Friendship

  Faculty Commons Virtual Team, Faculty Commons, a Cru ministry   [April, 2013]—   Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to...

Who Are the Neediest?

  Nadya Popov, Department of History, University of West Georgia [April 1, 2013]— In Matthew 9:9-13, Jesus is described as habitually keeping company with tax-collectors and sinners, to the point of calling one of them (Matthew himself) as a disciple. When...

When You Feel Burned Out

Heather Holleman, Professor of English, Penn State University [March 25, 2013]— Every spring, I suffer from the classic symptoms of “burnout.” After a long academic year of lesson plans, grading, and office hours, I’m tired. Teaching and writing become drudgery....

The Counter Example

Sam Matteson Professor of Physics University of North Texas [Feb.25, 2013] In logic and in life I have learned that one solitary counter example to a premise is sufficient to refute it.  For example, one may hold that “All swans are white,” until one encounters a...

Trying vs Training

Phil Bishop, Professor of Kinesiology, University of Alabama [Feb.18, 2013] After reading the recent series of My Ministry Minutes, I feel like the beginner exerciser who is told to do the same workout as an Olympic decathlete.  In my role as a professor, I’m far from...