How does God use the migration process to extend His grace in its many forms?Read more…
Peace, Beauty, Relationships: Teenage reflections on the MidWest Faculty Ministry Conference
Ellen Grosh (age 14) reflects on the peace, beauty, and relationships she enjoyed at the 2014 MidWest Faculty Ministry Conference.Read more…
Book Review: Louis Agassiz: A Life in Science
Louis Agassiz: A Life in Science by Edward Lurie My rating: 4 of 5 stars Louis Agassiz might well be considered the foremost naturalist of the first half of the nineteenth century. He brought a rigor to the scientific enterprise in America thatRead more…
The End of Higher Ed — Update #1
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor asRead more…
ESN Mentoring Letter — MidWest Faculty Conference
Hannah, Thank-you for offering this letter of encouragement! The faculty with whom I shared your words at Mentoring over the Long Term: Crafting Conversations, a seminar co-led with Terry Gustafson (OSU, Chemistry Professor) at the 2014 MidWest Faculty Conference on TheRead more…
Book Review: Education’s End
Education’s End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life by Anthony T. Kronman (New Haven: Yale U. Press, 2007). My rating: 4 of 5 stars. Anthony Kronman had me by the time I got to the subtitle.Read more…
Book Review: The Humanities and Public Life
The Humanities and Public Life edited by Peter Brooks with Hilary Jewett (Bronx: Fordham University Press, 2014). My rating: 3 of 5 stars. There is no question but that the humanities are under fire. Budgets are being cut, sometimes whole departments. How thenRead more…
Live: “The End of the University?” Symposium
Please join us today for the “The End of the University?’ Symposium with Santa Ono, President of the U. of Cincinnati. Time: 9:30am – 12 pm EST. Below are the links to use (and share with friends/colleagues): Go to: Event PageRead more…
Education of the Heart and Mind — Santa Ono
Education of the Heart and Mind. Santa Ono at TEDxEmory (20 min, 30 sec) In this TEDxTalk, Santa Ono, Ph.D., provides a glimpse of his perspective on Education of the Heart and Mind. On Saturday, March 1, the Canadian-American biologist who nowRead more…
“The End of the University?” Symposium
Saturday March 1, 2014. The End of the University? The Ohio Valley Faculty Symposium with Dr. Santa Ono, president of the U. of Cincinnati. Two talks live via videoconference on 8 sites in 4 states. Note: In his second talk, Dr. Santa Ono explores the challenges and opportunities for followers of Jesus Christ. Read more…
Fruitful, Faithful Presence in the Academy: Part II
In Part I, I explored what Alan G. Padgett, DPhil (Oxford) will share at the upcoming Midwest Faculty Conference: Fruitful, Faithful Presence: Living Theologically in the Midst of the Academy (Cedar Campus, MI, 6/22-28).* Although the conference (or what some have termed a Confamication**) will provideRead more…
Fruitful, Faithful Presence in the Academy: Part I
Fruitful, Faithful Presence: Living Theologically in the Midst of the Academy, the Midwest Faculty Conference is just around the corner (Cedar Campus, MI, June 22 – 28).* On Monday, I had the opportunity to interview Alan G. Padgett, DPhil (Oxford), Professor ofRead more…
Spend Next Summer with Mark Noll at the 2012 Midwest Faculty Conference
One of the most important books of 2011 for Christians in the academy was Mark Noll’s Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind. Mark Noll is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame and oneRead more…