Apr 30, 2007
John Walkup Electrical Engineering (Emeritus) Texas Tech University Where to send our Ph.D. students when they leave the “academic nest” is a challenge. Recommending that they accept a job at university A, B, or C is a matter for prayer, wise counsel from fellow...
Mar 26, 2007
Mark P. Pritchard College of Business Central Washington University During the rough & tumble of academic life, few things loom larger than tenure. In the natural scheme of things denial can mean a rather swift downward spiral. Yet as Christ’s profess-ors, we...
Mar 5, 2007
Matt Green Sport Pedagogy, University of Alabama Recently at our Christian Faculty and Staff meeting I was asked to lead this discussion: “How can we be more Christ-like in service?” My first question was, “How would Jesus go about serving?” Initially I thought that I...
Feb 19, 2007
John Walkup Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech Faculty Commons National Representative Where is my ministry as a professor? I know what it’s like to be highly sought after for involvement in a local church, to be prized as a teacher or elder. But...
Feb 5, 2007
Mitchell Land, Journalism University of North Texas For much of my adult life I have associated February with Valentine’s Day, grant proposals and search committees. Then on February 21, 1996 my 21-year-old son Austin was killed by a drunk driver traveling on the...
Nov 20, 2006
David G. Loomis Economics, Illinois State University Ever felt like your attempts at ministry in the university have been a failure? For the past nine years, I have led a Bible study for international students. I would like to highlight two of my “failures” in this...
