Faculty-Voices

Thank you class of 2025

​​As the weather warms and another academic year draws to a close, my heart is filled with gratitude for the remarkable ways the Lord is at work in and through Taylor. This spring's Commencement marks the end of my fourth year as president and with it, a meaningful milestone. The graduating class of 2025 is special to our family, for we have journeyed together during the Lindsays’ first four years at Taylor. It has been such a joy to walk this road together.

Wisdom for seniors

Why should graduating seniors care about the Old Testament? Any senior graduating from Taylor without an answer to this question ought to ask themselves what has gone wrong to leave them with this yawning lacuna of mind and soul. That might strike you as a nervy thing for me to say. But time is short, you are headed out the door and I am limited to 700 words. For the sake of clarity, allow me to dispense with niceties.

Student Development faculty net big hugs

I confess that I’ve felt just a bit of jealousy over the big hugs that my Student Development Faculty colleagues enjoy in one of my most favorite Taylor traditions – the graduation faculty tunnel. I am a (HUGE) “hugger” and while I do get some solid hugs in the tunnel, the unhealthy tendency to compare myself to others creeps in at times. 

Finding joy in administration?

Model service through administrative roles

Biblical habits pay spiritual dividends

As an adjunct professor, I have appreciated Taylor students in their zeal for the Lord, their wholeheartedness for Christ and His kingdom.

The Main Street Mile Initiative: More than Just Roadwork

The Main Street Mile Initiative relates to many biblical themes of loving our neighbors well, but one particular admonition sticks out.

'Once upon a time' Christmas memories

I reached out to a few faculty and administrators and asked them to share with me one of their favorite Christmas-related experiences, memories or traditions.

More than paying taxes

When Jesus called us to do more than just render taxes unto Caesar.

Vote with character

Elections have consequences. But will we be shaped by the consequences, or will we shape them?

Extending community online

At Taylor University, "intentional community" isn't just a catchphrase; it’s the heartbeat of our campus.

Brave new world?

The release of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Gemini, and CoPilot, has shifted the goal posts in education.

Binding up a nation's wound

It’s election season, so some readers might be wondering: how can Christians faithfully pair their identities as members of the universal church and citizens of a particular nation?

Embrace the foundational core

Fifty-four hours. Depending a bit on how you count, that is the absolute minimum number of hours most students take in the foundational core here at Taylor.

Your 'Kairos' Moment

If there were one character trait your class has embodied over the last four years, it would be “perseverance.”

It’s Earth Day. So what?

The eclipse has passed, Airband is silent, and now it is Monday…Earth Day. Who cares?

Reflections from a (mostly) former chapel skipper

My friend Francis has participated in well over 98,000 chapels. His intentional community in California (St. Andrews Abbey, Los Angeles) takes discipleship seriously. Francis’ participation in chapel five times a day for over 50 years has made him a different kind of human being — one marked by a beautiful, deep peace and joy (Psalm 92:14).

The eclipse and God’s beautiful creation

In a few short weeks, we will witness one of the most awe-inspiring events we have ever seen. On that day, the moon, a celestial object having roughly the diameter of the United States, will pass directly between us and the sun. In doing so, it will plunge us into shadow.

Reality of the resurrection

“Why do people think it is unbelievable that God raises the dead?” (Acts 26:8). The question strikes us today as naïve, just as it must have struck Porcius Festus and Herod Agrippa II in the original context. Paul can’t be serious. For realists, the resurrection is fiction. People think the resurrection’s unbelievable because it is unbelievable! 

Intercultural communication

There are several trends in intercultural communication education in many universities. One model favors experiential learning, while the other focuses on addressing inequities of various kinds. Each of these makes its own worthwhile contribution to intercultural learning, but here at Taylor, there is a way to do even more.

Responding to Israel and Hamas