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Peace, Beauty, Relationships: Teenage reflections on the MidWest Faculty Ministry Conference

September 29, 2014 by Ellen Grosh 3 Comments

Ellen Grosh (age 14) reflects on the peace, beauty, and relationships she enjoyed at the 2014 MidWest Faculty Ministry Conference.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, The End of Higher Ed, The Purpose of Education Tagged With: 2014 Midwest Faculty Conference, cedar campus, faculty conference, Midwest Faculty Conference, The Ends and Goals of Higher Education, The Ends and Goals of Higher Education in Twenty First Century America

Book Review: Louis Agassiz: A Life in Science

July 3, 2014 by Bob Trube No Comments

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 that inspired everyone from cabinet members to farmers. And he also reflects the human dilemma of […]

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: Book Review, cedar campus, Charles Darwin, evolution, faculty conference, faculty ministry, harvard, Louis Agassiz, science, special creation, The Ends and Goals of Higher Education, The Ends and Goals of Higher Education in Twenty First Century America, Zoology

The End of Higher Ed — Update #1

July 2, 2014 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

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 as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets. — Matthew 22:37-40 […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, The End of Higher Ed, The Purpose of Education Tagged With: faculty conference, The Ends and Goals of Higher Education, The Ends and Goals of Higher Education in Twenty First Century America

Review: March Madness ’14 Finals, Dialogue . . .

April 12, 2014 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

Integrating faith & field vs. Realizing justice in action Yes, we’ve made it to the finals of ESN March Madness ’14. I have learned a lot as we have wrestled with the question: What is the most pressing issue for the Christian to engage when journeying in higher ed? Please share your vote and invite others to […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Week in Review Tagged With: A Student's Prayer, Ben Witherington, boredom, C. S. Lewis, ESN March Madness 2014, Faith-in-Scholarship, Jorge Cham, Mark Eckel, mathematics, Passover, PhD Comics, Pride, Ross McKenzie, santa ono, science and faith, The Ends and Goals of Higher Education, the Well

Review: March Madness ’14, Reads, Opportunities . . .

April 4, 2014 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

ESN March Madness ’14 . . . A quick ESN March Madness ’14 round between “Finding & keeping vocation” and “Realizing justice in action” followed by a face-off with “Diversity in higher ed” to see who goes to the finals to take on “Integrating faith & field” surprised me by starting with a tie in my own […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Week in Review Tagged With: bob trube, Bringing Discipleship and Scholarship Together, BSAP, Carl Shank, Developing a Christian Mind at Oxford, ESN March Madness 2014, Incarnate, incarnation, Mark Eckel, Michael Frost, santa ono, The Christian Schoolman’s Prayer, The Ends and Goals of Higher Education, the Well

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