The thistle is the national flower of Scotland, according to the Natural Trust for Scotland website. Charisma Bray, the English Hall director, and her family lived in Scotland for eight years before returning to the midwest in the summer of 2025. Her kids missed Scotland, so they named their dog Thistle.
Aubrie Wickham, director of Upland Public Library, said she cannot decide on her favorite book, but she will find one that is a good match for you.
Reverend Emmanuel Shanka Morris, senior lead pastor of NorthDavidson Church in North Carolina, slept two nights on the open deck of a ship. The people around him were dying of cholera, and he watched as the dead were thrown overboard.
When Professor of Management Samuel de Paiva Naves Mamede was a child, his mother told him God has a purpose for his life.
Adam Sonstroem, assistant professor of communication, will be Taylor’s first fully online professor.
Jane “Janie Kesler” was Taylor University’s first lady during her husband Jay’s presidency (1985-2000).
WTUR has a new recording studio in Horne Academic Center.
Culture shock, according to Cambridge Dictionary, is “a feeling of confusion felt by someone visiting a country or place that they do not know.”
Hopefully, everyone is brushing their teeth.
Escaping reality through fantasy is only a distraction from the adventure God has planned for us. Author, singer and songwriter Andrew Peterson wrote of his own gravitation towards escapism in his book “Adorning the Dark.”
Taylor students have access to Zondervan Library books as well as the Upland Public Library.
Professor Todd Syswerda plays the piano during spiritual renewal week.
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