This past week during one of my workouts I listened to a teaching by Rob Bell at Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids, MI. He taught about Acts 2: 42-47 (see http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%202:42-47&version=CEV for the Bible verses and http://marshill.org/teaching/2011/10/09/how-it-works-in-our-house-acts-2v42-47/ for the sermon). In his teaching, Bell made mention of the Social and Health Index that uses… Continue reading Inequality and Health
It is impossible to understand my philosophy and scholarship without understanding my faith-based teachers and mentors. I once had on a t-shirt that said “Jesus is the Answer”. A wonderful mentor of my youth approached me and asked “what’s the question?”. I thought she was joking at first, but I came to realize during our… Continue reading My Intellectual Genealogy: Part 3
In reflecting on my many teachers and mentors, I’ve naturally been considering the profound influence my parents and immediate family have had on who I am. My dad was born at the same hospital I would be some 35 years later. He was born to immigrant parents, spent most of his life in the same… Continue reading My Intellectual Genealogy: Part 2
I recently found out that I am the recipient of the Library Journal’s Teacher of the Year Award. This has me reflecting once again on the great fortune I had to have so many teachers and mentors over the course of my academic journey. Here’s an email I sent to Anderson University, my alma mater,… Continue reading My Intellectual Genealogy: Part 1
I have been fortunate to come across a number of great articles and books recently that continue to help my framing of the many economic, environmental, racial, and other injustices that have and are occurring in our neighborhoods and throughout the world. Some of these readings also consider what justice is. I continue to work… Continue reading Seeking Justice
