Search Results

Moody alumna, Mary (Meroney) Frey '10, began her studies at Moody in 2007 with grand visions for her future life of ministry. Mary was a Evangelism and Discipleship major and wanted to be a children's ministry director or work with young women. But God had another plan for her. Mary and her husband, Peter (also a Moody alumni), got...

Dwayne Reed, a 4th grade teacher from Chicago, made a rap video to welcome his class to the school year and it quickly went viral. Mr. Reed has appeared on Good Morning America to discuss the video and his rap has even been acknowledged by TIME. The video was filmed and directed by Moody alumnus, Ty Gotham '16, a filmmaker who graduated...

Earlier this month, Tim Rogers ’96 and his wife, Tiersa, traveled to Swaziland, Africa. There they worked with New Life Homes, a ministry of African Leadership Partners. New Life Primary School is an English medium school located in rural Swaziland. The school was founded to serve 40 children exclusively—to provide a unique educational...

Missionary Serina Klotz opens her home and heart in Columbia. When Serina Klotz ’14 moved to Colombia as a single missionary with Camino Global, her worst fear wasn’t encountering FARC guerrilla rebels or learning to speak Spanish fluently. It was the thought of being alone. “I’m a super social person,” says Serina, the oldest of six...

On September 1, 2010, Moody alumnus Christian Konow ’84 strapped himself into his Robinson R44 Raven II helicopter and started the engine for a routine maintenance check. As the blades began to spin, a strong gust struck the helicopter and the nearby hangar wall, causing a vortex that made the helicopter buck. The helicopter overturned,...

Moody alumni, Edward & Virginia Elliott '62, founded Oasis International, a ministry devoted to fostering robust and sustainable pan-African publishing industry. Oasis International is engaging Africa’s most influential, most relevant, and best communicators for the sake of the Gospel, cultivating local and global partnerships,...

The emergency room floor was still being mopped of a gunshot victim’s blood when a distraught loved one poked the hospital chaplain in the chest, asking, “Why did God allow my son to die?” Tim Robinson MA ’08, a trauma chaplain for Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, knows better than to answer the question directly. “It would be foolish for...

Jonathan hikes to an undocumented village in the Star Mountains of Papua New Guinea. Jonathan Claussen ’11 holds three arrows, describing them in front of a Moody class of linguistics majors. One arrow has a narrow shaft to penetrate a pig’s lungs and heart. Another is used for fishing. He holds up a third arrow. “What do you think this...

When Hurricane Maria pummeled Puerto Rico, the Category 5 storm blew away Joseph ’06 and Daisy Pardo ’s plans to host a fundraising gala for Cree Women’s Care, the first pregnancy resource center on the island. “I wanted to raise support and for Puerto Ricans to get the vision,” Joseph says, speaking of his pro-life vision that began...

Elsie Young (Sept. 21, 1912–March 16, 2018) passed away as this issue went to press. Linda Piepenbrink visited Elsie in January. Solar-powered figurines tick-tock on the windowsill as Elsie Young ’38 sits in her recliner, leafing through a binder of stories, poetry, and devotional articles she’s written over the years. “There are some...