Thiel College LiveWord!

LiveWord! is a new ministry expression of students of Thiel - a blog for sharing brief reflections that will build up and lift up our campus community. Our aim is to make space for a diverse group of bloggers, drawn initially from the recognized campus ministry groups.

LiveWord! is a contemporary form of proclamation, of releasing God’s Word in and for the world; a way of sharing what Luther called the "living voice of the gospel." We hope that these reflections will ... make you more alive to the Word and more empowered to live the Word!

Text Coexist!

Today’s world is filled with folks of many religions, ethnic backgrounds and beliefs. All too often we ridicule and judge those that are different, isolating those who do not conform to our view of the world. What we seemingly fail to realize is that living in a diverse society is, in its own way, a blessing, as it provides us with many opportunities to learn from another’s perspective. Rather than judging, ridiculing or isolating others for being different, wouldn’t the world be a better place for all if we learned to coexist and live in peace with those who differ from us? [Meaghan Paine, ‘13]