Priest. Professor. Writer.
Utilizing the essays of Marilynne Robinson, this paper provides an alternative model to faith integration. Rather than a worldview approach, I argue for a sacramental imagination that helps re-enchant and reinvigorates the educational task. As opposed to two separate spheres Continue Reading …
Originally displayed in Paula Cooper Gallery in New York City’s SoHo district, Andres Serrano’s The Morgue series continued the artist’s controversial and transgressive work. Set against a black backdrop in a mortuary, he photographed dead bodies in different stages of decomposition. In Continue Reading …
The kind folks at the National Association of Scholars invited me to be on a panel about Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead. Here’s the recording:
Over at the Christian Scholar’s Review: In a New York Times article, Jeanne Marie Laskus (2019) reports a story of Fred Rogers’s—of Mister Rogers—fame. He was invited to be part of a panel for the president. After speaking, he quickly left and Continue Reading …
On what the COVID pandemic can teach us about education over at The Front Porch Republic “Without this love, education is only the importation into the local community of centrally prescribed ‘career preparation’ designed to facilitate the export of young Continue Reading …
The liberal arts certainly aren’t a fix or savior for pandemics, but they do cultivate a sense of meaning beyond achievement. In essence, they help form a certain type of person more than a certain set of skills. The liberal Continue Reading …
I thought my pastoral background was a hindrance to the professorial life. But as I got in the classroom, I found that my pastoring helped my teaching. In this article at the Christian Scholar’s Review, I reflect on why.
In this piece, I argue against the use of critical thinking. In essence, there’s a proper stage of discernment, but its a poor posture. Unfortunately, the modern academy is smitten with critical thinking, so it’s an uphill battle. However, this Continue Reading …
There was a moment when I realized that my fellow faculty at a liberal arts college didn’t really understand the liberal arts. And that was the moment that I was resolved to do something about it. In this piece, I Continue Reading …
I comment on the objectification of the modern classroom and how educators can enter more lovingly into the classroom. The essential things are not student ratings or student performance or my own upward trajectory. What is essential, the one thing Continue Reading …
