Guest writer Harry Fernhout offers a message on the meaning of the crucifixion for the vocation of a scholar or anyone who seeks a deeper wisdom for life. … More Higher Education and the Foolishness of the Cross: Lenten Reflections of I Corinthians 1
Born in 1930 Friesland, Fred Reinders was a dreamer, a visionary, and a leader, and he expressed that gift first of all through engineering design and construction. The Dutch have a proverb, roughly translated, that says “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” Well, Fred left the shores of his native Netherlands in 1953 to see what opportunities lie in Canada and it seems his life was a series of calculated risks from there on. … More Fred Reinders (1930-2023): A Life of Structural and Moral Integrity
Was St. Joseph’s character more about being righteous or being just? The original Greek word opens up possibilities in meaning that have been a matter of a translation debate which has implications for sexual ethics today. … More Have a Righteous Christmas, Joseph Style: A Meditation on a Saint in a Season of Sexual Misconduct
when leaders go off the rails, it is not only the celebrities and their victims who crash and burn in the brush. They take with them a whole trainload of unsuspecting people who trusted them, and many who bet their lives on the leader’s integrity and vision. How does this happen in a place driven to be a balm in a bruised world? … More Sexual Abuse Sends out Wide Ripples of Hurt: Bruxy Cavey’s Meeting House Wreckage
Brain drain is typically understood as the growing trend of educated, emerging leaders from developing countries emigrating to foreign nations that offer better vocational opportunities, higher pay, and more desirable living conditions. This essay argues that a flourishing African continent requires students to invest in their homeland, and that methods need to keep motivations in mind. … More Brain Drain in African Higher Education: Motivations and Methods for Bolstering African Educational Opportunities
Publications, appointments, awards and prizes, scholarships, bursaries and residencies may be the proofs of proficiencies in our worldly academic domains, but the gifts of good judgement, thoughtful restraint, humble presence, the seeking of truth, compromise, self-sacrifice, perseverance and mutual respect in the clamouring – at times, now contentious – hallways of the academy are still the most tangible ways we can share God. … More On Learnedness: A September Meditation in Light of the Queen’s Reign
Reconciliation is not new to the faith, but as a paradigm for mission, it is being put in a position of greater urgency in Christian practise. Christian mission has been focused on growth, expansion, translation, transformation, and renewal. But now reconciliation must take centre stage. Reconciliation is when conflicting parties come to make amends, ideally turning to friendly relations, and right now the Church is one of the offending parties. … More Grace Happens: Reconciliation in a Post-Colonial Age as the New Paradigm for Christian Mission
Precarious and poorly paid work is a problem in higher education, and especially in Christian university settings where the budgets are tighter and no unions exist to represent their needs. Are there creative options when finances decrease? … More Part-time and Part-Paid: Teaching without Benefits
Dr. Justin Cooper reflects on his ten years serving on Global Scholars Canada board through three signature Biblical texts, highlighting shifts in missional focus and organizational strategy. … More REFLECTIONS ON MY TEN-YEAR JOURNEY WITH GLOBAL SCHOLARS CANADA (GSC)
News of pastor Bruxy Cavey’s arrest, which comes after other sad news of his sexual transgressions, prompts me to take a more critical look on the liabilities of megachurch charisma. “Highway charisma” is my new term for the runaway power of personality fostered by megachurches and the technology that built them. … More Why I Changed My Mind: The Perils of Highway Charisma and the Megachurch
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