A gardener planted purple petunias as a young girl ran out to the yard, scooping up a handful of Persian dirt and placing it in her pocket. She scuffed her shoes in the dirt, not knowing those scuffs would be some of her final steps on Persian soil. The child’s mother held her with tear filled eyes as they escaped […]
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Matthew Law listened on the other side of a call as his mom described her frustration with a family friend. “Mom, God loves us,” Matthew recalled saying to her. “So, then we can love other people. If you’re not loving other people, you’re not loving God.” Matthew is beginning to take on the role of accountability partner for his mom, […]
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The tournaments for Liberty’s Forensics Speech Team have been moved online this year due to COVID-19 concerns. Forensics coach Denise Thomas said that while team members yearn for the sense of community that in-person tournaments built, they anticipate learning a valuable new communication skillset. According to Thomas, tournaments are now held online in either a synchronous or an asynchronous form. […]
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Sophomore Josh Carroll has found his own way of sharing the Gospel through creating brickfilms, movies made completely with LEGO pieces and characters. Carroll crafted his first brickfilm based on “The Passion of The Christ” in 2015, and it certainly made an impact. “I want to serve the Lord with whatever I do with my life, but I did not […]
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Seth Somers found nothing to love when he first read “Our Town” in high school. Now a sophomore actor in Liberty’s production of the play, Somers was hardly alone in his opinion. Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work is a required reading at many high schools, is inexpensive to produce and has a large cast, all of which has made it […]
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The Flames 5-year wait for a shutout continues, but they came awfully close Saturday, smothering the visiting ULM Warhawks from the first drive of the afternoon in a 40-7 thrashing that moved the Flames to 4-0 for the fifth time in program history. With Malik Willis taking snaps again after missing last week’s game for an elbow injury, Liberty produced […]
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When COVID-19 struck last season, Liberty men’s Division I hockey had all the pieces in place to make an ACHA title run. Now, Flames hockey is back – and Coach Kirk Handy believes a first title is finally in the cards. “I think the sky’s the limit for this team,” Handy said. “Every year we have three goals: we want […]
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Hungry for a chance to defend its 2019 national title, the Liberty University club Division I women’s hockey team patiently awaits a new season of competition. As was the case with all sports, the COVID-19 pandemic eliminated the end of the women’s hockey team’s schedule in the spring of 2020, robbing the team of the opportunity to defend its title […]
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For many student athletes, the transition from playing high school to collegiate sports can be intimidating – an experience that was amplified for one LU athlete who made the transition in 2020, 4,000 miles away from the place she calls home. Julie Daels, a freshman from Burges, Belgium, accepted this reality when she decided to move across the Atlantic Ocean […]
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Juggling sports and academics is a challenge for student-athletes at any time. The difficulties of COVID-19 amplified that juggling act throughout the spring and fall, but the staff of the Office of Academic Affairs for Athletics have worked hard to help athletes cope – and their hard work has paid off. During the spring of 2020, Liberty’s 20 athletic teams […]
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Two teams with opposite levels of success in 2020 will face off at Williams Stadium on Saturday. Liberty is 3-0, and Louisiana-Monroe is winless. Can Warhawks quarterback Colby Suits create enough offense to keep them in the game? How will Flames quarterback Malik Willis look in his return from an elbow injury? The sports staff tackles all this and more […]
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Talladega was the chaotic demolition derby that it normally was, but William Byron was one of the lucky few who came away mostly unscathed. Byron earned his fourth top five of the season with a fourth-place finish leading one lap. Byron started the race in the 21st position. He mainly spent stage one hanging around the back half of the […]
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The Flames – 30-point favorites heading into the game – struggled to find their rhythm, but grinded toward a 28-7 victory over FCS opponent North Alabama Saturday. Though the offense sputtered in the first half, Liberty’s defense, led by linebacker Anthony Butler (nine tackles, two interceptions and one sack), shined throughout the game and the rushing attack came alive for […]
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After months of wondering if the 2020 football season would begin, Liberty football has burst onto the scene in impressive fashion, jumping out to a 2-0 start. This week, the Flames host the University of North Alabama Lions at 1 p.m. at Williams Stadium. Who are the key players in this matchup, what should Liberty fans expect from the Lions, […]
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The smell of ethnic food and the sound of student chatter poured out of the International Student Center on Sept. 15 at the Latin American Open House. Jonathan Herrera is one of many international students at Liberty University who has a story and home culture he loves to share with others. Herrera immigrated to the United States in 2014 from […]
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