As I reflect on the past two years, listen to any news broadcast, or read any newspaper, I am reminded of the world crisis so many have experienced and the heartache and pain many have endured. We have made it through some unprecedented times, and we can surely thank God who has been faithful. Being a librarian in today’s environment is full of challenges that can be heartbreaking and painful. As we look toward the work of our next seasons, what better way to prepare for this new season than with the desire to be transformed by the Holy Spirit!
Transformed by the Holy Spirit – 06/2022
Craig Kubic – 05/2022
Describe yourself using a book title: To Kill a Mockingbird
What’s the best thing about being a librarian? The best thing about being a librarian are the opportunities for growth and service. Each day is a learning experience as we engage our students and faculty.
Tell Your Story – 05/2022
I have always loved stories. Stories are told through music, literature, biographies, and in many other ways. I teach children’s literature in our college’s education department, and my favorite genre is historical fiction. I love how it connects fictional characters and fictional scenes to create an exciting story that, for the most part, authentically reflects history. Even events such as the Olympics or the Super Bowl include the stories of the athletes and their families.
Jaime Pitt – 04/2022
Describe yourself using a book title: An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace
What’s the best thing about being a librarian? I enjoy investing in students. The opportunity to be a part of a person’s education is a gift.
Waiting for Tulips – 04/2022
Tulips are my favorite flower. Their burst of color at the start of spring brings joy and welcomed anticipation of warmer days ahead. Growing up in southern Alabama, I never saw tulips in flower gardens or carefully manicured landscapes. Winters are not cold enough in the coastal region of the South for the blooms to form underground. God created this amazing little flower to develop its beauty and buds out of sight, deep underground during the coldest months of the winter when the surface is barren, brown, and often frozen. Now living in Ohio, every spring when these beauties start to burst forth from the cold, bare ground, I can’t help but smile!
David Dunkerton – 03/2022
Describe yourself using a book title: Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
What’s the best thing about being a librarian? I am most fulfilled when I see a student understands the research process and can continue on their own.
A Time to Weep – 03/2022
As I reflect on these past few years, in this season that never seems to end, the years are a tumble of continued change, loss, and uncertainty. Each person is experiencing these years differently. I know that good things have happened in all our lives, yet there is a heaviness that is with us. The pandemic has heightened our awareness of death and suffering and of injustice and brokenness.
Esther Gillie – 02/2022
Describe yourself using a book title: Pilgrim’s Progress – goes along with my blog Sojourner Pilgrim’s Diary: the extraordinary life of an ordinary person
What’s the best thing about being a librarian? Access to and privilege of helping to preserve and share such rich resources about God and the Christian life
Keep Shining and Hoping! – 02/2022
Seventeen years ago, on the eve of my best friend’s surgery to remove a tumor in her shoulder, God gave me a vision of an eagle soaring and the accompanying verses in Isaiah 40:29-31.
