Augsburg College - Augsburgian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Tomorrow is the joy I've yet to know 10 INTRODUCTION

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 birth. What noble and courageous people! They held to the beauties of the past, worked to better the pre- sent. while always struggling for- ward into the future. Our present, just as our past, has a future look. Tomorrow” is a word that leads us on. Uncertainties about the economy or the world scene have been a part of our past and are obviously pre- sent today. They have never been able to destroy the spark of opti- mism that seems to be built into our beings. Tomorrow is a word of both disturbance and promise. The future is disturbing because of its uncertainty; it cannot be controlled. By contrast, the past, with its re- cords and memories, is in hand. It can even be changed a bit as memories and histories are altered to fit the way things should have been. The future is also a place of prom- ise. This is particularly true for the child of God Every Sunday is a re- membering and an embracing of the new life that has come through the resurrection. Every Communion Ser- vice is a preview of the great feast in the last times. Every Baptism, a joining in Christ's death and resur- rection. All things look toward the future; a future that is secure in the hands and promises of God. Our lives as individuals and Augs- burg’s life as an institution are inex- tricably tied to the tomorrows that invite us to move ahead. We cannot avoid this call, even if we would wish to do so. Our confidence that the future is in fact inviting is tied to the conviction that our roots are firmly set in a history of service and hope, and that our present is dedicated to addressing the needs of community and church. Each of us. along with Augsburg, has a place of service and leader- ship which we must fill. As long as this vision of tomorrow is before us. our futures, while beset with regular challenges, are open and inviting. — Charles S. Anderson President r

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the love I've yet to show INTRODUCTION 11