Occidental shot 52 percent from three-point distance and beat Westmont, 89-79, in a nonconference men’s basketball game on Saturday night in Eagle Rock. … more
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Improv in the Sanctuary: Musician transforms stories into song in minutes
The Rev. William Anderson, pastor at FPC, and president of PCC, has long been a Medema admirer.
“He is an amazing guy. I first heard him 40 years ago at Westmont College in California. He has a wonderful gift for improvisation. A few years after that, I heard him at the Crystal Cathedral in Southern California.” … more
Improv in the Sanctuary: Musician transforms stories into song in minutes
He is an amazing guy. I first heard him 40 years ago at Westmont College in California. He has a wonderful gift for improvisation. A few years after that, I heard him at the Crystal Cathedral in Southern California.” … more
Community is Invited Back to Continue Taking Action on Food System in Santa Barbra County
Student Hunger: higher education institutions like USCB, Alan Hancock College, Westmont, and Santa Barbra City College are running innovative programs to curb student hunger. … more
Shirley Mullen
Shirley Mullen has served as president of Houghton College since 2006. Prior to arriving at Houghton, Dr. Mullen served at Westmont College for 23 years, first as a professor of European history and then four years as provost. … more
Stuck Between Religion and Race
Caleb grew up in Westmont, a neighborhood in the South Central area of Los Angeles only about 20 miles south of Pasadena, yet he had never heard of Fuller Seminary. It wasn’t until he started researching seminaries with high academic standards that Fuller emerged as a graduate institution committed to the fundamentals of Christian faith and rigorous scholarship. … more
Voices on Wisdom
“Wisdom’s emphasis on self-relinquishment . . . is noteworthy not because it is part of wisdom, but because it appears to be emphasized by wisdom because it is part of the human condition. The mystery is not just that some wisdom traditions assert [meaning], but that human beings actually do widely pursue scientific, artistic, and religious meaning at the expense of physical deprivation, social isolation, and even death.” + Jeffrey Schloss, professor of biology at Westmont College … more
Disruption: Past and Future
With President Harold Ockenga leading in absentia from Boston and David Allan Hubbard under scrutiny for coteaching a Westmont College class that didn’t square with Fuller Seminary’s prevailing fundamentalism, the presidential candidates and views of Scripture aligned into two distinct camps. … more