Thrive

Voices

Rob Mehner

May 22, 2019

Before becoming a pastor, Rob Mehner worked as a process engineer for 3M, designing, implementing, controlling and optimizing production processes. Now, he serves as the Director of Training and Pastoral Care at New Life Children’s […]


Dr. Maria Russell Kenney

May 3, 2019

The average person makes about 35,000 choices per day, and in a world filled with more ambiguity than not, Dr. Maria Russell Kenney seeks to make these decisions with the eyes of Christ. She grapples […]


Dr. Randy Jessen

April 29, 2019

Forty babies in a room. Ten on tiny shelves lined each wall. Silence. The babies had learned not to cry because no one was there to feed, hold or change them. Randy and Sue Jessen […]


Connor Reavy

March 20, 2019

From the time Connor can remember, he found his identity in sports, whether playing, training or watching. But when a knee injury sidelined him on mile 16 of the Akron Marathon in 2017, Connor stopped […]


Heather Hill

March 20, 2019

Homeless and addicted to drugs, Heather Hill was surprised by God’s answer to her prayer for help when it landed her in jail for 18 months. But her prison sentence started her personal journey of […]


George Wasson

March 11, 2019

For George Wasson, Lead Pastor at Faithpoint Church, saying yes to God was more than just one moment. It was a lifetime of yeses that led him to the next right thing on his journey. […]


Kaylea Hutson Miller

February 27, 2019

Everyone has a story, and Kaylea Hutson-Miller gets to tell them. She’s held mothers hands while they wrote their child’s obituary, been in courtrooms when judges handed down sentences, and listened to victims share their […]


Molly Ann Halpin

February 27, 2019

Molly Ann Halpin connects others with hope. Molly came to Asbury Seminary to pursue an M.Div. degree, but partway through her first semester, her dad passed away. Through her own journey of healing, she discovered […]


Dr. Ben Witherington III

February 5, 2019

Dr. Ben Witherington wanted a career that combined language, literature and history. The only subject meeting those criteria was the Bible, so Dr. Witherington went to seminary to prepare for ministry as a pastor and […]


Tammy Cessna

December 7, 2018

Tammy Cessna’s heart beats for alumni. Since 2009, Tammy Cessna, Director of Alumni and Church Relations, has been pouring her life into the almost 11,000 Asbury Seminary alumni. She’s recently started new programs, such as […]