It's about time for a follow-up to The End of Higher Ed —Update #1 and what a joy to have one of my talented teenage daughters looking for the opportunity :) If you have a story to share about one of this summer's faculty conferences, please be in touch with me. Thank-you! ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director, Emerging Scholars Network Peace and Beauty . . . The air grew crisp and it was so incredibly quiet... It wasn't until we arrived at the lake that we realized it may not be the city at all that seemed … [Read more...] about Peace, Beauty, Relationships: Teenage reflections on the MidWest Faculty Ministry Conference
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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 The Ends and Goals of Higher Education in Twenty-First-Century America: Change and the Calling of the Christian Educator, were very appreciative. I look forward to posting material from the seminar in order to create a toolkit for those seeking to dig more … [Read more...] about ESN Mentoring Letter — MidWest Faculty Conference
Intro: The Ends & Goals of Higher Ed in 21st Century America
Thank-you to Bob Trube for sharing his introduction to the 2014 MidWest Faculty Conference (dare I say "Dialog") on The Ends and Goals of Higher Education in Twenty First Century America: Change and the Calling of the Christian Educator (InterVarsity's Cedar Campus) with the Emerging Scholars Network! What a kick-off to a tremendous collaborative endeavor/working community. Much more coming, feel free to chime in with your insights and questions. To God be the glory! ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director, … [Read more...] about Intro: The Ends & Goals of Higher Ed in 21st Century America
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 provide an opportunity for Padgett to develop his thoughts on Fruitful, Faithful Presence in the Academy, he has a significant amount of work in theology involving systematic theology, moral theology (ethics), and the … [Read more...] about Fruitful, Faithful Presence in the Academy: Part II
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 of Systematic Theology at Luther Seminary (St. Paul, MN), regarding the material he will be presenting. This is the first of two posts. As we talked, I appreciated Padgett's commitment to "represent classic Christianity" and for theology to be “a way of … [Read more...] about Fruitful, Faithful Presence in the Academy: Part I