CREATIVE SERVANT LIFE

 

Pillsbury College is dead.

Or is it?

I was sorry to hear that Clarks Summit University, another institution where I taught for a time, closed this fall.

But I continue to enjoy the organ artistry of Carol Kilian who graduated from Clarks Summit. I listen regularly to the preaching of Dr. Matt Morrell, alumnus of Northland, another school which has closed. And I write weekly Creativity blogs, many of which celebrate the godly servant life of fellow Pillsbury alums.

Perhaps we could apply (not interpret) the words about Abel in Hebrews 11:4, “He being dead yet speaketh.” Through the grace of God, thousands of faithful servants are ministering around the world, having been trained at those schools.

I worked with Randy Miller, long-time librarian at Pillsbury, to put together short biographies of three hundred and sixty Pillsbury graduates. “Arise Ye Sons and Daughters,” is available on Amazon. Hundreds more could be added from Pillsbury, Clarks Summit, and Northland. Those schools may no longer exist, but those they trained are still speaking, singing, writing, administering, preaching, and sharing Christ. “To the praise of the glory of His grace” (Eph. 1:6).