Article August 26, 1996 Issue

Marriage and the search for identity

by Kim Shippey

Last year, in keeping with a long-established tradition, Nancy Calvert and her fiancé David rang the bell in Blanchard Tower on the Wheaton College campus in Illinois to announce their engagement. But Nancy was no ordinary student. She was an assistant professor of New Testament studies. Marriage was a big step for her because she was taking it later in life than most people. Yet she and David were glad to have found each other: "We sensed God's timing in bringing us together in the midst of our busy lives and careers."

In a conversation with the Sentinel, she revealed that each of them harbored some fearfulness about joining their lives. "We had established personal and professional identities. We knew that getting married would involve sacrifice. But how much of our respective identities would be at stake?"

As their wedding approached, Nancy felt prompted to examine the source of her identity more closely, and she shared her thoughts in the spring issue of the Wheaton Alumni magazine. Here are some excerpts:

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