Original Sin
Of all the pitfalls of biblical illiteracyĀ — and they have been increasing for decades in Western culture ā is a tragic ignorance of the pervasiveness of the concept of original sin. I am not a theologian. I am notā¦
Month September 2014
Consultants
Universities used to be led and managed by people who understood the academic enterprise. Teachers, scholars, servants to individual students, people who with grade-book in hand looked into the eyes of freshmen, taught class, listened to the struggles of studentsā¦
Sports, Saps, and Thugs
I am a sap. I like college football. I believe football and other team sports create reasonable rivalries and help bind people together who are committed to being members of a campus community. When my band plays my school songā¦
The Bang, the Buck, the Burden
As colleges across the nation open their doors to anxious freshmen the value and worth of this or that degree, at College X or College Y attracts intense scrutiny.Ā Everything from earning capacity to preparation for adulthood, even happiness andā¦
Who Are They, and What Do They Want?
I walked into a room full of freshmen the other day and we exchanged blank stares.Ā They looked at me as if to ask, āWho is this guy?ā Simultaneously, I was asking myself, āWho are these people and what doā¦
