I am honored to be the first alumnus to serve as President at PBU. In addition to my professional interests and education, I have always been interested in history, politics, and culture and serve as a member of the Board of Governors of the John Jay Institute for Faith, Law and Society in Colorado Springs Colorado. I grew up in Middletown, Pennsylvania where I graduated from Middletown Area High School and am a first generation college graduate. I trusted Christ during my high school years and after that I served several years as Horsemanship and Wilderness Program Director at Camp Hebron in Halifax, Pennsylvania. I met my wife Dawn while working at the camp. We have been married for twenty one years, have two teenagers, Connor and Caitlin, and live in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. As a family we enjoy music, the arts and the outdoors. We spend as much time as we can outside gardening, canoeing, fly-fishing, and hiking. I also enjoy golf and tennis. We attend Westerley Road Church in Princeton, New Jersey.

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December 23, 2008

Merry Christmas

This week the University is very quiet. Today is the last day before the staff break. It’s hard to believe it’s Christmas already. It’s hard to believe that in just a few days it will be 2009. What will the New Year hold? What challenges will we face as individuals, as a church, as a nation? What joys and sorrows will we experience? What changes will our life courses take? Where will we be this time next year? Some people find this overwhelming, but I love the prospect of a new horizon, the adventures of a new trail. That’s life. And life is a great gift from God, not be squandered or taken for granted. It is to be lived, - unto God. So as we celebrate Christmas I like to remember that it wasn’t an end in itself, that the manger points to the cross, that the “fullness of time� in punctuated by the empty tomb. The Word was made flesh, Christ was born of the virgin, lived, taught, died, and rose again that we might experience God’s forgiveness through His atoning sacrifice and have life and have it abundantly, - regardless of our circumstances, - regardless of the uncertainties of the year ahead. So Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.

Posted by Todd J. Williams, Ph.D on December 23, 2008 10:48 AM |

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