I’m a researcher and my research is individualized. I’m on my own and I like it. And the constant plea in my career is “just leave me alone and let me get my work done.” Reality obviously confronts this independence. I’m part of a department. I’ve got colleagues and students. There are committees to run, […]
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It’s funny how we can feel so confident in some areas and so fearful in other areas. While we are highly competent and confident in some arenas of experience and knowledge, we hesitate to volunteer where we have less experience and knowledge—particularly in ministry and service. Hesitant, many faculty members fail to join faculty fellowships […]
Ever think about how blessed we are to be professors? For the most part, we have great jobs that are esteemed, that compensate us reasonably well, that pay us to think, to write, to serve. Many of us get reimbursed for travel, even for international trips. We generally work in clean, attractive environments, protected from […]
“You will be my witnesses.” Acts 1:8 The life of faith can be ironic at times. During an on-going conversation with an Indian graduate student, Priyanka, I became the student and my student the teacher. Priyanka had initiated the conversation because she wanted to know more about Christ and The Jesus Way. She had brought […]
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They called it a “meeting that never adjourned” and an unending “concert of benevolence.” They were, in the words of Edmund Burke, “God’s little platoon.” That group, the Clapham Circle, may just serve us as a model for faculty fellowships. /*! 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} A […]
“So teach us to number our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom” Psalm 90:12 As my recent retirement approached, I began a countdown: “Days to May 15=101”— writing the declining number on my whiteboard as part of a morning ritual. When my wife saw the whiteboard, she chided me, “Isn’t that unkind? […]
“All God’s people are sent on mission and called to ministry. The only questions are where, among whom, and doing what?” Ed Stetzer There is a geeky joy that most of us academics feel, even if secretly, when we learn a new word that captures what we have been trying to say for some time, but […]
I was never a cutting-edge scholar or dynamic orator during my career in academia. I was, however, in love with the Lord Jesus Christ. By His grace, God led me one spring to be part of a Faculty Commons short-term mission to universities in South Africa. Although unsure how I might contribute, I was excited […]
