Better Together

Phil Bishop Exercise Science & Kinesiology University of Alabama [April 29, 2014] “Do what?  Rich, you know this isn’t the way I do foreign mission trips,” I replied to Faculty Commons Staff member and friend Rich McGee. I had made several international trips and...

A Sense of Sent – ness

  Jack and Diane Parker, Faculty Commons Staff, University of Alabama Birmingham [April 8, 2014]~~ One of the hardest things is saying ‘good-bye’ to dear friends and colleagues in academia.  When Dr. Richard Allman announced his new position with the...

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...

To Be or Not To Be?

Charles Reilly, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida [March 25, 2014]~~ International students represent one of the best investments a university can make in creating a better...

3 Steps in the Art of Conversation

  Elaine Petty, Endowment for Community Leadership, Washington D.C. [March 4, 2014]– For conversations that count we’re learning to be experientially current,  purposely connective, and to focus increasingly on developing our conversational skills....

Compelling Conversations

Elaine Petty, Endowment for Community Leadership, Washington D.C. [February 25,2014]– We all need to learn to listen and speak with those outside our Christian community.  My husband and I, engaged in day to day interactions in the center of Washington D.C.,...