The Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 13, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 26, 2007 Page: 5 of 12
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April 26 2007 Yellow Jacket 13
Religion &. Spipjtuality
Be a revolutionary or a follower without question?
Leah Griffin
Religion Columnist
Jesus was a revolutionary a fanat-
ic a man who' stood his ground no
matter the consequences.
He was also wise knowing when
to fight and when to disappear into
a crowd. It may seem as though I
have placed revolutionary and wise
as antithesis of each other and I
have. For they often are seen that
way by observers.
Today I come with a pondering
that I really have no answer for. It is
something that I ask myself often.
Now I pose it to you to be pondered
not necessarily needing a response
just a thought.
Over the past few years I have
become more reserved. There was
a time when I may have stood on
a desk shouting my opinions for
all to hear without the allowance
of rebuttal. At least that is the way
it would be told from my former
classmates' and professors' per-
spectives. However now I try to
listen more and argue less. Some
have noticed a marked difference.
They say I am showing signs of
maturity. And in the end is maturity
not something to pursue?
This past week we have been
learning about revolutionaries.
Those who stood firm in what they
believed. These men and women
we have learned about fought and
died for their convictions. Most were
young and courageous "sticking it
to the man" as Dr. Romig might say.
Those who presented last week
attempted to inspire us to also be
revolutionaries reminding us that
the revolution is not over.
So am I supposed to be a good
reserved citizen falling into line
with everyone else without ques-
tion accepting the "truths" being
taught and then continuing to prop-
agate these ideas myself? Or am I
supposed to be a no holds barred
fighter of injustices and seeker of
righteousness? Am I to seek the
approval of my elders or step out on
my own from the path they have laid
and create my own future?
I have been told "pick your battles
you can't save the world." But that is
what I am told every time I set out
to take a stand on something. Are
there no battles worth fighting? How
do you know the difference?
Am I to be mature and wise in
old age or a revolutionary that is
willing to die young for a cause?
If a revolutionary am I willing to
be called a fanatic? If mature am
I willing to be called lukewarm? To
be a mature revolutionary to be like
Jesus to follow God without ques-
tion it seems the answer to being
this could take a lifetime or a life.
Scholarship remains alive and well at Howard Rayne
by Dr. Jay Smith
YJ GuestWriter
On two days during QEP week the
Howard Payne University School of
Christian Studies held two colloquia
featuring nine young scholars.
The first colloquium featured four
scholars competing for the first annual
"Stanley J. Grenz Prize in Ethics."
Grenz was one of the most prominent
Baptist ethicists in the last decade
and spoke at HPU's Staley Lectures
2002. The four scholars - Christina
Dietert Rebekah Green Lynn LaRue
and Jesse Pendergrass - presented
papers dealing with the topic "Ethics
and the Enlightenment." The winning
paper Lynn LaRue's "For Profit and
Freedom: A Study of Piracy in the
Eighteenth Century" represented the
creativity and scholarship evident in
all of the papers.
The second colloquium featured five
other young scholars competing for
the "Wallace Roark Prize in Christian
Doctrines." The five scholars - Daniel
Attaway Addie Gore Andrea Huffman
Caty Skinner and Natalie Webb - rep-
resented the best of the Christian
Doctrines term papers this year.
The prize's namesake Dr. Wallace
Roark was in attendance and very
impressed at the quality of thought
evidenced in the papers. The prize
was awarded to Huffman who
wrote a creative analytical paper on
Roger Williams and the Doctrine of
Salvation.
Although Huffman's paper won the
prize each of the other papers evi-
denced a quality and creativity that
were equally impressive. The quality
of papers at these events revealed the
fact that student scholarship is alive
and well at Howard Payne University.
We honor our athletes our service
project coordinators our spiritual and
government leaders and justly so.
They deserve our recognition and
appreciation. Yet these activities are
not the actual focus of our energies at
Howard Payne. They are a part of the
"college experience" but they are not
the end of our journey.
It is crucial that we honor individual
scholarship as well. In that we honor
our fellow students and his or her
scholarly achievement we motivate
ourselves to better ends. We gain
insight for our own scholarship our
own lives. The students that pre-
sented papers at the two sessions
pushed themselves to achieve and in
the process enhanced their academic
experience.
The higher education experience
is not simply future job training. It
is not simply preparation for gradu
ate school law school or medical
school. It's not about the social scene
that dominates so much of our time.
The collegiate experience at Howard
Payne is about becoming a scholar:
a life-long learner a person who has
cultivated the skills to discern and
navigate the cultural political eco-
nomic scientific and theological cur-
rents of our time.
A scholar is the man or woman who
truly seeks to develop their intellect
and understanding in the service of
life and community. A young man
or woman who makes the effort to
become a scholar has established
himself or herself as a person with
which to be reckoned a force in our
world. Not many will fool you. Not
many will be able to compete with
you. You will have spent your time
wisely at Howard Payne University.
Dr. Jay Smith is an assistant profes-
sor of Christian Studies at Howard
Payne University.
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The Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 13, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 26, 2007, newspaper, April 26, 2007; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth92534/m1/5/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Howard Payne University Library.