Category: October
Dr. Paige Cunningham
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Dr. Paige Cunningham 
Paige Comstock Cunningham, Ph.D., J.D. is serving as the Interim President of Taylor University.
Cunningham has served as a Taylor Trustee for 17 years, and is now stepping down from the Board in order to head a seamless leadership transition, succeeding outgoing President Lowell Haines.
Beyond her service at Taylor, Cunningham has extensive academic scholarship and professional qualifications for her new position, with significant experience in bioethics, public policy, and pro-life issues. She graduated from Taylor University (summa cum laude) and earned her J.D. from Northwestern University Law School, Master of Bioethics (summa cum laude) from Trinity International University and Ph.D. (Educational Studies) from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
Cunningham is currently the Executive Director of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity and an affiliate professor at Trinity Law School and Trinity Graduate School. She was an adjunct instructor at Wheaton College for eight years and serves on the Advisory Board of the Wheaton College Center for Faith, Politics and Economics. Earlier in her career, she was Executive Director and General Counsel and later President of Americans United for Life, a national pro-life advocacy organization located in Washington, D.C. Cunningham and her husband Jay have three children and seven grandchildren.
Reflection/Discussion Question:
How are you exemplifying unity, love and humility within your communities?
Songs from Chapel:
Draw Me Close
King of Kings
Way Maker
World Opportunities Chapel
Monday, October 28, 2019
Mike Taylor 
Mike Taylor serves as the Vice President of Mobilization for Greater Europe Mission and Executive Director of UK-USA Ministries. He and his wife, Kookie have been married for 36 years and they have four children. Mike and Kookie have served in Stockton-on-Tees in the United Kingdom since 2011. Prior to living and serving in England, Mike was a Youth Pastor in the United States for 30 years. He has a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Arkansas and holds a Master of Arts in Religion from Liberty University. His passion is to see God raise up a new generation of missionaries and to see Europe reached with the Gospel.
You can find out more about Greater Europe Mission and the Ten2Project at www.ten2project.org
Reflection/Discussion Questions:
- Reflect on these words penned by the psalmist “As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.” Psalm 42:1
- Are you thirsty to know God?
- Have you entered into a personal relationship with Jesus?
- What are your thoughts around the idea that Salvation is a moment in time—Surrender is moment by moment?
- What keeps you from living a fully surrendered life?
- We are called to live by faith. What are you trusting God for today? What are you trusting God for today that if He doesn’t do it…it is not going to happen?
- What are your thoughts around the idea that Risk (stepping out of your comfort zone) leads to Dependency and dependency leads to Intimacy with God that you cannot get without risk?
- Reflect on this quote from Francis Chan “Why do you need the Comforter (The Holy Spirit) if you are comfortable?”
Songs from Chapel:
What a Beautiful Name
Tremble
Highlands (Song of Ascent)
Dr. John Walton
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Dr. John Walton 
John H. Walton (Ph.D. Hebrew Union College) is Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College and Graduate School where he has taught for almost twenty years. Dr. Walton has published nearly 30 books, among them commentaries, reference works, text books, scholarly monographs, and popular academic works. He was the Old Testament general editor for the Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible (NIV, NKJV, NRSV), and is perhaps most widely known for the “Lost World” books (including The Lost World of Genesis One, The Lost World of Adam and Eve, and The Lost World of the Flood). His areas of expertise include the importance of the ancient Near East for interpreting the Old Testament as well as the dialogue between science and faith.
Whether in teaching or writing, he is constantly challenged in his own life; the material that he is presenting stretches him as much as it stretches his students or readers. Whatever he is writing or teaching also has a way of infiltrating his family. His wife, Kim, was trained as a biochemist, which has made for interesting dinner conversations–especially when he was working on his Genesis commentary. Their three children are all grown and married, and are an “academically intense” group.
Reflection/Discussion Questions:
- Why did God create us?
- What is the Bible all about?
- What has God always wanted?
- Why did Jesus come?
Songs from Chapel:
King of Kings
Lean Back- Tis So Sweet
Kendall Vanderslice
Monday, October 21, 2019
Kendall Vanderslice 
Kendall Vanderslice is a baker and writer on the intersection of food and faith. She is a graduate of Wheaton College (BAAnthropology), Boston University (MLA Gastronomy), and Duke Divinity School (Master of Theological Studies). She writes for Christianity Today, Christ and Pop Culture, Religion News Service, and Faith & Leadership and is the author of We Will Feast: Rethinking Dinner, Worship, and the Community of God. Kendall lives in Durham, North Carolina with her big-eared beagle named Strudel. Find her on Twitter or Instagram at @kvslice.
Reflection/Discussion Questions:
- When have you experienced the intensity of delight in a meal?
- How do you experience the brokenness of creation through food?
- What might it look like to set a healing table in your current phase of life?
Songs from Chapel:
God of Wonders
God You’re So Good
Living Hope
Rev. Greg Dyson
Friday, October 18, 2019
Rev. Greg Dyson 
Reverend Gregory Dyson serves at Taylor University as the Special Assistant to the President for Intercultural Initiatives. He is a native of Massachusetts. He and his wife Gina recently celebrated 33 years of real joy together in marriage. They have three adult children and enjoy seeing God do the impossible. Gregory and Gina are the founders of the Lion’s Den Youth Outreach Center in Indian Orchard, MA reaching out to young people who would not normally walk into a church. He has served as a speaker and teacher at camps and churches as well as Sr. Pastor of several congregations. Most recently, Rev. Dyson led in the area of Intercultural Leadership at Cedarville University. He is a graduate of Word of Life Bible Institute, Holds a BA in Bible from Cedarville University and an MS in Organizational Leadership from Cairn University.
Reflection/Discussion Questions:
- What are some unconventional ways through which you have seen forgiveness play out?
- What does it look like for us to “pause” in everyday conversations?
Aaron Boyd
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Aaron Boyd
Aaron Boyd, author of the song “God of this City,” has been leading worship all over the world for more than a decade. His hit album “God of this City” charted at Number One for four weeks.
Aaron’s heart for justice and desire to be a voice for those that don’t have one is a driving force behind everything that he does. For more than five years, Aaron has partnered with World Orphans, a nonprofit that seeks to provide care for orphaned and vulnerable children.
His life’s passion could be summed up in two words: Worship & Justice. The anointing that has been placed on his life to lead people in worship and communicate God’s heart for justice is more than evident as he takes the stage.
Paul Mumaw
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Paul Mumaw 
Before his role at Genesis Church, Paul served in churches in Michigan and Kentucky until 2008 when he joined the Genesis Team. He grew up in Central Illinois and graduated from Anderson University in 97 where he met his wife, Jenny Mumaw.
He has 3 future Taylor students, Joel, Luke, and Kate. When he’s not beating students in 9-square, he loves to run and travel with his family.
Reflection/Discussion Questions:
- What do you believe about valleys – that they are formative or destructive?
- How can you change your perspective to see that the valleys help you to increase your faith?
- How does knowing that God is with you help you to overcome a fear of the valleys?
Songs from Chapel:
Be Thou My Vision
Great Are You Lord
God You’re So Good
Grateful
Dr. Richard Allen Farmer
Monday, October 7, 2019
Dr. Richard Allen Farmer 
Farmer (M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary) is a classically trained pianist, concert artist and Bible expositor whose itinerant music and preaching ministry has taken him to hundreds of churches and dozens of countries. Prior to his present ministry he served as a senior pastor and as dean of the chapel at both Gordon College and Taylor University. He has been awarded the honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by Gordon College (1996) and the honorary Doctor of Sacred Theology degree by Houghton College (1999).
Reflection/Discussion Questions:
- How do you measure success?
- How do you measure failure?
- Describe a “worth” career path.
Campus Worship Service
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Dr. Richard Allen Farmer
Farmer (M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary) is a classically trained pianist, concert artist and Bible expositor whose itinerant music and preaching ministry has taken him to hundreds of churches and dozens of countries. Prior to his present ministry he served as a senior pastor and as dean of the chapel at both Gordon College and Taylor University. He has been awarded the honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by Gordon College (1996) and the honorary Doctor of Sacred Theology degree by Houghton College (1999).
Taylor University Chapel 