Here… • Veterans Day took on a new poignancy for me this year… • Also on the 11th, I helped the local newsmedia celebrate the G.I. Bill. • What does your name say about your politics? • The Pew Forum found further evidence that Latin American Christianity is becoming less (Roman) Catholic and more Protestant. … More That Was The Week That Was
Here… • Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of the still-remarkable fall of the Berlin Wall. • Further thoughts on Christian colleges and racial-ethnic diversity: do CCCU schools mirror the populations of the metro areas they inhabit? • A funeral inspired me to rethink how history provides a kind of Christian testimony to those who study it. • … More That Was The Week That Was
Here… • How diverse are Christian colleges and universities? • Does history teach lessons? • Is it helpful to argue from historical analogy, or a sense of historical inevitability? • Where can you find the newest issue of the Baptist Pietist Clarion? • And where am I this morning? …There and Everywhere • As we closed the … More That Was The Week That Was
Here… • I started the week by reflecting on the idea that education might serve primarily to teach us how to pray. So it seemed appropriate that I ended the week by leading my European history students in praying for our enemies, having just read a book about late 19th century terrorism. • A World War I memorial was … More That Was The Week That Was
Here… • Beware the fearmongering of higher ed pundits… • …and find some hope in the opportunity of educating a “spiritual, but not religious” generation. • We probably came up with about fifteen C’s of institutional history at our Conference on Faith and History panel on the subject, but I narrowed it down to six. …There and Everywhere … More That Was The Week That Was
Here… • As if I needed any more proof that I’m Minnesotan: I’m still blushing from the superlatives lavished on our Pietism/higher ed book by its endorsers. Thanks, Amos, Jake, John, John, Rhonda, and Shirley! • GW Carlson on Glen Stassen: “Stassen’s calm but passionate presentations suggested that we need to take seriously the Sermon on the … More That Was The Week That Was
Here… • It probably wasn’t a good week to read this blog if you’re not part of the Conference on Faith and History or at least interested in its biennial conference, held last week at Pepperdine. I converted some of my live-tweeting from #CFH2014 into a series of four recaps, covering sessions on teaching, public memory, Mormon heritage, … More That Was The Week That Was
Here… After my month-long break, I eased back into blogging with a couple of posts: • First, I shared my talk, delivered Tuesday at the Christian College Consortium (CCC) at Wheaton College, on how a Pietist would advise colleges and universities seeking to remain “Christ-centered.” • Then I previewed my plans for the Conference on Faith and History (CFH) … More That Was The Week That Was
Here… • Did I mention that you can preorder our forthcoming book on Pietism and Christian higher education? Never too early for Christmas shopping, right? What? It comes out January 5th?… Yeah, I meant Christmas 2015 shopping. • I really do work during the summer, all evidence of goofing off to the contrary. • And while … More That Was The Week That Was
Here… • As my series on Ed Gilbreath’s Birmingham Revolution wrapped up, I concluded that “For the vast majority of us… the call is not to speak as a prophet, but to listen for such voices, to bend our ears to hear what [Ken] Wytsma calls ‘the God-given devices for bending society back when it veers from where it should be.’” • … More That Was The Week That Was
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