Glenn Tyndall is the United Methodist Campus Minister (Wesley Foundation) at Virginia Tech and has written an article for the UMC's new service about the VT tragedy last spring the the return of students back to campus. Today is the first day of the Fall Semester. For those of you who don't know, I am a 1998 VT grad and a Wesley Foundation Alum.
"For me personally, I am moved and honored to have been associated with this generation of Hokie students at the Wesley Foundation. They gave new meaning to the biblical admonition to "bear one another's burdens." They were strong and mature, even in the face of the loss of friends and faculty whom they knew. Together with me and my wife, they had helped create a Christian community on campus that served as a rock in the midst of a terrible storm. Had I been a parent back home wondering about my United Methodist student, I would have been happy to know that my church had a presence on this campus, just as it does on campuses throughout the nation. It has made me grow stronger as I prepare to help students for another school year."
You can read the entire article here.