Called to Something Great

[Nov 5, 2012] Jay Lorenzen, Department of Political Science, United States Air Force Academy, Faculty Commons Staff In anticipation of the Spielberg movie, Lincoln, I’ve been re-reading Doris Kearns Goodwin’s masterful work, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of...

Easiest

1. Show the Purdue or UGA Video to your student leaders and/or staff team. The “Purdue Video” is an exciting and visionary 90-second burst of gospel-convictions from eight Purdue professors. It is powerful. An similar video was produced of UGA professors. Show it to...

No External Reality?

John Walkup, Emeritus Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University Faculty Commons Staff [October 28, 2012] There is no external reality. Life is what we perceive it to be. That was Tom’s expressed perspective. There was so much to like about him: his...

Interruptions

Dan Jensen Professor of  Engineering Mechanics U.S. Air Force Academy [Oct 21, 2012] This morning I was extremely busy.  A student in my current discipleship group unexpectedly stopped by my office. I almost told him that I couldn’t talk right now. Fortunately, the...

The Praying Life:Connecting with God in a Distracting World.

Mark Marten, Professor of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County   [October 15, 2012] I have to confess that I don’t read a lot of books on prayer. However, last summer a friend told me his spiritual gift was “book...

Including a Christian Worldview in Science Class

John Wilson, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University [Oct.1,2012] In my position as a Christian and an instructor at a state university, I ask myself, “What do I have to offer students that non-believing professors cannot offer?” It brings to...