Research as Discipleship: Spiritual Formation as the Reason for Professional Doctoral Studies Lee Beach, PhD Associate Professor of Christian Ministry and Director of Ministry Formation McMaster Divinity College Introduction In my supervisory work with doctoral students I always ask them the first time we meet, “why are you doing a doctoral degree?”...
Doing What You Love: A Christian Critique of Work, Passion, and Contentment Dr. Mark Wm Cawman Associate Professor Azusa Pacific University | School of Business and Management and Dr. Todd Pheifer Associate Professor Azusa Pacific University | School of Business and Management ABSTRACT The popular mantra or philosophy of “do what makes you happy”...
The challenge of talking about spiritual transformation in a context of Student Learning Outcomes....
How Do We Assess Spiritual Formation in the Age of Accountability?...
Our constituency expressed increasing hunger for spiritual nourishment...
A naked man wandered into a worship service. One of our students, the church’s associate pastor, had to diagnose and respond to this awkward situation....
Pastoral burnout, blowup, and dropout is an alarming issue in contemporary ministry. The longitudinal study that the researcher is reporting on has covered twenty years of a journey exploring the dynamics of this issue....
"Ultimately, this book is about choices." Those familiar with the published work of Paul Borthwick, which spans 30 years of research and writing, will be accustomed to the focused challenges that the author provides, particularly along the lines of global perspective and Great Commission engagement....
In his book "Faith on the Road," Rieger urges the reader to consider the migrant narrative and to recognize the variant power differentials at work in other travel narratives playing out in humanity today....
Stephen Macchia, founding president of Leadership Transformation and director of the Pierce Center for Disciple-Building at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, has put together an exceptional practical guide for Christian leaders on how to experience restoration in the context of human brokenness through God’s love....