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Following Christ mostly, or misplaced objections

January 2, 2009 by carsten 1 Comment

Listening to the Day Ahead speakers, it occurred to me that we were focusing mostly on sacrificing time, energy, even the privacy of homes as professors who seek to serve students, but I heard little about issues of wealth. Jesus of course spoke over and over about issues of money but these concerns did not find a place at FC08 alongside stewardship and sacrificial usage of the other resources with which God has blessed us. Are we then only mostly following Christ, or is this a call that is outside the sphere of … [Read more...] about Following Christ mostly, or misplaced objections

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Following Christ 2008 Tagged With: Faculty, fc08, professor, self-denial, wealth

Evangelism and caution in the professor-student relationship?

December 30, 2008 by carsten 3 Comments

After listening to Professor Ken Elzinga of the University of Virginia on ways to evangelize on and off campus “without turning people off,” I came away both excited and with questions. I am a first year professor at Loyola College in Maryland, a Jesuit institution where Christian faith (and probably other faiths as well) can be much more easily discussed, in contrast to UVa, a secular institution whose heritage is shaped by Thomas Jefferson's strict church-state separation. Elzinga's announcement at the start of each … [Read more...] about Evangelism and caution in the professor-student relationship?

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Following Christ 2008 Tagged With: evangelism, Faculty, fc08, professor

Giggling and Mother Teresa

December 28, 2008 by carsten 1 Comment

What does it mean to follow Christ? Is this a somber and serious thing, or a playful experience with surprises? These questions weren't on my mind until after I heard Claremont Graduate University professor Mary Poplin speak Saturday afternoon. She spoke about her coming to Christ, from being a “very dark” person who experimented with New Age spirituality to inexplicable weeping bouts before teaching her classes. The crying made no sense to Poplin, especially as she is a “Thinking” type on the Myers-Briggs … [Read more...] about Giggling and Mother Teresa

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Following Christ 2008 Tagged With: fc08, joy, Mary Poplin, Mother Teresa

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