I believe higher education is in a desperate, unsustainable state. I also believe in the liberal arts. Being part of the solution is important to me.
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read more, write more
September 23, 2011
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Facebook updates are not the key to your future or your success. What you need is more long form reading in an age of Twitter.
Read more the end of summer
September 4, 2011
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As a kid I might have wished I had found the perfect shark eye (moon snail) along the beach, or had finished a conversation with a girl I met on the pier without sounding like an idiot. And nothing has changed but my list.
Read more Jesus loves the little children
July 27, 2011
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My wife used to teach a neighborhood Bible study for kids in which none of the kids knew a single Christmas carol or had ever read a Bible. In fact, they could barely read at all.
Read more something to read
June 5, 2011
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Some students come. Some students go. And some students keep on blogging.
Read more alternate graduation exercises
May 15, 2011
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A commencement is a lot like a wedding, just as much for family and guests as it is for the bride or groom, or in this case, graduate.
Read moreguest blogger: Chris Chopp
May 5, 2011
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I keep telling myself I’ve just got to be positive, things will get better. The economy will turn around; I will find a full time job. But maybe I’m wrong.
Read more it’s time to start
April 15, 2011
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In the broader experience of human need and potential you will find the work your heart yearns for, even if you aren’t paid for it.
Read moreto tweet, or not to tweet
March 21, 2011
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To reflect in concise ways is becoming a necessary and important skill
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I’m listing a couple of speaking engagements here. Partly so you can come if you are nearby and have time. And partly so you will think of me if you need a speaker sometime. I’m always interested in talking about writing, faith, family and, or course, Santa.
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