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 […]
God is glorified not only in His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in. When those that see it delight in it, God is more glorified than if they only see it. His glory is then received by the whole soul, both by the understanding and by the heart. God made the world […]
In looking back at my own 30+ years as a Christian faculty member, I have done a lot of ministry activities. I have introduced myself as a Christian at the start of the semester, put together a Christian talk in my specialty, made numerous international mission trips, worked with Cru summer project teams, and worked […]
What does it mean to meditate on Scripture? It is not an ethereal state where my mind is out of touch with reality. Jesus said that, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind.” (Luke 10:27) So […]
