You said it!
“Congrats and applause for this edition of
The Bridge online. I especially enjoyed reading the prayers
for Dr. Phipps as given by David [Vader] and Evie [Telfer].”
“The new web version of The Bridge is great! You’ve got a format that really is easy to use and
read.”
In the last issue of
The Bridge, we published a story about the 15th anniversary of WVMM, Messiah
College’s radio station. One reader who had been involved with the station as a first-year student wrote to
tell us that WVMM’s history actually dates back further than 15 years.
“According to the yearbook for 1970, WVMM was a new organization in that year. I worked with the
station from 1977-1979 when it was in the basement of Miller Dorm.
During those years, we played all kinds of music: secular pop and rock, classical and only a small bit
was contemporary Christian. 'Jesus Music,' as it was called back then, was just a fledgling genre with
somewhat poor production quality (although it did improve during those years) and few albums.”
Another reader helped clarify the discrepancy in the station’s date of origin by adding that the
station did indeed exist prior to 1989 but the 15th anniversary noted in the article was that of it
becoming licensed by the FCC as an FM station. We also learned from this same reader that at one point
the station was housed in the “attic” of Murray Library.
One reader asked how to find alumni spotlights on the online version of
The Bridge.
At the present time this section of the printed magazine is not available through the online
version. The online magazine complements the printed magazine and other Messiah
publications by linking to related information on Messiah College’s website and by publishing
content unique to The Bridge
(such as features) or content not readily available through other sources.
For example, the alumni portal, alumni e-newsletter, and the printed Alumni Report
provide a
wealth of information specifically for alumni. The Bridge online
provides a link to the alumni
portal (under related links) which we hope makes it convenient for our alumni to navigate to the
portal where they can post their own information and find out what’s new with others.
In response to the feature entitled "How to talk about tough topics," readers told us that they enjoyed
the article, for the most part, and appreciated that we tackled the issue. One reader thought that
working through tough topics by following the suggested tips in the article would not be embraced by a
world that focuses on getting things done more quickly.
Another wondered why Bible verses were not
used to support the “very good article."
Although not every response or idea was directly tied to scripture there were a number
of scriptures referenced in the article. (Luke 6:32, Colossians 4:6, Romans 12, and Matthew 18).
Our readers respond