The Bull Pen is a quest to discover wisdom, truth, beauty, and goodness amid modern life’s joys, challenges, and callings. I do this by thinking out loud about the complexities and Faustian bargains in the contemporary world.
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It is unsettling to witness division in Christian churches and schools, especially when Scripture reminds us of the goodness of unity: “How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity” (Psalm 133:1).
They all include complications.
If I were starting college all over again, here are ten things that, in addition to the formal expectations, I would urge myself to do or develop.
In the Lutheran church body to which I belong (the LCMS), it is common to hear quotes attributed to Martin Luther.
Not long ago, someone asked me what advice I would give to a new teacher.
A year and a half ago, at the invitation of a colleague, I attended a several-day silent retreat at a Catholic retreat center in Nebraska.
If I need brain surgery, I don’t want a doctor who just read about it.
Over the years, I’ve noticed a consistent trait of high-impact leaders—every one of them.
About a decade ago, I began my formal study of Artificial Intelligence and its implications for faith, life, and learning.
Years ago, while attending a conference on international Christian education, I listened to a woman give a presentation on the incredibly long, prayerful, patient, and persistent process of trying to launch a Christian school in a communist country.
