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What a beautiful job on the last issue of Whitworth Today prior to the college becoming a university. I read with great sadness about the passing of Dr. Houser [Frank Houser, associate professor emeritus of sociology] and Mrs. Cunningham [Grace Cunningham, wife of the late Homer Cunningham, professor emeritus of history]. I remember them both. Mrs. Cunningham was most gracious as a host in her home while we did senior-thesis classes with Dr. Cunningham, and I learned so much about the social order from Dr. Houser.
Jon Randolph, '66
I was quite disappointed in your description of Anne Lamott's "deep faith" and "particular brand of faith." To be honest, being a Christian is not expressing every thought that crosses your mind, but, as Paul said in Ephesians 4:25, "Put[ting] away falsehood, let[ting] every one speak the truth,…" or, in other words, speaking what's true of our new creation in Christ.
Can one embrace abortion rights, the gay agenda, etc., and be genuinely concerned with the truth as it is in Christ? Deep faith should embrace the Word of God and the Cross of Christ, not our own intellect and opinion. Do we all now have our own "particular brand" of faith, or do we have the faith as expressed in Paul's epistles?
Gary Trautman
Thank you so much for the thrilling article "Hidden Treasures," about the Act Six program at Whitworth. As a Whitworth alum and Tacoma native, I have never been prouder of my alma mater. As a Whitworth student in the mid-1960s, I advocated strongly for the cohort of African American students who came to Whitworth from the East Coast in those years. The lack of multicultural diversity on campus then was Whitworth's greatest weakness. Unfortunately, Whitworth was not well-equipped enough to enable many of those students to succeed – either in school or back home in their communities.
Act Six is exactly the kind of program that produces positive results for the students, for Whitworth and for the communities those students return to serve. This is a model of multicultural higher education and leadership and community development that is going to grow exponentially around the country. As a trustee of Sheldon Jackson College, in Sitka, Alaska, I'm looking forward to our first Act Six cadre, which is arriving this fall.
Well done, Whitworth Today!
Jerry Van Marter, '68
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