Stories from the Front

Education in Times of Shock

Cláudio Carvalhaes
Associate Professor
McCormick Theological Seminary In Brazil

We who believe in freedom cannot rest We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes. (1) We have had a month of intense events in the US. The killings of Black precious people, this time, Philando Castile and Alton... Read more →

What Are You Telling Your Students?

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

At the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature last year, the Student Advisory Board organized an interesting session titled, “What I’m Telling My Students.” I find this a wonderful question for every Read more →

Goofing-Off (w/ Purpose)

Nancy Lynne Westfield
Associate Professor of Religious Education
Drew Theological School

It is a challenge to do what you teach. “If you know these things happy are ye if you do them.” (John 13:17, King James Version – or the version of my childhood bible study) - my grandfather’s favorite. Read more →

Education for Disobedience: Students as Teachers

Cláudio Carvalhaes
Associate Professor
McCormick Theological Seminary In Brazil

There has been a recent uprising of students fighting for justice and better education. Several political developments have spurred the revolt of fourteen- to seventeen-year-old students in defiance of arbitrary laws of governors. Let me mention four events. First, it was Read more →