As you may remember, last week I shared Joyful Lips in Higher Education. Over the weekend, I spent a significant time reflecting upon The Village and Andrew Wyeth. Is it no surprise that on Monday, a friend from the academy shared with me Spiritual Rhythm: Being with Jesus Every Season of Your Soul (Mark Buchanan. Zondervan. 2010)? I encourage you to take a few minutes to consider what Buchanan shares in the audio interview posted at christianbook.com. The first part of the interview focuses upon the … [Read more...] about What is Your Spiritual Season?
Archives for 2010
How Do You Think About College Sports?
There's no question: we're deep in the middle of the college sports season. College football teams are positioning themselves for the bowl games and BCS, while college basketball is just starting its rush towards March. So, like me, I'm sure you're asking: How should Christians in the academy think about college sports? I'm not sure if the idea originated with him, but Andy Crouch first pointed out to me that two parallel worlds exist on campus: the academy and the college. To over-simplify both of them, the academy … [Read more...] about How Do You Think About College Sports?
Joyful Lips in Higher Education
O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry & weary land where there is no water. -- Psalm 63:1 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's Graduate and Faculty Ministries desires to see you flourish as you follow Christ and pursue the academic or professional vocation to which God has called you. As you may remember this is in the context of InterVarsity's larger vision to see students and faculty transformed, campuses renewed, and world changers … [Read more...] about Joyful Lips in Higher Education
Comparing Research Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges
This week and next, I'm making a couple of short road trips to speak at two very different schools: small Berea College in Kentucky and huge (massive? gargantuan?) Ohio State University. Tonight, I'm speaking to the Berea InterVarsity chapter about the Emerging Scholars Network and serving Christ as a professor. Next Wednesday at Ohio State, ESN, along with the Christian Graduate Student Alliance, Student Christian Fellowship, and the Fellowship of Christian Faculty and Staff, is bringing together ESN members at OSU for … [Read more...] about Comparing Research Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges
Do You Have a Mission Statement? Part II
Introduction Since I only had one respondent to Do You Have a Mission Statement?, maybe this topic is even more important than I thought (or maybe it's been overdone. Feel free to comment on this topic if you desire). As you may remember, I'm sharing my notes from a presentation by a physician who spoke to the PSU-Hershey Christian Medical Society. Good material! My purpose is to stimulate conversation/thought on: “Do you have a personal mission statement? If so, how did you come about one? Was this a part … [Read more...] about Do You Have a Mission Statement? Part II