Stories from the Front

On Power Posing

Tat-siong Benny Liew
Class of 1956 Professor in New Testament Studies
College of the Holy Cross

If you spend much time in the Northwest of California, especially if you are someone who likes to hike, alongside trail maps at visitor centers you will see posters that instruct you how to Read more →

Wielding the Power of Silence

Nancy Lynne Westfield
Associate Professor of Religious Education
Drew Theological School

Michael Callahan, brilliant Drew Theological School student, said in his response to a previous blog post, “Silence grants its own power to the one who wields it.” I love this idea! We are crisply aware of the power of.. Read more →

The Insecurities of a Teacher

Cláudio Carvalhaes
Associate Professor
McCormick Theological Seminary

It was my first semester teaching. I was anxious and fearful. I was trying to know what to do, while pretending I knew everything. In my second or third class, as I was saying something critical of the US in relationship to 9/11 Read more →

Tiger Profs?

Tat-siong Benny Liew
Class of 1956 Professor in New Testament Studies
College of the Holy Cross

Five years ago, Yale law professor Amy Chua published a controversial book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. According to Chua, there is a basic difference in parenting practices between those of Asian (particularly. Read more →