To Compromise or Not?

Curby Alexander, Assistant Professor, College of Education, Texas Christian University [Sept. 17, 2012] “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food,...

When Marriage Drifts

Jay Lorenzen, Political Science, retired, Air Force Academy [April 22]– Laurie and I needed help. You’d think we would have figured this marriage thing out. It had been almost 30 years since we said ‘I do.’ We have four great kids, several grandkids on the way...

Bringing the Gospel Home

Randy Newman, Faculty Commons staff at George Mason University[Nov. 20, 2011]– Witnessing, for most of us Christians, is difficult. Witnessing to family members is even tougher. So what do we say around the Thanksgiving table? A few years ago I authored several...

The Gift

Karl D. Stephan, Electrical Engineering, Texas State [October 2, 2011]– For too long, I have viewed my life as two distinct worlds, increasingly separated. In the university, I am generally in control in the classroom, and if things don’t go well in my research,...

No Superhero

Eileen Buss, Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida[Feb 20, 2011] — Will I ever be good enough? At times I can be overwhelmed by wearing different hats: As an associate professor: Do I bring in grant funding, am I publishing enough, are my teaching...

God’s Opportunities

Carol Swain Political Science Vanderbilt University [Mar 12, 2007] — I am a devoted believer. I do not believe that you can really entirely divorce your beliefs and values from how you teach. What we believe is likely to spill over into our teaching. Not in the...