It is a challenge to start conversations about faith with non-believers. It seems we often have so little in common. How do we begin to talk about Jesus with colleagues and students who differ from us in almost all categories–religiously, politically, socially, or morally? What if they are simply agnostic or just plain apathetic about […]
When I first began my career as a professor, I participated in a seminar sponsored by what is now called Faculty Commons. This seminar dealt with freedom of speech and the legal and ethical bounds of faith statements by faculty members in the academy. From that next semester until now—a period of over twenty-five years—I […]