“This one is broken!” Normally hearing these words from my toddler would make me assume something valuable, specifically something of mine, has been...
Tag: learning
Faithful Learning: A Vision for Theologically Integrated Education
I have taught at Houston Christian (formerly Houston Baptist) University since 1991, and I am happy to report that the university has spent the last...
Plodcast Ep. 85 – Democrats & Crazy Time, Learning Contentment, Amonia
http://youtu.be/Q69yFf9WfLU This week Douglas Wilson talks about the absolute craziness that is happening on the Democratic left. Then he plods on...
Civic Hospitality, Pedagogical Engagement, and Faith-Framed Learning
One of the possible functions of Christian beliefs and practices in teaching and learning contexts is to act as framing devices. When concern for...
Engaging the Heart to Improve Learning: Love and the Pedagogy of Positive Emotion (Part 3)
Emotions are driven by perceptions which are in turn socially derived. Since we’ve established the need for a pedagogy that employs positive...
Finding My Way In Faith and Learning: Reflections of a Retreating Dean (Part 2)
In yesterday’s post, I shared my journey through finding my way in faith and learning up through graduate school. As perhaps for many of us, I then...
Learning to Treasure the Word of God
http://youtu.be/2_ciMT94Ghk
A Major Threat to Christ-Animated Learning: Confusion about Hospitality to Non-Christians at Christian Universities
This past month, my wife and I had a Muslim Kazak family over for dinner. To show hospitality, we did not take down all of our Christian symbols in...
Learning to be
To 'be' for some may seem scary, the idea of being still long enough to hear your own thoughts, to face your true self. For Mother Theresa, this was...