Former Professor and Director of the Missions Department, Dr. Norm Cook, was born and raised in northern Indiana. His journey as a believer began as a 16 year old high school senior, soon after he met his future wife, Muriel, and many of her missionary family and friends. Later while studying at Taylor University, he experienced an encounter with God that lead to a commitment to ministry and missionary work. Read the rest of this entry »
"I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:3-6 Read the rest of this entry »
Diane Morris – Grad Class of ‘61
So many memories flooded through my mind during the 50th celebration of our Grad Class at Multnomah. Some of the most significant events of my life took place during that year. Read the rest of this entry »
"God, I don’t think you will save me, but I want to serve you."
At the age of 13, I received Jesus Christ as my Savior. That was great, but I had a problem. I swore like a sailor. I hated it. I wanted to stop, but I couldn’t. One day I cried out to God, “God I don’t think you will save me, but I want to serve you.” Nothing happened, I continued to swear.
Our cover article in the upcoming Spring 2011 issue of Multnomah magazine came with some amazing photos from an alumni family serving in Nepal - Jonathan and Taryn Isensee. There were far too many to put in the Magazine, so we decided to post them at the space below.
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(BA '01)
How do you fit ten years worth of life in 500 words? Don’t even try it. Just describing the pre-bedtime antics of my two year old could bust the data capacity of a Kindle. Better to aim at a period of time or event that best reflects my journey as a Multnomah graduate in 2001 to a small business owner, father of three children, and husband in 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
“It is not the abilities we have that determine who we are; it’s the choices we make”
During our recent Degree Completion dinner celebration, Dr. Lockwood challenged our Theta cohort graduates: “As you leave Multnomah make sure Read the rest of this entry »
(BA ‘79) (AA ‘81)
Fellow Alumni and Family in the Lord:
Surely the lines have fallen to us in pleasant places! We arrived in Sutherlin in 1986 (where has the time gone?), full of expectancy and energy – well, Paul had energy and I was moving with a 2 year old and a 4 month old! We prayed that God would do something far bigger than we could do ourselves – something that was clearly Read the rest of this entry »
As many of you know, MU is combining the annual PDX Alumni Chapter event with a ministry outreach called Compassion Connect to help run a Downtown Compassion clinic day.
Just the other day I (Michelle Peel in Alumni) received the letter below from an alum who, because she's getting involved with this year's PDX Chapter Event, began seeing another woman's need in a new light.
Get the Event details on this PDF Flier Read the rest of this entry »
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