Chorus during COVID has certainly been challenging but it hasn't stopped us from making music. The weather couldn't stop us either. Although the quality of the performance was not as we hoped because the accompanists hands were freezing as well as the singers, we wanted to share our work. Special thank you to Steffen Parker for taking the film, and the brave accompanist Simon Yiga who battled the elements to help us out!
“Why didn’t God just do it this way?” said one of my students this week. It’s a fairly common occurrence in my freshman Scripture classes for students to tell me what they think God should do or should have done in a particular situation in the Bible. When we humans don’t understand the workings of God, we think we know a better way, but the truth is that God knows what is best for us, and his ways are so high above ours.
The language of the Church is a code. To capture the impact of its message, one must learn how that message is encoded in the various symbols and rhythms of the Church's life. Today, the third Sunday of Advent, we are presented with two encoded messages.
The Rice mission is all about helping students realize their God-given potential. Juniors Jaydenne Garbarino and Courtney Coffman are unwrapping their potential as leaders.