I’m A Minority

Phillip A Bishop Exercise Physiology University of Alabama [Oct 5, 2009] — I have always cherished my Cuban heritage. My grandfather was Pedro Diaz, who emigrated from Cuba to the Miami area at the end of the 19th century.  I always thought my mother’s name was...

Going Where The Fish Are

Steve Long Electrical and Computer Engineering U C Santa Barbara [Sept 28,2009]– Sometimes students’ questions about God don’t arise very often in particular academic disciplines — like mine, for example. So how do I reflect Christ to others? I don’t...

Holy Mulligan!

Sam Matteson Physics, University of North Texas [August 30,2009]— “Groan! . . . Another year is beginning and summer’s not even over, yet!” I confess to complaining that—at least to myself—at the start of more than one of my 20-plus years in the university. But...

God is Real

Carol Lim, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah [ April 10, 2009 ] — I was raised as a Christian but it never really sank in.  I understood the “concept” of God, but had no idea of what to do with it. My journey back to God took about...

Amazing Grace that Saved a Jerk Like Me

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...

The Lord Shuts — and Opens Doors

Edwin M. Yamauchi, Emeritus Ancient History, Miami University (Ohio) I graduated in 1960 with a degree in Hebrew and Hellenistics from Shelton College, a very small Christian school in northern New Jersey. How small was it?  A split in the Bible Presbyterian...