Raising Doubts

Phillip A. Bishop, Exercise Physiology, Alabama [March 21, 2010] — “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” an expert in Jewish law asked Jesus in Luke 10. If one of your colleagues or students asked you that, what would you say? I might launch in to...

God and Guitars

Greg Bashford, Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln [March 14, 2010] — My graduate student came to find me. “You play guitar??” he asked. “I do too! Do you ever play in public?” Well, my “secret” was out. I normally didn’t talk openly...

You Can’t Say “God” in Here

Lester W. Knotts, English, United States Military Academy [ Feb 15, 2009 ] — A few years ago, I was leading a discussion in a first-year literature survey course. We were reading a poem that alluded directly to New Testament scripture concerning the Holy Spirit....

The Race

Noel Caldwell, Midlands Tech (Retired), Columbia, South Carolina [Feb 7, 2010]— Do you ever ask what really remains from all your years in academia? Some of my most gratifying experiences have been occasions when a student, staff member, or one of my faculty...

A Canadian Christmas Connection

Warren T. Jones, Sr. Professor Emeritus, Computer and Information Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham [December 6, 2009] — How is Christmas treated (or mistreated) on campus? I thought about this recently while my wife Bobbie and I were touring the...

Little Things

Russ Carlson, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia [Nov 29, 2009] — Luke 19: 17 “And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’” I am quite sure that I do not want...