{"id":1514,"date":"2017-04-04T15:21:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T19:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:09:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:09:12","slug":"practical-step-part-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/2017\/practical-step-part-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical Step 3: Identify as a Christian"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1514\" class=\"elementor elementor-1514\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e042de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e042de\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1afee75\" data-id=\"1afee75\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-514bdd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"514bdd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e8bbba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e8bbba\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6b8f1c\" data-id=\"a6b8f1c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d3c776 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d3c776\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In Class<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-94d483a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"94d483a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d90f18a\" data-id=\"d90f18a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c4f1a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c4f1a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Over the years of teaching, I&#8217;ve experimented with lots of ways of identifying myself as a Christ-follower.<\/p><p>I first took this faith step as a graduate student assistant&#8211;telling my students I was a Christian on the first day of class.&nbsp; I would use some words I learned from Dr. Walter Bradley:&nbsp; \u201cOh, something else important about me is that I\u2019m a Christian, and I hope you can tell by the way I treat you in this class.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><p>Years later, I decided to tell my students I was a Christian midway through the semester.&nbsp; I wanted them to first see me as a reasonable, fun, accepting person who wasn\u2019t the stereotypically portrayed judgmental, narrow-minded, and stuffy Christian.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Occasionally, I&#8217;d tell my students something like this on a Monday morning: \u201cI hope everyone had a great weekend. I\u2019d love to hear what everyone did, and how they relaxed. I had a wonderful time in church on Sunday, and I was struck by the sermon on God\u2019s power. And since my family keeps the Sabbath, we did some special things to relax.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><p>Students might ask me about my \u201cSabbath keeping,\u201d and I could engage my Jewish students on their traditions at that point.<\/p><p><span>When we identify ourselves as Christ-followers, we might approach it in a way that invites storytelling, even creates somewhat of a mystery.&nbsp; For example, this semester I might say to my English classes:&nbsp; \u201cI\u2019m Dr. Holleman, and something unique about me is that I began to follow Jesus as a freshman at the University of Virginia in 1994&#8212;the same year I switched from being a med student to an English major.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22d92f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22d92f7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5823c13\" data-id=\"5823c13\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d8dbac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d8dbac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Use a Powerpoint or Keynote Slide<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bfe8162 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bfe8162\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd7a4ce\" data-id=\"cd7a4ce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da03555 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da03555\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A professor I know creates a compelling PowerPoint slide to introduce herself. On one particular slide, she gives her credentials, a picture of her family, and a line that says, \u201cJesus follower, 4 years.\u201d Every semester, a student will ask, \u201cWhat happened to you four years ago? Why did you begin to follow Jesus four years ago?\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7338959 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7338959\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4126c52\" data-id=\"4126c52\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbba566 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dbba566\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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