Bob Chell
Servant trips offer needed conversion for students
Denver this year, Los Angeles last year, Washington D.C. and Tijuana, Mexico the two years preceding. I’ve broken up concrete in Jamaica, gutted hurricane-damaged homes in New Orleans and shingled a church on the Navajo reservation. For the past 19 years the University Lutheran Center has taken students all over the country and out of [...]
Old advertisement sparks memories of laughter, tears
I don’t know how long the sign has been gone, certainly not as many years as it towered above the truck stop, that is for sure. Those of us who lived West River mark the trip west with icons common to all; Al’s, the Chamberlain hills, Wall Drug, as well as others known only to [...]
Sabbath Encouraged During College Years
“Everything can be something different.” So said Alfred Adler, colleague of Sigmund Freud and founder of the Adlerian school of psychology. This insight into the paradoxical nature of human behavior rings true in our own lives as well as in the lives of others. Students know it best from hours staring at a blinking cursor [...]
Some addictions not so bad
My name is Bob and I am an Internet addict.” “Hi Bob.” I jerk awake with a start, the reoccurring dream once again startling me out of a sound slumber. Whew…only a dream. I will admit to hovering on the edge of addiction. I am 364 days away from the seniors special at the Hy-Vee Chinese deli, of an era that imagined computers would take over the world much like giant robots, our deepest fears articulated in the film, “2001: A Space Odyssey.
Chicks make excellent gifts
Do you, like me, have a compelling urge to clean your room, organize your desk or attack an overflowing pile of laundry when faced with an imminent deadline? As Christmas break beckons and academic pressure bears down, more than a few of you are perusing the Collegian as an alternative to the task at hand.
Gibson movie has too much passion, not enough Christ
It is Lent. A somber season in the liturgical calendar. Somber, not maudlin. A time for reflection on one’s faith, on one’s failure to live as one wants, as one ought. A time to reflect on the passion of
Each life full of valuable stories that remind of God’s love, others’ love
Each year at Christmas someone tells the story about the year I hated my presents. I was in seventh grade. Mom heard me crying in my room and when she came down and asked: “What’s wrong?” I said, “HERE’S WHAT’S WRONG!” as I thrust out a list of all my presents and why I hated them.
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