"Join Wall Street. Save the world." This article went viral in my Facebook feed: [Jason] Trigg makes money just to give it away. His logic is simple: The more he makes, the more good he can do. He's figured out just how to take measure of his contribution. His outlet of choice is the Against Malaria Foundation, considered one of the world's most effective charities. It estimates that a $2,500 donation can save one life. A quantitative analyst at Trigg's hedge fund can earn well more than $100,000 a year. By giving … [Read more...] about Issues in College Christian Humanitarianism: Part 3
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Entering Lent: “I Want” in Higher Education
2012 Lenten Reflection Series During his After Shock tour in South Central PA, Kent Annan played I Want on a number of campuses. The video is based upon the beginning of Chapter 3: Giving Up and Finding (Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle. InterVarsity Press, 2009). In this section, Kent struggles with desire as he seeks to follow Jesus through the eye of the needle in the transition to serving God/following Jesus in Haiti. As you watch the piece, reflect upon your journey in higher education, … [Read more...] about Entering Lent: “I Want” in Higher Education
What gives Kent Annan focus as he shares on campus?
As Kent Annan, co-director/co-founder of Haiti Partners and author of two InterVarsity Press books, wrapped up his visit to South Central PA, I asked him to share a brief reflection of his campus tour. Below's what he shared. Thank you, Kent! --------- All week I've been speaking with university students (undergrad and grad), faculty, and staff on six campuses in South Central Pennsylvania. My public speaking schedule has increased a lot in the past two years, with two books coming out. At first when I went … [Read more...] about What gives Kent Annan focus as he shares on campus?
A few minutes with Updike’s “Seven Stanzas at Easter”
Make no mistake: if He rose at all it was as His body; if the cells' dissolution did not reverse, the molecules reknit, the amino acids rekindle, the Church will fall. -- John Updike. Seven Stanzas at Easter. 1960. Accessed at http://www.iserv.net/~stpats/Updike.htm (4/21/2011). While reading Kent Annan's After Shock: Searching for Honest Faith When Your World Is Shaken (InterVarsity Press. 2011), I came across selections from John Updike's Seven Stanzas at Easter. On Easter, as he wrestles with faith in the … [Read more...] about A few minutes with Updike’s “Seven Stanzas at Easter”
After Shock: Campus Questions
Do you find it hard or easy to discuss the big questions about God? Explain. Kent writes that his search is for "honest faith." Do you ever encounter in yourself or in others something that seems like less-than-honest faith? How would you define "honest faith"? -- From the Reading Group Guide for Kent Annan's After Shock: Searching for Honest Faith When Your World Is Shaken (InterVarsity Press. 131 - 133). I wasn't intending to read After Shock (Kent Annan. IVP. 2011) through Lent, but the intensity of Kent's … [Read more...] about After Shock: Campus Questions