10/1/97 Croatian seminarian seeks to be educator, peacemaker
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–For the better part of three years, he huddled in a basement seeking shelter from the bombs and bullets that kept his city in the news internationally. Rare time outside was usually spent waiting two to three hours for food. Often before reaching the head of the line, civil defense sirens forced […]
10/1/97 Aussie siblings mix baseball, fried cheese, Southwestern
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Put another shrimp on the barbie to go with the fried cheese? Or how about a pair of front-row, third base baseball tickets? How about both? “I confess I love both fried cheese and Texas Ranger baseball games,” Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary master of music student Anita Thomas admitted. And though Rangers […]
10/1/97 Scottish seminarian puts accent on training for Christian service
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Tina Macpherson’s soft, lyrical voice seems as out of place in Texas as a cool highland mist. She patiently endures a stream of unoriginal comments from fellow students at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary: “I love your accent!” But there is more geography to Macpherson than her Scottish pedigree. She has done missionary […]