ofyour generosity to benefit the church.”Samuel U. Soh (B) is pastor ofPyung An Presbyterian Church in FederalWay, Washington.K.C. Varghese (M) (pictured on the left inthe photograph) presents a diploma at thefirst commencement of Kerala TheologicalSeminary in Kerala, India, where he ispresident. He is also president of AIMInternational, Inc. (Agape Indians MinistriesInternational), which raises funds and seeksbooks for theological education in India. ▼Steven T. Yamaguchi (B) is executivepresbyter of the Presbytery of Los Ranchosin California. He also serves on thePCUSA Committee on the Office of theGeneral Assembly and as a trustee ofboth San Francisco Theological Seminaryand Westmont College. He is in theD.Min. program at Claremont Schoolof Theology. His email address issyamaguchi@losranchos.org.1989 Randall K. Bush (B) hascompleted a Ph.D. in systematic theologyand ethics at Marquette University.He is the pastor of the First PresbyterianChurch in Racine, Wisconsin, and anadjunct professor at Carthage Collegein Kenosha.Steven Chase (B) is resident associateprofessor of Christian spirituality atWestern Theological Seminary. His publicationsduring this past year include AngelicSpirituality: Medieval Perspectives on theWays of Angels in Paulist Press’s Classicsof Western Spirituality series andContemplation and Compassion: The VictorineTradition from Orbis Press. He is currentlyworking on a book on models of prayer andinvites anyone with ideas, input, or whowould simply like to talk about this subjectto contact him at schase@westernsem.edu.Ruth E. Hawley-Lowry (B) ispastor of Newhall Reformed Churchinspire • 23

summer/fall 2003Class notesAre you surfing the web?You can now submit your class note on the web! Keep us informed by visiting ouralumni/ae web site at:http://www.ptsem.edu/bond/submitnotes.htmin Wyoming, Michigan. Her email addressis hawley-lowry@juno.com.John R. Norwood (B) is senior pastorof Ujima Christian Church in Ewing,New Jersey.1990 Kristen C. Pratt (B) is codirectorof the Pratt Center for Educational,Psychological, and NeuropsychologicalServices in Los Gatos, California. The centeris on the web at www.prattcenter.com.1991 John F. Beddingfield (B)serves as curate for parish life andoutreach at The Church of Saint Marythe Virgin in New York City. His emailaddress is johnfbedd@aol.com.Greg Cootsona (B) writes that he hasjoined his classmate Steve Schibsted (B)at Bidwell Memorial Presbyterian Church inChico, California, right next door to CalState, Chico. Greg started serving as associatepastor for adult discipleship in December2002, and Steve is head of staff.Phoebe Kitson-Davis (B) writes thatshe is taking time off from ministry to spendmore time with her family—husband Doug,two-year-old son Ben, and five-year-olddaughter Nina. She left the First PresbyterianChurch in West Chester, Pennsylvania, at thebeginning of August.Taku Kusakabe (B) is preparing foran outreach ministry to Japanese in thePacific Northwest. His email addressis tkusakabe@comcast.net.1992 Stacy Hoffer (B) has a privatepractice in psychotherapy out of herhome in Princeton. Her email addressis shoffer@rcn.com.Emerson Powery (B) was recentlyawarded a sabbatical for the 2003–2004academic year. He will be a visiting scholarat Wake Forest University Divinity Schoolin the fall, and a visiting professor at AsburyTheological Seminary next spring. He is thechair of the Department of Theology at LeeUniversity in Cleveland, Tennessee.Leanne Van Dyk (D) is academic deanand professor of Reformed theology atWestern Theological Seminary. Her bookBelieving in Jesus Christ has been publishedby Geneva Press. Born in the same monthas her mother’s dissertation, Van Dyk’sdaughter Rachel will start 6th grade this fall.1993 Jonathan W. Bunker (B)has been pastor of Berryville PresbyterianChurch in Berryville, Virginia, sinceFebruary 2001. His email address isjbunker@shentel.net.Hannibal Richard Cabral (M) isprofessor of Christian ministry at KarnatakaTheological College in Mangalore,Karnataka, South India. His email addressis honeycabral@rediffmail.com.Derek S. Dohn (B) founded ChameleonData Corporation, a Seattle-basedcompany devoted to database productionand software development. His email addressis dsdohn@chameleondata.com.Gotthard Fermor (M) writes, “I ama minister in the Protestant Church of theRhineland/Germany in Bonn. I earned aPh.D. in practical theology at the Universityof Bonn in 1999. I am married to BeatriceFermor, and have three children, Aljoscha(11), Leon, (2), and Leah, (6 months).”His email address is gofermor@freenet.de.David (B) and Elizabeth (B) BarringtonForney are living in Decatur, Georgia.David is associate dean of faculty and Liz isassociate director of the spirituality programat Columbia Theological Seminary.Ara K. Heghinian (B) is pastor of AraratArmenian Congregational Church (UCC)in Salem, New Hampshire. His email addressis akheg@netzero.com.Jerome L. Iamurri (B) is pastorof Frankford Presbyterian Church inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. He is alsoan assistant district attorney with theCity of Philadelphia. His email addressis jerry.iamurri@phila.gov.Douglas L. James (B, ‘94M) isdirector of academic support programsat The Graduate School at DukeUniversity in Durham, North Carolina,a new position for him. His email addressis douglas.james@duke.edu.Eun Joo Kim (B, ’96M) is theEnglish ministry pastor at the YaleKorean Presbyterian Church in New Yorkin Bayside, New York.Jeha Lee (M) is dean of the universitychapel and professor of religious studiesat Chung-Ang University in Seoul, Korea.His email address is jehanet@hanmail.net.After seven years at Emmanuel BaptistChurch in Paris, France, Scott L.Stearman (M) is moving to the seniorpastor position at Kirkwood Baptist Churchin St. Louis, Missouri. His email addressis scottstearman@yahoo.com.1994 Lindsay Armstrong (B)and Mark Douglas (’93B, M) livein Atlanta, Georgia. Lindsay pastors RockSpring Presbyterian Church and Markis assistant professor of Christian ethicsat Columbia Theological Seminary.Todd (Richard) Bouldin (B) is seniorminister of the Camarillo Church of Christ,near Los Angeles, California. His emailaddress is todd_bouldin@yahoo.com.Ordained in July 2002, Diane Bowers (B)is pastor of Christ the Victor LutheranChurch in Fairfax, California. She continuesher doctoral work at The GraduateTheological Union in Berkeley, California.Nathan Byrd (B) writes, “The UnitedStates Army Reserve recently called meout of my position as pastor of People’sPresbyterian Church in Denver to serve thearmy in support of Enduring Freedom asa chaplain. I expect to serve at Fort Carson,Colorado, for one year.”Allan Cole (B, ’01D) has joined thefaculty of Austin Presbyterian Theological24 • inspire

James West (B) has accepted a callto the First Presbyterian Church in HiltonHead, South Carolina, where he will beassociate pastor of congregational life.Jim and his wife, Christy, and their son,Levi (3), bid farewell to Plymouth, NorthCarolina, where they have served for sevenyears. Jim and Christy expect their secondchild in late October. His email addressis handicapis7@hotmail.com.1997 Elizabeth (B) and Victor (B)Clark Thasiah live in Oxford, England,with their 16-month-old daughter, Eden.Victor is studying for his Ph.D. in theologyat Oxford University (on Karl Barth’s theologyand ethics), and Elizabeth is a freelancewriter while raising their daughter. Theiremail address is lizandvic@hotmail.com.Amy C. Egloff (B) received her J.D. fromthe University of Notre Dame Law Schoolin May. On May 24, a week after her gradusummer/fall2003Class noteson the ShelvesOn the Shelves features book recommendations fromPrinceton Seminary faculty and staff to help alumni/ae choosebooks that contribute to their personal and professional growth.J.J.M. Roberts, William Henry Green Professor of OldTestament LiteratureCreation and the Persistence of Evil: The Jewish Dramaof Divine Omnipotence, by Jon Douglas Levenson (PrincetonUniversity Press, 1994). Levenson is one of the very few Jewishbiblical theologians. His treatment of the persistence of evilwithin creation is the most accurate and profound treatmentof the biblical portrayal of creation that I have read. He shows,from a Jewish perspective, how the biblical view of God’s creationcontains an ongoing conflict between creation and chaos.A Farewell to the Servant Songs: A Critical Examinationof an Exegetical Axiom, by Tryggve N.D. Mettinger and SamuelNyström (Lund: CWK Gleerup, 1983). For many years scholarshave treated the so-called servantsongs of Second Isaiah as though theycould and should be read in isolationfrom their present literary context inSecond Isaiah. Mettinger has decisivelyshown that such excision of these textsfrom their larger context is a fundamentalmistake, that they should beread in context as part of the messageof Second Isaiah. In them, as in the restof his work, the prophet is providinga theological rationale for the historicalsufferings that have befallen Israel.Photo: Carolyn HerringDeborah van Deusen Hunsinger, associate professor ofpastoral theologySpiritual Caregiving As SecularSacrament: A Practical Theologyfor Professional Caregivers, byRay Anderson (Jessica KingsleyPublishers, 2003). This book is theharvest of a lifetime of pastoralwork, theological reflection, andprayer. Anderson’s chapter on recoveringfrom the moral injuries to theself is the clearest and theologicallymost helpful account of recoveringfrom abuse that I have ever seen.His chapter on self-care would beespecially helpful to pastors in dangerof burnout.Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Compassion,by Marshall Rosenberg (PuddleDancer Press, 1999). An expandedversion of his earlier 36-page pamphlet, this book is brilliantin setting forth practical steps for working through interpersonaldifferences. In his first chapter, Rosenberg (as an American Jew)recounts his experience of speaking to a group of PalestinianMoslem men. The story is both riveting and convincing, demonstratingthe power of his method to build bridges of mutualunderstanding and care in situations of extreme hostilityand tension.Photo: Chrissie KnightSeminary, where he is assistant professor ofpastoral care.Brenda L. Harris (B) received a D.Min.in May from New York TheologicalSeminary. Her project, “Women Caring forWomen: A Birthing and Nurturing Process,”addresses the common practice of laychurchwomen developing ministries thatserve the needs of everyone except women.Isao James Matsudaira (B, ’95M)is a member of the Anglican communityat Takatsuki St. Mary Church in Osaka,Japan. He teaches at Poole GakuinUniversity, also in Osaka. His email addressis james_matsudaira@ybb.ne.jp.Melissa Anne May Rogers (B) justcompleted a masters degree in marriage andfamily therapy at Michigan State University.Elizabeth A. Perry (E) is pastor ofBethel United Methodist Church inMontoursville, Pennsylvania. Her emailaddress is pastor.beth@suscom.net.1995 Yong Il Kim (B, ’97M)pastors the Korean Presbyterian Churchof Tampa in Tampa, Florida. His emailaddress is pastorkim2003@yahoo.co.kr.1996 George R. Gunn (B) wasnominated by the governor of Pennsylvaniafor a second term on the board ofthe Pennsylvania Council on Aging. Heis vice chairman and chief executive officerof ACTS Retirement-Life Communities.Eric Laverentz (B, ’97M) becamepastor of Kirkmont Presbyterian Churchin Beavercreek, Ohio, last September,at the conclusion of the church’s 40thanniversary celebrations.David Turner (P) is assistant provostfor institutional mission at BenedictineUniversity in Lisle, Illinois. His emailaddress is dturner@ben.edu.inspire • 25

summer/fall 2003Class notesWeddingsJen Stoecker and Eric Laverentz (’96B, ’97M), June 8, 2002Amy C. Egloff (’97B) and Paul R. Kolbet, May 24, 2003Helen Austin Reaves (’99E) and John O. Holmes Jr., July 12, 2003Laura C. Dubinski (’00B) and Jason Savenelli, January 11, 2003Kimberly A. Kachelein (’00B) and Patrick Haertel, December 29, 2001Christina D. Starace (’00B) and Daniel Williams, September 21, 2002Myesha D. Hamm (’01B) and Lawrence J. Jenkins, May 2, 2003Katharina Gibson and David J. Reichert (’01G), July 5, 2003Allison J. Herman (’03B) and Keith A. Beaulieu, May 25, 2003Birthsweddings&BirthsEve Margaret to Tammy Abee (’94B) and Douglas Blom, March 24, 2003Rachel Grace to Kathy and Raymond Cannata (’94B, ’95M), May 19, 2003Ashley Breanne to Brenda and Tom Edwards (’94B), August 25, 2002Luke Miller to Melissa Ann May (’94B) and Jim Rogers, October 4, 2002Samuel Eunwoo to Hyo Eun and Joon Won Lee (’95M), January 25, 2003Harrison Bruce to Heather Brown (’96B) and Steve (’97B) Huston, May 20, 2003Linnea Marlene and Camille Ruthanne to Laurena and Keith Ketzel-Kerber (’96B),May 1, 2003Lydia Elizabeth to Tiffany Nicely (’96B) and Christian (’95B) Holleck, May 23, 2003Samuel Avery to Cathy and Matthew L. Skinner (’97B, ’02D), July 16, 2003Leighton Christina to Christie Sweeny (’98B) and Edward (’99B) Gravely,February 17, 2003Jacob Patrick to Kimberly A. (Kachelein) (’00B) and Patrick Haertel, August 11, 2002Margaret Syler to Jenny and Allan Purtill (’00B), February 4, 2003Anneliese Elizabeth to Damaris and Paul Coppock (’01B), February 15, 2003ation, she married Paul R. Kolbet. Theywill move to Boston in August. Amy’semail address is aegloff@myway.com.Mary Jane Inman (B) is interimassociate pastor at Trinity PresbyterianChurch in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.Frank Mansell (B) has served as pastorof John Knox Presbyterian Church inIndianapolis, Indiana, since March 2003.His email address is fdmansell@netzero.net.Jean L. McSween (B) successfullydefended her dissertation on June 5. InAugust, she will graduate with a Ph.D.in politics from the University of Virginiaand will begin working for the U.S.General Accounting Office in Washington,D.C. as a design methodologist.Jeanne G. Thomas (B) was installedin December as associate pastor of theFirst Presbyterian Church of Springfieldin Springfield, Pennsylvania.Amy K. Watson (B) is working as aneditorial assistant in the Office of thePresident at The Ohio State University inColumbus, Ohio. She is also pursuingwriting and publication. Her email addressis writerscereal@yahoo.com.1998 Matthew Eddy (B)recently submitted his Ph.D. at theUniversity of Durham (England) and iscurrently a visiting scholar at the MaxPlanck Institute for the History of Sciencein Berlin, Germany. He participated inthe University of Notre Dame’s summer2003 history seminar series and has justbeen awarded a postdoctoral fellowship atthe Massachusetts Institute of Technology.David Efird (B) has been awarded adoctorate in philosophy by OxfordUniversity in England.Timothy J. Luoma (B) has accepteda call to be the pastor of the FirstPresbyterian Church of Gallipolis, in Ohio.He comes to this position after five yearsas an associate pastor in Gainesville, Florida.His son, Ethan, turned one on May 28.John S. McWilliams (B) is ministerof lay ministries at the First Baptist Churchin Frederick, Maryland. His email addressis shannon@firstfrederick.org.1999 Douglas Dent (B, ’01M) ispastor/head of staff at the Federated Churchof Fergus Falls, Minnesota. His email addressis dougdent@juno.com.Bart A. Norman (B) is an attorneyat Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett,Mitchell & Jernigan in Raleigh,North Carolina. His email addressis banorman@alumni.ncsu.edu.Cathy Church Norman (B) is associatepastor at Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Churchin Durham, North Carolina. Her emailaddress is cchurchnorman@aol.com.Scott D. Nowack (B) recently movedfrom “the great state of New Jersey” to begina new ministry as the associate pastor forChristian education at Abington PresbyterianChurch in Abington, Pennsylvania. Hisemail address is snowack@pcusa.org.Sara M. Tonje (B) is associate pastorat the Presbyterian Church of the Masterin Omaha, Nebraska. Her email addressis sara.tonje@pcmwindow.com.Vazhayil Sakariah Varughese (M,’03D) writes from India, “Our churchstarted a theological institute in Delhi in2000 to train people to work as missionariesin North India. At present we have 15students, and 7 more will join us for theprogram in July. Kindly uphold us and theinstitute in your prayers.”Karen L.R. Wilson Wanjico (B) isworking as a prevention specialist, teachingchildren conflict resolution skills and culturalcompetency. “I try to teach respect and26 • inspire

Class notescuriosity, not tolerance and self-satisfaction,”she writes. “I really enjoy this work, but planto work toward getting certified as a counselor.”She lives with her chihuahua, Chico.Her email address is karionie@hotmail.com.KeyOne Yu (B) is pursuing a Ph.D.at Columbia University in mission history.In the fall he will be an adjunct professorof history at William Paterson University.His wife, Julia, is in a medical residencyprogram at JFK Medical Center inEdison, New Jersey. His email addressis keylyu@yahoo.com.2000 Paul L. Barrett (B, E)is pastor to students and their familiesat Mercer Island Presbyterian Churchin Mercer Island, Washington. His emailaddress is paul@mipc.org.Dean Robert Brown (B) receivedhis Master of Sacred Theology degreefrom The Lutheran Theological Seminaryat Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in May2002, and was ordained last Septemberin the Evangelical Lutheran Church inAmerica. He is pastor of Holy TrinityEvangelical Lutheran Church inRed Bank, New Jersey. His email addressis pastordean@comcast.net.Troy J. Onsager (B) has beena solo pastor in Escalon, California,since August 2002. His email addressis epcpastor@bigvalley.net.Laura Dubinski Savanelli (B) isworking as a case manager for a familypreservation program at Family andCounseling Services of Lehigh Valleyin Allentown, Pennsylvania. Her emailaddress is lauradubinski@hotmail.com.Beginning in August, Ana C.Toledo (B) will attend Santa ClaraUniversity Law School.Doug Valentine (B) is pastor ofHamilton Square Baptist Church inHamilton, New Jersey. His email addressis hamsqbaptch@msn.com.2001 Emily A. Griffin (B) is thecurate at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Churchin Pennington, New Jersey. Her emailaddress is emilyagriffin@yahoo.com.Myesha D. Hamm (B) and Lawrence J.Jenkins were married on May 2 in Atlanta,Georgia. The Reverend Regina D.Langley (’00B) officiated at the wedding.Myesha currently works at the AmericanAcademy of Religion as the administrativesupervisor. She also owns and operatesa wedding and event-planning business.Jinah Yoon (B) works for the DowntownEmergency Service Center, Crisis RespiteProgram, in Seattle, Washington. Her emailaddress is jinahyoon@hotmail.com.2002 John Dennehy (M) serves asuniversity chaplain at Seton Hall Universityin South Orange, New Jersey.Paul Soo Kim (B) was ordained onFebruary 16, 2003, in Seattle, Washington.In March, he was installed as associate pastorat the Korean Presbyterian Church of MetroDetroit in Southfield, Michigan.Yaqub M. Mohamed (B) was ordainedin June by Central Florida Presbytery.As president of Somserv, he is pastor tothe United Somali Fellowship and parishassociate at Knox Presbyterian Church inMinneapolis, Minnesota. His email addressis yaqubmohamed@aol.com.Christopher A. Price (B) writes, “I amthe area director of Miami Baptist CollegiateMinistries and Baptist campus ministerfor the University of Miami and FloridaInternational University.” His email addressis chrismiamibcm@aol.com.Lee Riley (B) is a part-time minister atthe First Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth,New Jersey. While preaching at a servicethere, he discovered that a long-lost ancestor—JonathanDickinson, the first presidentof Princeton University and a pastor, lawyer,and physician—had been pastor of thecongregation in the early 1700s. Since visitingDickinson’s grave in the cemetery nextto the church, Riley has been spending timeresearching his family’s history over the lasteight generations.summer/fall 2003Stephen P. Samuel (B) is pastorof Calvary Missionary Baptist Churchin Trenton, New Jersey. His email addressis pastorspsamuel@msn.com.On May 1, the National Day of Prayer,Wes Sloat (M), a navy chaplain, wasphotographed with President GeorgeW. Bush aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln(CVN-72). ▼Karen Wamsteker (B) was ordainedand installed as associate pastor of TrinityPresbyterian Church in Pensacola, Florida,on May 25. Elaine Bowen (’02B)preached. PTS alums Peter Dietz (’03B,E), John Potter (’03B), LawrenceStratton (’02B), and Douglas Resler(’02B) also participated in the service.Pictured here, she is receiving a stole fromthe youth of her church on Palm Sunday,a few weeks before her ordination. ▼Deirdre Greenwood White (B)is interim associate pastor at LamingtonPresbyterian Church in Bedminster,New Jersey. Her email addressis deirdregreenwood@earthlink.net.Jesse L. Williams (B) is in a CPE residencyprogram at Albert Einstein MedicalCenter in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hisemail address is princetonjesse@yahoo.com.inspire • 27

summer/fall 2003outStanding in the field“But I Say to You...”PTS Alum Reflects on Her Cousin s Executionby Erika MarksburyIn April of 2002, Sarah Griffith, then anM.Div. senior at PTS, made the followingdisclaimer to those who had gathered inStuart Hall to hear her speak: “I am nottelling my story because I want recognitionor applause for being with my cousin at thispoint in his life. I did what families acrossthe country do when their loved one is executedby the state.“I am not telling my story in order toteach others how to do prison ministry or tobe an example of how to be a good chaplainor spiritual advisor or Christian.“I am not telling my story becauseI want sympathy.“I am telling my story because I feel it ismy duty to report what is intentionally keptsecret and hidden from the majority of ourcountry’s population. Regardless of yourpolitical position for or against the deathpenalty, I believe everyone needs to knowwhat actually happens when the death penaltyis enacted. Mystory will provideyou with one perspective,as a familymember of theexecuted one….”She then sharedher reflectionson the death ofher cousin, PaulKreutzer, at thehands of the Stateof Missouri, andof her last dayswith him as hisfamily member,friend, and, at hisrequest, spiritualSarah Griffithadvisor. She28 • inspirePhoto: Beth Godfreyrecounted being repeatedly assured byprison staff that since Kreutzer was “saved,”his impending death need not worry her. Shelamented that she was not allowed to touchKreutzer, nor were any of his family orfriends, even in his last hours. She relivedaloud her witness of the execution, andexplained that the pronouncement of “missionaccomplished” from an overhead speakermeant her cousin was dead.She told her story again this past springon the steps of the Trenton State House, atthe Easter Vigil Against the Death Penaltysponsored annually by PTS student organizations.She wrote of the experience for seminaryclasses, and it informed her work atRutgers University, where she graduated inMay with a Masters of Social Work. Tellingthe story helps her heal, she says, but it alsomakes a painful truth even more real.She speaks for Kreutzer, who told herthat he wanted to be the last person executed.And although that hope went unfulfilled—theU.S. has put to death more thansixty-eight people since Kreutzer’s April 10,2002, execution—Griffith feels compelled tospeak, as her part in helping end the practicethat killed him.In the days before the execution, Griffithwas overwhelmed with questions aboutGod’s presence in the midst of the horrorsurrounding her. And though two other(prison-employed) chaplains were presentwith Kreutzer’s family, they were eerily silent,she reports. Griffith read Scripture to herfamily, prayed with them, and shared withthem happy memories of her cousin.But happy memories, obviously, aren’tall that remain. Now to interrupt her reminiscencesof a young Kreutzer rescuingkittens or picking strawberries with her andher siblings, into Griffith’s mind will foreverflash another picture of her cousin: thirtyPaul Kreutzer, as a child, at his grandparents’ farmyears old, lying on a gurney, poison racingthrough his veins, an incarnate revenge forthe life he had taken ten years earlier. Andin her outrage that this cycle of violenceseems unending, Griffith will continue todecry it throughout her future work.Ordained in the Christian Church(Disciples of Christ) last October, Griffithwill spend the next two years as associateminister of outreach at PlymouthCongregational Church in Minneapolis,Minnesota. As a participant in the Transitioninto Ministry program funded by LillyEndowment, Inc., she will serve as a bridgebetween the church and the community.She is excited that the position highlightswhat she considers the heart of the gospel:“Jesus’ ministry of active compassion.”Until then, she will continue as chaplainand counselor at Womanspace, a nonprofitagency providing services to women in crisisin Mercer County, New Jersey. She valuesher work at Womanspace as one way of positivelyparticipating in a system that can helpothers—undoing the damage that similarsystems did to her cousin.“My work with Womanspace helpsaddress the issues that surrounded Paul’scase, like sexual abuse—Paul was abused,and then became an abuser,” she says. “I hearthe stories of these women, who’ve beenraped and abused, but I also have the perspectiveof having a family member whohas been the rapist and the abuser…. It justmakes it more real. It helps me understandthe depths of human suffering. I mournfor my cousin’s victims family becauseI know the pain of losing a loved one tosenseless violence.” ❚Erika Marksbury graduated from PTSin May 2003.

summer/fall 2003outStanding in the fieldDistinguished in Serviceby Deadra B. JohnsIt is obvious to anyone who meets SangChang and Joon Suhr Park, the recipients ofthe 2003 PTS Distinguished Alumnus andAlumna awards, that they share a passionfor education. While each could boast ofimpressive accomplishments in both secularand ecclesiastical circles, it is when theyspeak of their work as professors in the biblicalstudies departments (she in NewTestament and he in Old Testament) of twoKorean universities that they become animated.They clearly enjoy their students asmuch as they do their respective disciplines.Chang’s and Park’s preparation for theologicalstudy was somewhat unusual. He hasa law degree; her undergraduate degree is inmath. Yet, when they considered what their“life-work” would be, they both knew thatthey were called to ministry in some form.It was equally clear to them that to pursuetheir education on a graduate level, which“was not so fully developed” in Korea in the1960s, they needed to come to the UnitedStates. They earned their M.Div. degrees atYale Divinity School, and then entered thedoctoral program at Princeton Seminary.PTS director of communications andpublications Barbara Chaapel first met Parkand Chang when she was an M.Div. studentin the early 1970s. She remembers, “Theywere both in the Bible Department, andSang Chang was doing her work in NewTestament with Dr. Chris Beker. She was ourpreceptor in his Romans class. I rememberthinking how lucky we were—the fewwomen at PTS at the time—to have her asour professor. She was young, Korean, verybright, and pregnant with her first child—a wonderful model of the wholistic ministrywomen could have.”Chang smiles when she recounts theannouncement of the birth of her first son,John. Her husband was focusing on OldTestament while she was doing work in NewTestament, which led PresidentMcCord to announce, “I have goodnews for you. The Parks have had anintertestamental boy!”“When Chang and I recall ourdays in Princeton, so many fond memoriescome up.” Park says. “We weretypical graduate students, always busy,financially tight. But even with the rigorsand hardship of graduate school,there are many sweet memories thatlinger.” He speaks fondly of his mentors,Katharine Doob Sakenfeld and BernardAnderson. He credits them, along with othermembers of the faculty, for training them“well and hard,” and says that because ofthat training they were “lucky to get goodteaching positions.”When Chang and Park completed theirstudies they went home to a country in transitionfrom an agricultural to an industrialsociety. It was an atmosphere in which thetwo of them flourished. Chang found thatthe changes in Korea opened new doors forwomen. Since leaving Princeton, she hasserved as president of Ewha WomansUniversity in Seoul, the largest women’s universityin the world. She has been vice chairof the president’s Council on Democraticand Peaceful Reunification, and a memberof the Public Official Ethics Committee ofthe Ministry of Administration and HomeAffairs. She even served briefly as prime ministerof Korea.Throughout her career Chang has soughtopportunities to empower women. She hastaught feminist theology, and has beenresponsible for arranging for feminist theologianslike Letty Russell to lecture in Korea.Park is currently vice president for academicaffairs of the United Graduate Schoolof Theology of Yonsei University in Seoul,one of the top-ranking universities inKorea. He has also served as dean of YonseiUniversity, president of the Old TestamentSociety of Korea, and president of theAbove, Sang Chang during her student days at PTS; below,the two Distinguished Alums with President GillespieKorean Association of Christian Studies.Author of several books in Old Testamentstudies, Park is also coeditor of the AsianJournal of Theology.Sakenfeld points out another accomplishment:“One lesser known but highlysignificant achievement of Dr. Park is hisintroducing the worlds of the ancient andmodern Near East to the Korean publicthrough two long-running series of articlesin the two major newspapers in Seoul.Despite his busy schedule at Yonsei, he hasfound time to make several trips to theregion in preparation for these series and hisown teaching, including visits to Jerusalem,Damascus, Amman, and even Baghdad,photographing ancient sites and experiencingthe contemporary political tensions.”Nearly two years ago, Park and Changsent their younger son, Chan Sok Park,to PTS to enter the M.Div. program. Theywere pleased to send their son to a place thatthey describe as “balanced in faith, academics,and social concern.” And they seemhappy that their personal and professionalties to Princeton continue to be strengthened.When he received the DistinguishedAlumnus Award, Park said, “We owe everythingto Princeton, whoever we are andwhatever service we have rendered to thechurch and society in Korea. We are forevergrateful to our alma mater.” ❚Deadra Johns is director of planned givingat Princeton Seminary.Photo: Leigh Photo & Imaginginspire • 29

summer/fall 2003investing in ministryAlexander Pope, the 18th-century English satirist and poet, is remembered for well-known words he oncewrote: “To err is human, to forgive divine.” It has also been said that to heir is human, to give divine.To heir is often a generous act of self-sacrifice and gratitude. To act in such a way may be how we arebest remembered.Alumni/ae, friends, and congregations who support Princeton Seminary are remembered for helping preparewomen and men to serve Jesus Christ in ministries marked by faith, integrity, scholarship, competence, compassion,and joy, equipping them for leadership worldwide in congregations and the larger church, in classrooms andthe academy, and in the public arena. Such support is rooted in the Seminary’s mission and is shared by individualswho are grateful to be heirs of Princeton’s tradition of service to the church.Donor gifts take many forms—annual gifts, special capital gifts, and planned gifts/bequests—and are meaningfulexpressions of a heartfelt desire to heir in ways that are of benefit to the Seminary and that are pleasing toGod. It is a joy to be in conversation with people who are considering such commitments.To heir in the tradition of giving at Princeton Seminary is joyful. Even more joyful, more divine, is the notion that to heir is to investR. Scott Sheldonis PrincetonSeminary’s directorof development.with others in a tradition that continues to leave its mark on humanity in the name of Jesus Christ.I welcome opportunities to meet in person and to be in contact by telephone (800-622-6767, ext. 7756) or by email(scott.sheldon@ptsem.edu).GiftsThis list includes gifts made betweenFebruary 16, 2003, and June 15, 2003.2002–2003 Annual FundIn Memory ofWillis A. Baxter (’38B)John Walter Beardslee (’41B)William N. Boak (’57B)Emily F. Deeter (’51E)Leon W. Gibson (’59D)Merle S. Irwin (’42B)Marsha KeeganBryant M. Kirkland (’38B)Guy E. Lambert Jr. (’45B, ’53M)Thomas S. MutchWarren W. Ost (’51B)Harry P. Phillips Jr. (’46B)Anna Florence RossDavid SaddS. Arthur Talman (’42B)Charles M. Thompson (’43B)In Honor/Appreciation ofNancy Ann De Vries (’78B)“Our Lord Jesus Christ”2002–2003 Scholarship FundIn Memory ofAlexander T. Coyle (’30B)Robert C. Holland (’62B)Esther LoosGeorge E. Sweazey (’30B)G. Hall Todd (’38B)In Appreciation ofKenneth C. Green (’01B)Tassie M. Green (’01B)2002–2003 Alumni/ae Roll CallIn Memory ofT. Howard Akland (’40B)John ChironnaTeresa ChironnaSidney R. Conger (’55B)Jane C. EastmanJoy J. Hoffman (’85B)David Hugh JonesDonald H. JuelJames E. Loder (’57B)David D. Miles (’89B, ’91M)Merle E. Porter (’52B, ’60M)David Robert Sanderson (’69B)Craig Marshall Sell (’02B)William M. SkidmoreEsther Cornelius StineEsther L. (Sallee) VogtIn Honor/Appreciation ofAsian American ProgramKenda Creasy Dean (’97D)Dean E. Foose (’64B, ’65M, ’94P)Thomas W. Gillespie (’54B)George F. Gillette (’51B)Immanuel Presbyterian Church,Cincinnati, OhioMichael E. Livingston (’74B, ’91M)Bruce M. Metzger (’38B, ’39M)James R. Neumann (’82B)Princeton Theological SeminaryClarence V. Scarborough (’71B)R. Scott Sheldon (’84B)William N. Boak ScholarshipEndowment FundIn Memory ofWilliam N. Boak (’57B)Newton W. and Betty C. BryantScholarship Endowment FundIn Memory ofNewton W. BryantThe Reverend Dr. Frederick E.Christian ScholarshipEndowment FundIn Memory ofFrederick E. Christian (’34B)30 • inspire

summer/fall 2003investing in ministry20 Alumni/ae Gatherings PlannedRepresentatives of the Seminary will meet with Princeton Seminary alumni/ae andfriends in fourteen states between September 2003 and June 2004. Events will includeluncheons and dinners with President Thomas W. Gillespie, gatherings with PTS facultyand seminary relations staff, alumni/ae focus group gatherings, and luncheons at twochurchwide events.States where PTS alumni/ae events will be held include California, Delaware, Florida,Georgia, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, SouthCarolina, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia. A complete list of theseevents will be mailed to all alumni/ae in the early fall. For further information pleasecontact Steven Hamilton, director of alumni/ae relations/giving, at 609-497-7756 or1-800-622-6767, ext. 7756.The theological schools of thePresbyterian Church (U.S.A.) no longerreceive funding from the basic missionbudget of the General Assembly. Churchesare asked to contribute 1% of their operatingbudgets to the fund, which is thendistributed to the seminaries.Princeton Seminary thanks TEF churchesfor their contributions!Theological Education Fund (1% Plan)Class of 1953 ScholarshipEndowment FundIn Memory ofJohn D. Craig (’47B)David Livingstone CrawfordMemorial ScholarshipEndowment FundIn Memory ofDavid L. Crawford (’47B)John R. and Isabel Hyde DonelikScholarship Endowment FundIn Memory ofJohn R. and Isabel H. DonelikEdward A. Dowey Jr. Prize inReformation StudiesIn Memory ofEdward A. Dowey Jr. (’43B)Carol Gray Dupree Center forChildren Endowment FundIn Memory ofWinslow S. Drummond (’29B)William Harte Felmeth Chair forPastoral TheologyIn Memory ofWilliam H. Felmeth (’42B)The Reverend Dr. Samuel Allenand Anne McMullan JacksonMemorial ScholarshipEndowment FundIn Memory ofSamuel Allen (’32b) and AnneMcMullan JacksonPaul W. and William R. JohnstonScholarship Endowment FundIn Memory ofPaul W. Johnston (’41B)William R. Johnston (’42B)Bryant M. Kirkland Minister ofthe Chapel Endowment FundIn Memory ofJohn ChironnaTeresa ChironnaBryant M. Kirkland (’38B)Richard H. Lackey, Jr. MemorialScholarship Endowment FundIn Memory ofRichard H. Lackey, Jr.Lawder ScholarshipEndowment FundIn Honor/Appreciation ofWilliam E. and Marion LawderLibrary Book FundIn Memory ofJames E. Loder (’57B)The Reverend Dr. Gerald S.and Judith A. Mills Seminar inParish MinistryIn Honor/AppreciationGerald S. (’56B, ’75P) and Judith A. MillsThomas A. and Alma Neale WorldMission and Evangelism Prize inSpeech CommunicationIn Memory ofG. Robert Jacks (’59B)Princeton Theological SeminaryIn Memory ofDonald H. JuelRenovation of Speer LibraryIn Memory ofRonald C. Degitzinspire • 31

summer/fall 2003In MemoriamBlessed are the dead…who die in the Lord.Yes, says the Spirit, they will rest from theirlabors, for their deeds will follow them.Revelation 14:131929: Michael FesenkoApril 7, 2003Thornhill, Ontario, CanadaBarnerd M. Lubennotified March 2003Ridgewood, NJ1932: William E. Phifer Jr.September 17, 2002Marina Del Rey, CABuckley S. RudeMarch 15, 2003Santa Fe, NM1933: Edward Boszormenyinotified July 8, 2003Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary1934: Frederick E. ChristianMarch 3, 2003Allentown, PA1938: George A. BowieMay 6, 2003Michigan City, INGerald T. KrohnMay 25, 2003Westbrook, ME1939: T. Murdock HaleMay 18, 2003Washington, VT1940: Evan W. RenneFebruary 20, 2003Cedarville, NJ1943: Edward A. Dowey Jr.May 5, 2003Princeton, NJA. Dean EsterbergMay 3, 2002Camano Island, WABruce A. KurrleJanuary 14, 2003Irvine, CACharles M. Thompson Jr.February 21, 2003Greensburg, PAJohn P. WoodsMay 28, 2003Cedar Rapids, IA1945: James F. Lundquist Jr.notified June 2003Centreville, VAHerbert S. SchroederApril 5, 2003Eugene, OR1946: Harold L. MyersApril 21, 2003Columbus, OHHarry P. Phillips Jr.March 14, 2003Durham, NCPaul P. WalentaMarch 26, 2003Utica, NY1947: Leroy Y. Dillener Jr.February 26, 2003Warsaw, NY1949: William R. BrightJuly 19, 2003Orlando, FL1951: Emily Frances DeeterMarch 17, 2003Mechanicsburg, PA1952: David E. LingJuly 30, 2002St. Paul, MNAndrew W. Newcomer Jr.February 18, 2003Santa Helena, CA1956: Paul E. PeabodySeptember 17, 2002Nyack, NY1957: Monroe Drew Jr.February 26, 2003San Antonio, TX1958: Theodore E. Davisnotified April 2003Oxford, GAEdna StraitiffFebruary 16, 2003Warren, OH1960: Omar S. LantzApril 29, 2003Dunwoody, GA1963: Rafael AragonJuly 23, 2003Las Vegas, NVKenneth H. HollenbaughJanuary 30, 2003Allentown, PA1965: Kenneth A. MacLeod Jr.March 29, 2003New York, NY1973: Stephen A. KenneyMarch 18, 2003Hawley, MN1975: William A. PattersonJuly 31, 2003Troy, PA1984: Gerald B. Easleynotified May 2003Nashville, TN32 • inspire

end thingsMarking a Life: A Tribute to Don Juelby Matthew L. Skinnersummer/fall 2003When I spotted the book last September,I took it as coincidental, a random yetfelicitous occurrence. It was during my firstsemester on the faculty at Luther Seminary,while teaching a course on Mark’s Gospel.Among the books piled in front of a studentI spied a copy of Donald Juel’s commentaryon Mark, a text assigned to me in 1995when I was a PTS student enrolled in acourse on Mark taught by Juel. He had justrejoined the PTS faculty after teaching atLuther for seventeen years.Before the semester ended, I noticedanother student carrying the commentaryinto my classroom. The same thinghappened in the spring, when I taughtMark again. While I was pleased todiscover evidence of students reading morethan the texts assigned by the syllabus,I was even more gratified to see that thesecommentaries showed signs of wear. Theyhad been read before.I soon understood that these studentstoted hand-me-down books, remembrancesfrom Juel’s former students and perhaps survivalguides bestowed upon a new generationof seminarians. I quickly learned of Don’simpressive reputation, anchored deeply andbroadly within the Luther community. Ina year, I have met numerous graduates who,upon learning that I came from Princeton,inquired hopefully into my connectionsto their beloved teacher. I have even heardstudents who never met him share glowingaccounts about him. The testimonies wereno surprise, for they accurately describedmy teacher, too.So, as Don lay short of breath inPrinceton, he spoke in a Minnesota classroom,present through the words in students’books. Sensing his voice slightly unnervedme, until I realized that his words alreadypermeated the room; they were woventhrough my lecture notes. It felt appropriateto encounter Don anew in a classroom.In that arena he made his deepest impact.In his scholarship, Don employed familiarcriteria from classical rhetoric, inquiringafter the ways Scripture teaches, delights,and moves its audiences. In classrooms,he enacted this rhetorical triad as his jobdescription. If he enjoyed lecturing, it wasbecause his pedagogy was so enthusiasticallyperformative, demonstrating his convictionthat Scripture exists not to be admired butto be read (preferably aloud, as a publicevent) and, consequently, to provide a meansby which God shapes people and communities.His instruction blended dimensionsof entertainment and provocation, a combinationthat appropriately dislodged naivetéand facile solutions lurking in the class.Like a critic who delights in investigatingand revealing the secrets behind magicians’illusions, Don dissected people’s biblicalexegesis, often wondering aloud why somuch knowledge about texts and their historiesprevented us from actually reading thetexts. Likewise, he eagerly exposed students’hermeneutical assumptions, not necessarilyto invalidate them but always to impel usto acknowledge and examine them.His sarcastic reading of the centurion’s“confession” in Mark 15:39 best illustratesthis practice. While reading the passionnarrative aloud, he would voice “Sure thiswas God’s son!” with acerbic scorn. Heclearly enjoyed the effects of the readingas much as he believed it a faithful renderingof Mark’s account. His bold interpretationsounded alarms among students, drivingus to the text to examine its contours forevidence to support various readings. Thisalso led us within ourselves to exploreif and why the narrative had brought usto a point where we desperately yearned forany character in Mark, even the centurion,to make sense of the cross and to understandJesus rightly.No one could deny Don’s zeal forhis subject matter, or his conviction. Hebelieved what he taught.Although the words of his eleven booksand numerous articles will speak afresh tofuture generations, I believe that the wordsDon spoke in classrooms have created hismost durable legacy among the companyof his students. We will forever recall theimpassioned Lutheran dressed in a greenblazer whose trademark quotations we stillrecite, just like lines from films or fromBartlett’s Familiar Quotations: from theruptured heavens at Jesus’ baptism, “Godis among us, on the loose!”; from Juel’sunequivocal contempt for moralistic, feelgoodinterpretations of the Parable of theSower that implore audiences to try harder,disdain for the suggestion that a passivemedium might endeavor to “be good soil”;from his diagnosis of the pious older brother(whose father “gave the 4-H cow” to theprodigal), a man in “bondage to his ownidea of fairness”; from his fascination withFrank Kermode’s writings on hermeneutics,delighted warnings about interpretationthrough “cunning and violence.”Recently at a local church I led a Biblestudy series on Mark’s passion narrative.When it ended, someone approached andintroduced herself as a Luther Seminaryalumna. With equal parts gratitude andsorrow, she said that Mark’s Gospel alwaysreminds her of a New Testament professorwho brought the Bible to life for her. I saidto myself, “I know. Me too.” ❚Photo: Todd C. HawkinsMatthew L. Skinner is an assistantprofessor of New Testament at LutherSeminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. Heearned both his M.Div. (1997) and Ph.D.(2002) degrees at Princeton Seminaryand was a student of Donald Juel’s.inspire •

Art ExhibitSeptember 1–October 17Ellen Wiener “Painting toward a Bookof Hours”Erdman Art Gallery, Erdman HallOpening Convocation for theAcademic YearSeptember 168:00 p.m., Miller ChapelHymn Sing featuring themusic of the Iona CommunitySeptember 247:30 p.m., Miller ChapelPrinceton Seminar Weekendsfor Prospective StudentsOctober 2–5, November 6–9,November 20–23, and December 4–7Call 800-622-6767, ext. 1940, oremail vocations@ptsem.edu formore information.The Donald Macleod PreachingLectureshipOctober 6 and 7The Reverend Dr. James A. Forbes Jr.,senior minister of The Riverside Churchin New York CityTopic: “Preaching and The Next GreatAwakening”October 6, 7:00 p.m.October 7, 1:15 p.m.October 7, 7:00 p.m.“Faith, Ethics, and the Law”A Conference for Lawyers onLegal Issues and the ChurchOctober 14 and 15Call 800-622-6767, ext. 7990 fora conference brochure.Joe R. Engle Organ ConcertDiane Bish, organistOctober 178:00 p.m., Miller ChapelStone LecturesOctober 20–23The Reverend Dr. Kwame Bediako,executive director of the Akrofi-Christaller Memorial Centre forMission Research and AppliedTheology in GhanaTopic: “Christian History and theKingdom of God: Rescuing OurMemories and Discerning SomeTemptations of Our Time”CalendarOctober 20, 7:00 p.m.October 21, 1:15 p.m.October 21, 7:00 p.m.October 22, 7:00 p.m.October 23, 1:15 p.m.Art ExhibitOctober 27–December 5Tyler Hatch “In Search of the One:An Exhibitionof WildlifePaintings Basedon ScripturalImagery”Erdman ArtGallery,Erdman HallFall ConcertNovember 158:00 p.m., Miller ChapelDr. Martin Luther King Jr.LectureDecember 1Dr. Walter Earl Fluker, directorof The Leadership Center,Morehouse CollegeTopic: “Transformed Nonconformity:Spirituality, Ethics, and Leadershipin the Life and Work of Martin LutherKing Jr.”7:30 p.m., Miller ChapelFor more information about these events, visit www.ptsem.edu or contact the Office of Communications/Publications at 800-622-6767,ext. 7760 or commpub@ptsem.edu.inSpirePrinceton Theological SeminaryP.O. Box 821Princeton, NJ 08542-0803Non-Profit Org.U.S. PostagePAIDBridgeport, NJPermit No. 1981ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED