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Gordon Green, M.Div., M.A. Counseling On February 21, 2018, world-renowned evangelist, Billy Graham, transitioned from life as we know it here on earth to eternal glory with Jesus. Born on November 17, 1918, Graham’s 99-year lifespan began by humble means. Reared on a dairy farm near Charlotte, NC during the Great Depression, Billy learned early […]

Gordon Green, M.Div., M.A. Counseling So far this year we have investigated world changers of the recent and distant past. For this month, however, I am presenting a world changer of our present times, Joni Eareckson Tada, an extraordinary woman who has overcome the mental and emotional wounds of quadriplegia resulting from a freak accident.

Gordon Green, M.Div., M.A. Counseling As we begin a new academic year, this month I am featuring C.S. Lewis, a 20th-century world-changer who profoundly influenced Christian thought within academia and far beyond its borders. Born in Belfast, Ireland in 1898, the young Jacksie (his self-declared nickname in honor of his dog of the same name […]

Gordon Green, M.Div., M.A. Counseling Entering our world on September 27, 1805, and parting on March 10, 1898, George Müller’s life spanned nearly the entire length of the 19th Century. While best known for his innovative, faith-based care for orphans, Müller also left a lasting legacy of Christian reform within the social constructs of education and […]

Gordon Green, M.Div., M.A. Counseling Overshadowed by the death of Princess Di five days earlier, one of the godliest servants of the Kingdom of God, Mother Teresa, quietly passed away on September 5, 1997. Shying from public attention, Teresa could scarcely avoid the recognition that she would gain from the politicians, the news media, and various honorary […]

Gordon Green, M.Div., M.A. Counseling   The obvious choice for this month—given Easter is observed in April—is the One who created and redeemed the world: Jesus Christ. Others who have come after the Son of God have left legacies that have changed the world in their lifetime, or maybe even for centuries, but no one […]