In November, AU Staff member Mark Dawson, Director of Covenant Productions, visited the Dakota Access Pipeline protest site. “I started following the the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance camp activity along the northern border of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation around the time that the Camp of the Sacred Stones was established by a few committed indigenous water protectors in April,” Dawson said. “My interest grew as I witnessed over social media other developments in the story as a group … [Read more...]
Some thoughts at the end of the semester
As someone who is graduating this December, each passing day has brought on more and more anxiety about what I’m going to do when I’m faced with the “real world.” So, in order to distract myself from that reality, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about the things that I’m going to miss after graduation. Of course, I’m definitely going to miss all of the amazing professors I’ve had the chance to interact with over the last three and a half years. I’ve gone through some rough times and … [Read more...]
Conference to teach girls they are God’s Beloved
Citing Romans 9:25 as her inspiration, Marsha Reeder, the founder of Beloved Ministry, says that the ministry was “a vision from the Lord.” “Beloved is a ministry with a vision to bring girls to a life-changing, defining moment by experiencing God’s love through authentic worship, hearing Beloved stories, opportunities to respond and teachings on how to live a life defined by truth,” Reeder says on the Beloved Ministry website. Beloved Ministry was created for high school and college-age girls … [Read more...]
AU theatre program performs “Regina”
This weekend, AU will be able to witness to what lengths a woman from the early 20th century will go in order to gain control of her financial life. The spring Opera, “Regina” will be premiering this Friday with a cast of talented AU students filling the roles. “Regina” is an opera based on the play “The Little Foxes,” which centers around three siblings, Ben, Regina and Owen Hubbard, in Alabama during the early 20th century, who use all sorts of schemes in order to get rich. Things take a dark … [Read more...]