(In this age of unbelief, Matt Chandler argues that “it all starts with hospitality.” In a recent training session with his church, he suggests four quick ways to show hospitality. The genius of his approach lies in its simplicity.–FCMM Editors) The God of the universe is serious about hospitality. Hospitality can create an entry point […]
For many professors, their home is their castle. The bridge is up, the moat is filled, and students are not welcome there. What does it mean to “wash my students’ feet as Jesus did his students” with regard to where I live? When I was an undergraduate at Kalamazoo College, a professor invited me to […]
I recently attended one of the Faculty Commons conferences that I had avoided attending for decades because I was “too busy.” It was the best reminder I have had about our unique calling as professors and the best opportunity I know of to learn practical, innovative and proven strategies for sensitively sharing the love of […]
In addition to valuing mentoring and academic integration as a professor, I’ve also learned a new concept called the “ministry of presence.” I learned it from a young student of mine. On the day my father died, this dear student taught me the power of “faithful presence” when he drove many miles through terrible weather […]
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Overcoming classroom cynicism and building a special learning community takes work. I sacrifice the first ten minutes of every single class building community. That’s a large chunk of a 50 minute class, but I’m convinced that when a student feels connected, secure, loved, and seen, their brains move from reactive to responsive states; they receive […]
Isaac Milner (11 January 1750 – 1 April 1820) was a mathematician, an inventor, the President of Queens’ College, Cambridge and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. The Lucasian Professor was one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world. Its holders include not only Isaac Milner but also Isaac Newton, Joseph Larmor, Charles Babbage, George […]
How often have you had this internal conversation? I’m behind. Again. The items on my “To Do” rival the number of freshmen in my lecture classes. My time is not my own. I don’t like the pace of my life—so little time for people. So little time for God. I’m not sure I like the […]
“For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.” 2 Peter 1:16 “I am a spiritual person, but I am not religious,” my new faculty acquaintance remarked when our Faculty Commons group identified ourselves as […]
American colleges and universities host almost 900,000 students and scholars from other nations (2013/14 statistics). In the last decade, the number of internationals studying in the US has increased an astonishing 40+%. The United States remains the “destination of choice” for higher education. With many of the world’s future leaders living and studying on our […]
