The Holy Spirit and the Liberal Arts: Christian Higher Education and the...
One of the keys to the influence of these learning communities is the surprising degree to which the life of the mind and the life of the Spirit can and often do coexist in a Christian liberal arts...
View ArticleThe Ride: Connecting to God in Hollywood, the Ivy League, and Beyond
Spiritual disciplines are designed not so much to “get you somewhere” in your career as much as to keep you alive spiritually in a constantly shifting landscape of success and failure.
View ArticleStory Failure: WHY We ‘Lose it’ in High Stress Environments
The stories, beliefs and strategies we develop to survive life's most painful experiences inevitably fail us in high stress environments. Here's why.
View ArticleSpiritually Thriving in High Stress Environments
Contrary to popular belief, the most commonly used drug in Hollywood is not cocaine. It's adrenaline.
View ArticleThe Second Great Awakening: From Rural Revival to National Social Movement
More than a century before the New Deal, Public Education, or the Civil Rights movements, the Second Great Awakening fostered a nation-wide “benevolent empire” of care for the poor, freedom for the...
View ArticleRevival and Moral Philosophy: A Puritan Vision for American Higher Education
The leaders of these colleges were key to a surprising intellectual synthesis of revival and common-sense moral philosophy that dominated American thinking from 1790 to 1865 and which led to the...
View ArticleAwesome Passover Video: What if Moses had a Facebook Page?
What if Moses had a Facebook Page?
View ArticleScripture and Culture-Making: What Christian Colleges could Learn from...
Today's teenagers know abundant details about the lives of favorite musicians and television stars or about what it takes to get into a good college, but most are not very clear on who Moses and Jesus...
View ArticlePaparazzi in the Hands of an Angry God: The Great Awakening and the Birth of...
Think the fiery Puritan who preached America's most famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of Angry God," would threaten to dangle celebrities over the pit of hell? Think again.
View ArticleGuardians of Our Galaxy: Worldview and the Power of Story
"The shaping of our character is, to a great extent, the effect of stories that have captivated us, that have sunk into our bones." -James K.A. Smith
View ArticleThe Holy Spirit and the Liberal Arts: Higher Education, Innovation, and the...
Will twenty-first century Christian college leaders rise to the challenge of innovation as we have throughout history or will we merely get stuck in the past?
View ArticleThe Volcano in Your Backyard: The High Cost of Not Knowing Your Own Story
No one plans on a volcanic eruption in their backyard, but they're more common than you think. Especially when there are so many unseen forces at work in the depths of our worldview. Just ask Jeannie...
View ArticleStory Failure: WHY We ‘Lose it’ in High Stress Environments, Part 1
Contrary to popular belief, the most commonly used drug in Hollywood is not cocaine. It's adrenaline.
View ArticleWith Prayer in the School of Christ: Higher Education and the Knowledge of God
For Jesus prayer and education were inseparable, because education and the knowledge of God are inseparable.
View ArticlePrayer in a Time of Pestilence
"Shelter in Place" takes on new meaning in the light of an ancient psalm.
View ArticleWelcome to Your Hastily Prepared Online College “Remote Learning” Course (Humor)
With the help of our men’s field hockey coach turned online-learning coordinator, I have developed a virtual experience that matches the intimacy and rigor cultivated in my face-to-face class (...or not)!
View Article‘Zoombombing’ Attacks Disrupting College Coronavirus Emergency Remote...
Online Zoom classes were disrupted by individuals spewing racist, misogynistic or vulgar content. Experts say professors using Zoom should familiarize themselves with the program's settings.
View ArticleHow to Act as the Church in a Socially Distanced World
How can the church act as the church at a time when the most loving thing we can do is to stay away from other people? In short, we get creative.
View ArticleLessons From a Decade of Teaching Online
Our college places a high value on relational learning, which is much more natural on a campus where students and teachers get to interact during and after classes. Over the years we’ve found that...
View ArticleA Service of Lament and Confession, Johnson University, Tennessee
Let us not value a false peace over a righteous justice.
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