Author Visits Taylor

For this educator, author and artist, it wasn’t that she intended the path she took, but she wasn’t prepared to turn back once on it. For Sandi Baron, that has been a hallmark of her life. Sandi recently visited Taylor University to promote her memoir on racial inequality, “Bridging The Mississippi”.

Sandi meeting with ILCR Directors Ron Korfmacher & Maribel Magallanes.

Sandi and I met in Fort Wayne shortly after the love of her life, Denny, flatlined and was revived using emergency procedures. Sandi recalls her thoughts when she received the call that her husband was dying by saying, “I remember talking to God and sensing from the Lord that Denny’s work wasn’t done yet.”. That message from the Lord was clear on her recent visit to Taylor University. Sandi and Denny, now in their 55th year of marriage, toured the campus together. “At the beginning of marriage, we had to learn how to get over our selfishness and sacrifice together.” Sandi said.

Sandi and Denny meet with the ILCR team during a recent ILCR monthly meeting.

Sandi’s book gives an account of her work in New Orleans as an educator. She went through the humbling process while teaching by experiencing how to love and learn from others who were different from her. Ron Korfmacher, director of Church Relations, took Sandi and Denny to meet with the Intercultural Leadership & Church Relations team. They attended chapel, toured the campus, and spent time in the Office of Intercultural Programs (OIP). Sandi doesn’t know a stranger, and it was powerful watching her meeting people and seeing how she quickly built relationships and loved everyone she met. Sandi is a willing resource to others through retelling her work as an educator in cross-cultural settings over five decades. If you’re interested in connecting with Sandi, please reach out to Elissa Bennett at elissa_bennett@taylor.edu.

Limited complimentary copies available on the ILCR bookshelf in Sickler Hall

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Revelation 7:9

ESV: 9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

NIV: 9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.

NKJV: 9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

Matthew 5:23-24

ESV: 23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

NIV: 23 “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.

NKJV: 23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

Matthew 18:15-17

ESV: 15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

NIV: 15 “If your brother or sister[a] sins,[b] go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. 16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’[c] 17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

NKJV: 15 “Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.16 But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’ 17 And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.

 

Micah 6:8

ESV: He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,[a]
and to walk humbly with your God?

NIV: He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly[a] with your God.

NKJV: He has shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justly,
To love mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?

Genesis 1:27

ESV: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

NIV: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

NKJV: So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

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