Seminary Education and the Bad Haircut: Helping Students Give an Honest Answer to the Question “Do You Like It?”Posted on September 14, 2013 by Jennifer ShepherdThe commercial begins and the experience is one that is instantly familiar. A man is sitting in a chair at a hair salon looking into the mirror, eyes wide with a forced grin. He is trying to look pleased. He is trying to stay calm. He is projecting his confidence in the skills of the hairstylist as he nervously watches each lock of hair fall to the ground….
The Art of Questioning the TextPosted on September 4, 2013 by Ralph KleinWhen we read any text—The Bible, a novel, the newspaper—we readers raise questions. What was the issue that caused this text to be written? How is this issue resolved in the text? Do we find this resolution satisfactory? Whose point of view is recognized in the text? Whose point of view is ignored? Do we face similar issues? What would it take for our similar issues to be resolved?When the text is from the Bible, our questions take on some urgency….
Okay, Academics: Should I Be “LinkedIn”?Posted on September 3, 2013 by A+ Brooke Lester, CuratorA colleague brought this to my attention: LinkedIn is introducing “University Pages.” (The technical details are mostly over my head, but you may be interested.) It looks to me as if the initiative targets students rather than faculty, though I don’t know whether that means faculty really have no role in “University Pages.” But it raises for me the perennial question:Should I stop deleting those LinkedIn requests, and go ahead and start an account? As a scholar in Biblical Studies, should I be “LinkedIn”?As far as I know, LinkedIn helps users do two things…