What You Can Take to Heaven with You

  Noel Caldwell, Retired, Midlands Technical College, Columbia, SC Just before Christmas I was found to have colon cancer, which led to an operation and chemotherapy.  I view this as something God allowed to happen in my life — for reasons I might not know until...

“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...

Snake Bit and Yet I Live

Mark P. Pritchard College of Business Central Washington University During the rough & tumble of academic life, few things loom larger than tenure. In the natural scheme of things denial can mean a rather swift downward spiral. Yet as Christ’s profess-ors, we...

When I Think I’ve Failed

David G. Loomis Economics, Illinois State University Ever felt like your attempts at ministry in the university have been a failure? For the past nine years, I have led a Bible study for international students. I would like to highlight two of my “failures” in this...

Screwtape on the loose?

John Walkup Emeritus Professor, Texas Tech University Faculty Commons National  Representative Do you ever wonder, as I do, if the demon of C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters is on the loose on your campus? I started to think about the obvious signs of major spiritual...

Can God Really Make Bad Things Good?

Rae Mellichamp Emeritus Professor, Alabama Faculty  Commons National Representative Two events stand out as incredibly bad during my 25-year career in academia. Last week I described the first event – being kicked out of my dean’s office during my second year as a...