Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. He first said how good it was to see me. “Thanks. Opinions on that vary.” I replied (an appropriate response for professors). He discussed his job at the medical facility with admirable contentment while also hinting toward […]
In 1967 my family moved to Atlanta. I loved Braves baseball games, swim practices each morning, and Little League baseball (I was terrible). I was living the life for an 11-year-old. My neighborhood, my high school, my city? I never gave them a thought. The following year, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Given […]
In 2016 I became a new faculty member at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. It was a significant career move for my family and me, and to be honest a little nerve-wracking. I had prayed about the move and I felt we were making the right move for us. When I got to UNCW, […]
One of the fundamental truths of the Gospel story is that our lives matter. God created each of us for the purpose of playing a unique role in his grand story. In Ephesians 2:10 the Apostle Paul expresses a beautiful thought: “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God […]
Winston Churchill described the end of World War I. As the news broke of the German surrender, downtown London turned into a mass celebration: “Streams of men and women flowed from the Embankment. They mingled with torrents pouring down the Strand on their way to acclaim the King. Almost before the last stroke of the […]
Surely the academy values the cognitive over the relational, but this hardly means the relational aspects of the academy fail to matter. On the contrary, it seems – though there are exceptions – those who love well best navigate the inherent tensions of being a Christ-follower in the midst of an oft-inhospitable environment. In the […]
One of the most important faith steps you can take is to identify as a Christ-follower to others in your department and to the students in your classes. /*! elementor – v3.6.6 – 08-06-2022 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} In Class Over the years of teaching, I’ve experimented with lots of ways […]
God did not create the Christian life to be a solo flight. He placed us into what the Bible calls a body, gave us gifts that others do not have, and made us desperately needy of the gifts of other people (Eph 4:1-16, 1 Cor 12:12-27). In community with others, we find strength and encouragement […]
The single, most foundational, “first step” for every Christian professor is to prioritize his or her personal growth in Christ. Everything we do – research, teaching and service – flows out of our Christian identity, out from our personal walk with God. We cannot impart what we do not possess. Simply because one knows more […]
While we’re not naive about the challenges facing Christ-following faculty in the academy, we are firmly rooted in the dream and enduring hope that God can change each and every life. /*! elementor – v3.6.4 – 13-04-2022 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} There is certainly no professor, grad student or student, whom […]
