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Memories come alive during this special October weekend. Graduates from five different decades share why this is a “can’t miss” event. 16 | Close to God in the City of Angels Los Angeles has become an accidental landing place for several Southern graduates. Do their spiritual lives look and feel different in Tinseltown than they did in Collegedale?
4 | New Media 6 | Headlines 11 | Professor Inspiration 26 | Spotlight 27 | Beyond the Columns 29 | Life 101 31 | The Word
After a tough senior year, Mona finds that the Bible—and not the classroom—is the best source for answers to life’s deepest spiritual questions.
24 | Devotions with Dr. Hopeful
Professor Ken Caviness is reading and recording the Bible in Esperanto, a planned language created to help foster unity among different ethnic groups.
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21 | Roadmap to Reasonable Faith
the magazine
Homer Dever, pictured here on the cover of our last issue, passed away shortly after the magazine was printed. The story of his burden for writing letters to student missionaries proved inspirational to many of you, as more than a dozen people contacted the university asking how they could assist in this important task. We would like to thank everyone who put emotion into motion; we think Homer would be thrilled with your response! 6 New Doctor
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Cover Photo: Brian Lauritzen, ‘06, finds that a city as big as Los Angeles provides unique spiritual challenges. The story of his journey—along with that of two classmates who moved to L.A. around the same time—begins on page 16 (photos of Lauritzen by Adam Buck, ’08).
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