Inspired by What will you be reading? (Scot McKnight. Jesus Creed Blog. 12/17/2010), I'm curious what Emerging Scholars have been reading over Christmas break. Just looking for titles. But if you have some brief comments/recommendations (or link to a longer review), please include them. Below are the books in my queue. I've completed three titles. … [Read more...] about What have you been reading over Christmas Break?
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Week in Review: Culture Gaps, Identity, Transitions
What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here's a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. 1. More on Waltke: Christianity Today has published a summary of the story of Bruce Waltke's resignation and reactions to it. If you remember, ESN posted a long summary of the situation with many links. 2. Putting Abortion on the Curriculum: In … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Culture Gaps, Identity, Transitions
Must Reads for an American College Education?
Do you have a set of must reads which you believe should lie at the foundation/base of a college education (i.e., American college education), no matter the institution, e.g., Christian college/university, community college, engineering/tech school (e.g., Carnegie Mellon University or MIT), Ivy League, liberal arts college, state university? If so, what are they and why? Below's a recent email from a faculty friend regarding his alma mater, Harvard. it's sad but the harvard faculty could never approve anything like … [Read more...] about Must Reads for an American College Education?
How Do You Pray About an Oil Spill?
Last week Ed Brown, director of Care of Creation, Inc. posted How Do You Pray About an Oil Spill? Below is an excerpt which my wife and I, found particularly helpful for the direction of our prayers. Note: in the context of Daniel's prayer of confession as recorded in Daniel 9. From today's New York Times: “In the furor over the Gulf disaster, a hard-to-overlook fact: America needs the oil.” As an individual, I do my part to feed our oil- and coal-driven economy by pumping gas into my car, by burning electric … [Read more...] about How Do You Pray About an Oil Spill?
Week in Review: Commonplace Edition
What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here's a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. 1. The Collapse of Higher Education: Seth Godin on the coming melt-down in higher education: For 400 years, higher education in the US has been on a roll. From Harvard asking Galileo to be a guest professor in the 1600s to millions tuning in to … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Commonplace Edition