Have a Coke and a Smile

Phil Bishop Kinesiology, University of Alabama   About 10 years ago the student Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Alliance (GBLA) held their national conference on our campus.  Upon announcement of this event, the reaction on campus was mixed.  Some people protested the use...

Why The Dean Called One Night

Walter Bradley Mechanical Engineering, Baylor   During my undergraduate years, I began to wonder whether there was something fundamentally incompatible between higher education and being a follower of Jesus. In fact, I went through my entire undergraduate and graduate...

“Confidence”

Maurice Manktelow E-Commerce and Marketing Bradford College, England Forty years ago I left home, catching a steam train from London, traveling north 200 miles to William Blake’s land of those ‘dark satanic mills’ in Bradford. It was in those early...

Dump the Dean!

Jim Gerdeen, Prof. Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering Michigan Tech; Univ. of Colorado “Dump the Dean.” It was a topic of daily conversation in the hallways, distracting us from our academic work  and research. The dean was being blamed for mismanagement of funds, being...

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Grace

Sam Matteson Physics, University of North Texas What distinction does my confession really make in my profession? Am I a Christian who happens to be a college professor —- or am I a college professor who happens to be a Christian? For me a defining moment came...

When God Uses All Things

Rae Mellichamp Emeritus Professor of Management Science, U of Alabama Faculty Representative, CLM As a Christian I have said that I believe Romans 8:28 is true, that God uses all things together for good to those who love Him, to those who are called according to His...