Calendar & Events
CFSN Luncheon & Symposium Feb. 17&18
Speaker: Paul Copan, Palm Beach Atlantic University
Philosophy Chair and President of the Evangelical Philosophical Society
"Vocation: Living My Job in Light of Eternity"
Luncheon open to faculty, staff, and doctoral students.
Feb 17th noon–1:15 pm, PMU Anniversary Drawing Room
RSVP to Corey Miller if you'd like to attend.
"Is God a Moral Monster? Good, Evil, and the Old Testament"
Feb 17th 7:00 pm LOEB Playhouse
See the brochure for the whole Symposium weekend!
Christian Faculty Forum 2011-12
Purpose: The CFF serves the unique purpose of encouraging one another towards integration of our faith and work within a friendly Christian academic environment (usually meets the first Tuesday of the month in Pierce 277 from 3:00-4:00pm).
October 4, 2011
Erica Carlson, Associate Professor of Physics
"Integrating Faith and Research as a Physicist"
November 1, 2011
Pedro P. Irazoqui, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
"Doing God's Work as an Academic"
December 6, 2011
Fenggang Yeng, Professor of Sociology
“The Impact of Christianity in China”
February 7, 2012
Tom Berndt, Associate Dean CLA and Professor of Psychology
“(Secular) Theories of Moral Development from a Christian Perspective”
March 6, 2012
Craig Svensson, Dean in College of Pharmacy and Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
“Why are Christians drawn to questionable medical therapies?”
April 3, 2012
Paul Simms, Retired Professor of Physics
“Myth Busting Physics”
The myth: there is a natural explanation for all real things–no natural explanation for creation of the universe–myth busted.
Reading and Discussion Groups
Purpose: To engage professors, doctoral students, and staff by relating Christian thinking and our vocations in a secular milieu (some groups will be a mixture of Christian and non-Christian)
"Integration: The Two Tasks of the Christian Scholar"
This R&D group constitutes part 2 of a two semester exploration on how to integrate our faith and our vocation. In particular, this second semester will be a workshop where we actually are challenged to write out a personal mission statement in terms of what it means to have a vocation (calling) rather than occupation (job). This is something you're not likely to be challenged to do elsewhere, but we provide an interdisciplinary opportunity so that as iron sharpens iron, so one person with a vocation sharpens another. Facilitated by Faculty Commons staff and a Professor, but open to anyone.
Date/time/location: Alternate Thursday's 11:30am-12:20pm at 507 Waldron St. (begins Jan. 19)
"Panoramic Bible Read Through"
This is a continuation of last semester's agenda. Join at any time. The important thing is to "stay int he text" and accountability helps at this. Could your it help you be biblically informed in your vocation? Should it? How about your relationship and understanding of God? We'll focus on rapid Bible reading for a panoramic biblical viewpoint and experience. Discussions will be various and the main point is sharing and accountability for those who want to take in the entire Bible.
Date/time/location: Every Monday 12:00-1:00pm in Schleman 236 (resumes Jan. 9)
2011 R&D Groups
"Panoramic Bible Read Through"
"Integration: The Two Tasks of the Christian Scholar"
"Winsome Evangelism in the Academy"