I believe that God has called me to be a professor. He has given me the incredible privilege of teaching hundreds of students in my engineering classes and working on cutting edge research. When I look back from the standpoint of eternity, however, I won’t be surprised if this morning’s conversation will be far more […]
During my undergraduate years, I began to wonder whether there was something fundamentally incompatible between higher education and being a follower of Jesus. In fact, I went through my entire undergraduate and graduate years at the University of Texas without hearing any of my 50-or-so professors ever identify themselves as a follower of Jesus. Some […]
/*! 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} Living Contentment out on Campus #2 What would our lives on campus look like if we modeled Paul’s approach to contentment as we touched on last week? How does viewing our career as a Christian lead to different choices? First, we […]
In the course of a recent conversation, I said in a matter-of-fact way that I had made career choices that did not maximize my professional productivity. And that I had made those choices specifically because I was a Christian. Later, as I have thought about what lies at the heart of counter-cultural career choices we […]
I never saw it coming—this potential for global impact. As Christian faculty, we can have an incredible and immediate influence around the world. Here are some simple steps to take: /*! 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} 1. Develop the Right Motivation I’ve changed so much. As a […]
The French aristocrat and poet Antoine de Saint-Exupery wrote: “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” The big idea is clear enough: help others yearn for a vastly more desirable […]
/*! 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 Question Out of Nowhere In the midst of a recent breakfast, a faculty colleague unexpectedly asked me, “What keeps your walk with God vibrant? You’ve been a professor for over 20 years. All those years, you’ve had success in your […]
A young graduate student clad in a sari and dupatta glanced across the coffee bar. “Are you the Professor who spoke last week at the graduate student orientation?” “Yes,” the startled professor replied. “My name is Priyanka. I noticed a slide in your talk that referenced the historical Jesus. I am fascinated by anything about […]
We need each other. As much as we think we don’t, we do. We are created for community, for relationships. As famed professor at Dallas Seminary, Howard Hendricks, often argued “every Christ-follower needs at least three kinds of spiritual relationships in our lives: a Barnabas, a Timothy and a Paul.” Nurturing such intentional relationships—peers to […]
For many Christian professors, a huge disjuncture exists between our spiritual lives and our academic lives. Like many other professions, we practice a concrete compartmentalization between what we do on Sunday and what we do Monday through Friday. And that compartmentalization arises in part from faulty thinking. For example, we might believe there’s little connection […]
