Jul 6, 2017
I really liked Paul Miller’s book A Praying Life because he is refreshingly honest. He talks often of his own life and struggles related to prayer. I sensed tremendous authenticity while reading the stories he uses to illustrate his points. Early in the book he...
Jul 3, 2017
We need each other. As much as we think we don’t, we do. We are created for community, for relationships. As famed professor at Dallas Seminary, Howard Hendricks, often argued “every Christ-follower needs at least three kinds of spiritual relationships in our...
Jul 3, 2017
I believe that God has called me to be a professor. He has given me the incredible privilege of teaching hundreds of students in my engineering classes and working on cutting edge research. When I look back from the standpoint of eternity, however, I won’t be...
Jun 30, 2017
In re-reading recently Doris Kearns Goodwin’s masterful work, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, I wondered: What can I learn from Lincoln about leading well in places where everyone sees themselves as rivals? Here is one particular...
Jun 27, 2017
Since I claimed to want Jesus to be Lord of my life, I wanted Him to be the Lord of my teaching philosophy. I wanted this not to be an “add-on” or an addition to the house; I wanted it to be at the very foundation I wanted this philosophy to be connected to...
Jun 27, 2017
My first semester at the Colorado School of Mines, I decided I would use a poster in my office as one means of identifying myself as a follower of Jesus. Ann and I went to a Christian bookstore and opted for a large, eye-catching, colorful peace symbol with the pithy...
