Writings

  • 4C Quality Faculty Model for Higher Education

    4C Quality Faculty Model for Higher Education

    Something I’ve been working on for Oklahoma Wesleyan University… The 4CQ Faculty Model attempts to describe the broader “universe” of what a faculty member does as a teacher in a classroom. Much of the literature on online and adult learning up until the last couple of years has emphasized the student side of the equation…

  • Obama: Fathers Matter…Unless, Apparently, You Have Two Mothers

    Obama (unwittingly?) makes the case for the traditional definition of marriage: “Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important foundation. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation. They are teachers and coaches. They are…

  • Post-modernism & Moral Relativism  

    Post-modernism & Moral Relativism   

    I hear it a lot: post-moderns (pomos) are moral relativists; they don’t believe that there is any absolute truth.I don’t buy that, at least not in full measure. It’s far too simplistic and naive for one thing. Among younger pomos (15-30), there is a resurgence in spirituality and religious interest. 20 somethings are far more…

  • Solomon’s Request: The Humility of Biblical Leadership

    God appears to Solomon in a dream and says He will give Solomon whatever he asks for (1 Kings 3:7-9). Solomon’s request, perhaps unusual in a young man having just assumed a king’s crown, provides a snapshot of a fundamental truth of Biblical leadership: humility and human weakness seeking God’s wisdom and presence. “Now, O…

  • Redemptive Leadership: Jesus as Servant, Jesus as Ransom

    The ‘Jesus-as-servant’ motif of leadership undeniably takes us beyond a secular, humanistic perspective on relationships and social structure. We have to go further still. You will be hard-pressed to find a “Christian model” or view of leadership that gives serious attention to the REST of the passage about Jesus coming to serve rather than be served.…

  • Obama & The Socialist States of America

    If there was any doubt that authoritarian socialism was former Senator (and community organizer) Obama’s end game, his move to take over the reigns of GM should end them. Read about it here: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20090330/D978JKVO1.html or here: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/30/obama-auto/ ———————– Postscript: Can you name one major social problem the Federal government has actually solved without requiring massive and perpetual goverenmental…