A Sense of Sent – ness

  Jack and Diane Parker, Faculty Commons Staff, University of Alabama Birmingham [April 8, 2014]~~ One of the hardest things is saying ‘good-bye’ to dear friends and colleagues in academia.  When Dr. Richard Allman announced his new position with the...

Cherished, Celebrated: The Power of Community

Hope McIlwain, Department of Mathematics, Mercer University [April 1, 2014]~~ The overcast, dull gray sky matched my burdened spirit as I walked slowly to the gravesite. Four days earlier, my best friend and fellow college professor, called to say that her husband of...

Live it Out

W. Bryce Hagedorn, Program Director of Counselor Education, University of Central Florida [March 18, 2014]~~ One of the things that we may all find challenging as Christian faculty is discovering the believers in our orbit of relationships on campus.  For me, knowing...

3 Steps in the Art of Conversation

  Elaine Petty, Endowment for Community Leadership, Washington D.C. [March 4, 2014]– For conversations that count we’re learning to be experientially current,  purposely connective, and to focus increasingly on developing our conversational skills....

Compelling Conversations

Elaine Petty, Endowment for Community Leadership, Washington D.C. [February 25,2014]– We all need to learn to listen and speak with those outside our Christian community.  My husband and I, engaged in day to day interactions in the center of Washington D.C.,...

Balancing Life in the University

    Geri Forsberg-Madison, English, Western Washington, Communications, Trinity Western [Nov.26, 2013]~~ Research, teaching, and meetings. Students standing outside my office. Spouse and children that demand attention. Keeping priorities is not easy. I find...