The Classroom As Holy Ground

John Dunaway French & Interdisciplinary Studies Mercer University How much are our students worth? At the conclusion of my classes last week, one of my students came up to ask me some questions. I knew that if I took the time to help her, I would be late for my...

What Would Jesus Teach?

Phillip A Bishop Kinesiology, University of Alabama Long before I ever arrived at the university as a professor, I had eagerly anticipated becoming one of the greatest teachers that higher education had ever known.  Then I tried to teach Jim. It was my second...

Don’t waste that trip!

Phillip A Bishop, Kinesiology University of Alabama It was near mid-night in Tashkent,Uzbekistan, and I found myself in a taxi with three big guys, none of whom spoke English. When we got pretty close to our “off-the-record” unofficial hotel, the driver stopped. I...