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A travelogue from the UK study tour

madmin — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 22:14:08 +0000

London, England When we landed at Heathrow in London, our first order of business was to drop our luggage off at the Red Lion Hotel in Hillingdon and head into the city. London was bustling…

Bringing the ancient world to life

madmin — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 19:28:29 +0000

Walking into Assistant Professor of Religion Dr. Trisha Broy’s office is like entering a miniature museum of archeology. She has trays of ancient ceramic shards, a stone ax head and even a mostly intact clay…

VIDEO | Union theology students attend Adventist Society for Religious Studies

madmin — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 19:40:32 +0000

As part of their academic growth, Union theology majors and professors attended the Adventist Society for Religious Studies annual convention last fall in San Antonio. Here’s what they learned. As part of their academic growth,…

VIDEO | Jacob Pittinger answers the call to pastoral ministry

madmin — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 15:37:45 +0000

Jacob felt called to be a pastor since he was a child. At Union College, he found a school that gave him the knowledge, tools and connections to reach that God-given calling. Jacob felt called…

United Kingdom Study Tour 2023

madmin — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 09:24:55 +0000

Taught by Seth Pierce and Ben Tyner, the classes are RELT 355: Imagination, Theology and History and HIST 325: Tolkien, Fantasy and Middle Ages. In them, students study the works of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien…

Trisha Broy brings archeological expertise to Union

madmin — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:02:27 +0000

Dr. Trisha Broy is on her way to joining Union’s Religion Program — as soon as she finishes digging up Iron Age jars in the Middle East this summer. Having previously taught as an adjunct…

Abner Campos: a life of learning starts at Union

madmin — Fri, 27 May 2022 07:33:41 +0000

Abner Campos will never forget the last day of his Theology 1 class with Dr. Thomas Toews. At the end of the class, the professor told his students to remember just one thing. Campos expected…

Jefferson Gibson: listening for God in the cafeteria

madmin — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 20:44:57 +0000

If you’ve eaten at Union Market in the last four years, you’ve probably seen Jefferson Gibson. The senior theology major serves meals, stocks shelves and rings up purchases, all with his characteristic easygoing smile. If you…

Welcome to Union, Dr. Steenberg

madmin — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 18:06:02 +0000

Union College is excited to welcome Pierre Steenberg as an assistant professor of religion. Steenberg joins us from the Central California Conference where he has served as ministerial and evangelism director. With Steenberg, Union gets…

Ready to serve: internships set graduates on the path to success

madmin — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:40:18 +0000

Most college graduates leave school with one pressing goal: find a job. But that stressor was one Josemiguel Marin, a 2021 graduate, didn’t face. He was hired in January of his senior year by the…

Video: Kolby Beem’s pastoral internship experience

madmin — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 23:29:04 +0000

Every Union College theology major spends the first semester of his or her senior year as a pastoral intern under the mentorship of a senior pastor. This immersive experience allows students to participate in every…

No manufactured moments

madmin — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 21:34:29 +0000

When Tonja Rizijs Rasmusson ’00 was hired as Sacramento Adventist Academy’s religion teacher in 2000, it was rare for an academy to have a dedicated Bible teacher—especially a woman. Now, in her sixteenth year at…

A semester in the life of a church

madmin — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 19:31:01 +0000

Ah yes, we’ve all heard it: “some things you just won’t learn in a classroom.” Those words never rang truer for me than this fall semester. While many of my friends returned to Union College…

Campos exhibit aims to integrate art with religion

madmin — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:58:09 +0000

“Good theology must have good art,” said Abner Campos. The senior theology major believes that in a culture that relies so heavily on visual communication, the church must activly use art and design as a…

Diving into pastoral ministry

madmin — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 16:42:04 +0000

Some college graduates discover that finding a job in their field can be challenging, but 2016 Union graduate Jessyka Albert had a job waiting for her as one of four pastors in a church that regularly attended…

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