Teaching Evaluations – Oh No!

Curby Alexander, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, Texas Christian University [Dec. 10, 2013]~~ Do not fear, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right...

Better Together – Here and Abroad

Rick Hove, Director Faculty Commons [Dec. 3, 2013]~~ For the past 5 years, Faculty Commons has made a concerted effort to encourage professors and students to minister together on campus. We are taking this approach further by encouraging professors to join students...

Philoxenia – At Thanksgiving

Faculty Commons, Virtual Team Staff [Nov. 12, 2013]~~ Philoxenia! An unwanted disease?  In reality, it refers to a desperately needed practice among Christ-followers. Philoxenia is Greek for hospitality— a word literally meaning “the love of strangers” or...

Reverse Mentoring

  Jay Lorenzen, (formerly) Department of Political Science, United States Air Force Academy [Oct.15, 2013]– In Eric Crep’s book Off-Road Disciplines: Spiritual Adventures of Missional Leaders, I confronted a new discipline: reverse mentoring. Reverse...

Discipleship By Walking Around

    Brent Nelsen,   Political Science,   Furman University [Oct. 22, 2013] As Christians we are called to disciple – but I find many of us faculty members think discipleship is either too hard — or that we simply don’t have time. For the past 19 years I...

Committing Academic Suicide

      Michael J. Bozack,   Surface Science Laboratory,    Department of Physics,   Auburn University   [Oct. 8, 2013]–It’s rare for me to walk among the crepe myrtles at Auburn University and not remember that the Christian life is high adventure, filled with...