Sep 18, 2014
“So teach us to number our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom” Psalm 90:12 As my recent retirement approached, I began a countdown: “Days to May 15=101”— writing the declining number on my whiteboard as part of a morning ritual. When my wife saw the...
Aug 25, 2014
“All God’s people are sent on mission and called to ministry. The only questions are where, among whom, and doing what?” Ed Stetzer There is a geeky joy that most of us academics feel, even if secretly, when we learn a new word that captures what we have been trying...
May 6, 2014
Rick Hove, Executive Director, Faculty Commons, Cru [May 6, 2014]~ In his Handbook of Academic Titles, Michael Shamos of Carnegie Mellon found over 800 different faculty and staff titles. Shamos begins his examination of the significance of academic titles by quoting...
Apr 28, 2014
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...
Apr 24, 2014
Howie and Nance Kauffman, Faculty Commons, University of Florida [April 22, 2014]~ Recent Ministry Minutes have focused on various strategies for professors on university campuses to participate in collectively. The Veritas Forums, the Symposia, and Reason for God DVD...
Apr 15, 2014
Rob Gunn, Faculty Commons Staff, Utah [April 15, 2014]~~ Tim Keller’s The Reason for God has become a ready tool for engaging fellow faculty in discussions over the hardest questions. As the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City,...
