Fides Quaerens Intellectum

Having heard much about James K.A. Smith’s 2009 book Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation, and having recently received a nudge from a friend and colleague to pull the trigger, I went ahead and began digging in.  Thus far I’ve not been disappointed.  This book is particularly suited to Christ-followers whose vocation is [...]

My friend and colleague Hunter Baker, Assoc. Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Union University, has some sound counsel for freshly-minted college grads in his recent post. http://hunterbaker.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/advice-to-new-graduates-in-recessionary-times/  

More on the CA roundtable I mentioned in the last post–USC philosopher and author Dallas Willard was with us. Much of the discussion focused on how to impact the secular university, and, among other ideas and observations he offered,  Dallas had this to say: “I’m most concerned about [the Christian] students who are going out [...]

A number of us from the foundation had the opportunity to meet with several education leaders last weekend in California.  One of the participants, a long-time veteran in the field of higher education and former seminary president, made the observation that “the culture of the institution is the hidden curriculum for the students.”  More to [...]

JP Moreland, my former philosophy professor who is still very much a mentor to me, made his annual pilgrimage back to IMPACT 360 this month, and we got into a discusssion of “real” education.  Here are a few of his thoughts: “…as I’ve said before, we are not human beings seeking a spiritual life; we [...]

Millions of young Christ-followers began their university journey this month.  How will they fare with regard to their worldview and overall approach to life?  Statistics

Marana (my wife) and I recently returned from a cruise vacation to the Bahamas, the purpose of which was to celebrate the completion of the Ph.D. that I started back in the fall of 2000.  Fantastic experience (the cruise, that is); ready to go back.  One afternoon a small advertisement on the wall of the [...]

Each year Del Tackett, author of the Truth Project, comes to facilitate student learning.  I’m always struck by his genuine concern for the millennial generation and the unique challenges faced by its emerging leaders.  Here are his reflections following his spring 2010 visit.

About a year ago one of our students asked me a question that I thought ranked fairly high on the profundity scale, especially given that she was only 18 years old.  “What are the things we do on this earth that we will take with us into eternity?”  As she clarified her question, I discovered [...]

Church-related liberal arts colleges historically tack to the left and eventually separate from their founding denominations.  James Burtchaell, a Catholic scholar and author of The Dying of the Light:  The Disengagement of Colleges and Universities from Their Christian Churches (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1998), has outlined the way in which this usually takes place.  How [...]