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...

Human Dignity, Slavery, and Sex Trafficking

Corey Miller, Faculty Commons Staff, Great Lakes Region [January 21, 2014]– Can we have robust ethics without God? When it comes to seemingly black and white issues like human slavery and sex trafficking it may seem obvious what to do about them, but then again...

A Special Place in God’s Heart

David G. Loomis, Economics, Illinois State University   [Nov. 5, 2013]– Universities can be places of quiet desperation. I believe God has put us here to provide hope – especially to those who feel all alone in our academic world. God seems to have a...