Feb 21, 2009
Mark Pritchard, Business, Central Washington University [Feb 21, 2009] —“Life is a gift, given in trust – like a child,” Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote. Every now and then I manage to get back to my alma mater and visit my ‘old’ advisor Dennis at the...
Feb 6, 2009
Phil Bishop, Exercise Physiology University of Alabama It’s easy to get confused as a Christian professor. I am often tempted to criticize my colleagues and students for what I feel are lives of hopelessness and frustration. I am tempted to correct their sinful...
Feb 1, 2009
Sam Matteson Professor of Physics University of North Texas “Have you ever thought of being a chair or a dean? You have the instincts for it,” the associate dean remarked to me one day in his office. “No I haven’t, but thank you . . . I think,” I said. But I thought,...
Jan 16, 2009
Matt Green, Exercise Physiology University of Northern Alabama [ Jan 16, 2009 ] I taught at the University of Alabama for four years and one of the most rewarding parts of that position was the feeling that when I invested in a student — as they worked on a...
Nov 1, 2008
John Marson Dunaway French & Interdisciplinary Studies Mercer University, Macon, GA Sometimes I am not a very sensitive guy. As Director of the Center for Faith, Learning, and Vocation at a faith-based institution, I’ve been leading a one-week summer workshop on...
Oct 6, 2008
Phillip Bishop, Kinesiology University of Alabama I once heard Howard Hendricks of Dallas Seminary tell of being a graduate student and noticing one of his professors studying diligently from early morning until late at night. When Hendricks asked why this very...
