G. Blair Dowden, President of Huntington University
Throughout this school year, Huntington University is exploring what it means to be a campus of diverse individuals from a variety of ethnic, racial, and cultural backgrounds. We want to better understand issues of ethnic and racial reconciliation, and study what the Bible them. We'll do this through lectures, theatre productions, chapel services, diversity and inclusion training, and various student activities. It should be an exciting and stretching year for us.

Our verse of the year is Galatians 3:27-28: "For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."

I believe that God is creating a new university culture at Huntington University--one that is not white, not black, not Hispanic, not Native American, not Jamaican, not Korean, not Nicaraguan, not Asian, but a new culture of Christ followers. My hope is that we will change this year, both institutionally and as individuals.

I kicked-off this year-long emphasis with a chapel service message in early September. Just as I shared some thoughts and tips with students, I want to share some of those same thoughts with the United Brethren constituency through this blog. These are principles that apply not just to college students, but to all Christians, whether in church, family, workplace, or community settings.