In a recent post, I took a swing at the problem of using the rhetoric of critical thinking without actually employing it ourselves in higher education. So, let me try to explain a little more of what I mean by
The Cost of Failing to Think
A news item about Shorter University, a Baptist school associated with the Georgia Baptist Convention, has given me another opportunity to worry about the way we talk to one another about contentious matters. The school apparently has made a policy
What Greensburg Teaches Me
In this virtual world that is the Internet, physical location often seems increasingly irrelevant. Today, however, on this day after Thanksgiving, 2011, my physical location is significant. It offers a poignant context for my thoughts. I’m sitting in a coffee shop,
A Tragic Failure in Higher Education
I recently had an encounter with a student who expressed irritation with “judgmental Christians” who tell people they are going to hell. This attitude is common on college campuses. Therefore, our brief conversation nicely illustrates how we are largely failing to grow
Academic Moral Equivalency and Christian Perfection
I have been seriously pondering John Wesley’s doctrine of Christian perfection for several years. Have we his heirs advanced or retreated in our understanding of Methodism’s “grand depositum” as he put it? I don’t know. We certainly don’t like the