From June 1993 through August 2005, I had the great privilege of serving as Nyack College's eleventh president. These dozen years were marked by many divine blessings: spiritual revival, enrollment growth, urban campus planting, facility enhancement, degree additions, diversity awards, integration of college and seminary, and many more blessings. During that time I began the discipline of writing a one-page (two sides) monthly paper that I called Upfront. The name was chosen to indicate my intention to be as transparent and above board as possible with the readers. Most of those articles, as...