I don’t know if you are like me, but as I look back on my college years I wish someone would have pulled me aside and given me some tips on how best to pursue an education at the university. So I decided to put together a list called 20 things I wish someone told [...]
A Perspective on Judgement
May 10, 2010 By
Winston Churchill on George Washington and Abraham Lincoln
February 15, 2010 By
America has been blessed many times throughout its history with remarkable leaders. Winston Churchill, who many know as the Prime Minster of Great Britain during WWII, was keenly interested in American history. He was interested in American history partly because his mother was an American, but fundamentally because he believed that history gave insight on [...]
An Excerpt From "Education for Human Flourishing"
January 18, 2010 By
To follow up Fred Sanders’ review of my book I have posted a short excerpt from Education for Human Flourishing published by IVP Academic. The passage below describes the difference between rhetoric and knowledge, and how important it is for us to be able to distinguish between the two. Rhetoric Versus Knowledge It is easy [...]
For The Love of Service
October 18, 2009 By
Arrogant or Thankful?
September 14, 2009 By
A great many people idolize professional athletes. Watching a professional athlete drive a golf ball 300 yards to the pin, dunk a basketball, serve a tennis ball at over 120 miles an hour or pass for a touchdown is impressive. But, why do world-class athletic abilities so often lead to world class arrogance? Does athletic [...]
Freshman Follies (How to Avoid Them)
August 11, 2009 By
As I look with resignation at my incomplete and overly optimistic list of “Things to Accomplish This Summer,” I am coming to grips with the summer being almost at the end, and that means I am about to become the mentor/advisor to a group of wide-eyed freshmen honors students. I have been teaching college students [...]
Gifted or Determined?
April 20, 2009 By
People in general are not born with amazing intellectual or physical giftedness. I continually have to remind myself of this. Most individuals have to work very hard to attain the level of excellence that we admire. Our culture reinforces this belief about natural abilities with language of giftedness—as if some “talent fairy†is throwing around [...]
Playground Morality
February 23, 2009 By
Elementary school is a rather treacherous place to learn to navigate as a child. The first time I ever read Calvin and Hobbes, I discovered a kindred spirit. Calvin’s view of elementary school was akin to an intergalactic prison where the alien life forms torture you for what seems like their own pleasure—at times I [...]
Rousing Your Priorities
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