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In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson asserted that the pursuit of happiness was a self-evident truth and an inalienable right. The concept is everywhere, from advertisements to “happily ever after.” A search for “happy” on Amazon Book

Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” – Mark 6:31 It has been nearly ten years since I resigned my position in

Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a three-part series addressing how we deal with purpose and the good life in Christian higher education.  I remember having a conversation some time ago with the leader of one of the large Christian college pa

A Theology of Health: Well-­Being and Human Flourishing Tyler J. VanderWeele Published by University of Notre Dame Press in 2024 369pp / $42.00 / 9780268208332 Amazon Goodreads What does it mean to flourish? The Israelites in Babylon likely did not i

Today’s post explores our list-making tendencies—and the deeper drive for accomplishment and control that often fuels them. As our entry point, I’ll turn to one of Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad stories: “A List.” It’s a gentle invitation to consider w

During my “tween” years, I devoured novels about Christian boys of my age. For example, I read most, if not all, of the Moody Press thirty-six-volume series about the Sugar Creek Gang, a group of boys who encouraged each other in maintaining their sh

Finding My Course: A Professional Athlete’s Journey through Pain to Purpose Tracy Hanson Published by Do Good Books in 2025 264pp / $24.95 / 9780971272385 Amazon Goodreads Trauma-­Informed Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health: Qualitative Methods

Trauma-­Informed Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health: Qualitative Methods Jenny McMahon and Kerry R. McGannon, eds. Published by Routledge in 2024 284pp / $56.99 / 9781032366135 Amazon Goodreads Our review of the literature yielded no publication

Finding My Course: A Professional Athlete’s Journey through Pain to Purpose Tracy Hanson Published by Do Good Books in 2025 264pp / $24.95 / 9780971272385 Amazon Goodreads Trauma-­Informed Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health: Qualitative Methods

In our previous post, we compared the role of Christian professors with that of the Old Testament prophets as “stewards of truth.” Following the model of the prophets of the Old Testament, we are required to maintain the truth of our respective disci

Prophetically Incorrect: A Christian Introduction to Media Criticism Robert H. Woods Jr. and Paul D. Patton Published by Brazos Press in 2010 182pp / $9.95 / 9781587432767 Amazon Goodreads In ancient times, the discipline or field of rhetoric focused

It is a privilege to communicate the connections between pharmacy education and the image of God. Initially, one may not think that these could be linked; however, the ties between these two topics are strong. To set the stage, overviews of the profe

The Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing (MSSON) was built on a foundation of excellence in nursing education and a mission to meet the needs of people through Christ-­centered service. Started by the Birmingham Baptist Association in 1922, the school

Serving as a Christian university professor is not the most celebrated job in America. It is not an ignoble profession, but few of us would describe ourselves as overpaid. Most of us are exempt from federal minimum wage and overtime laws.[1] One woul

The theme verse for the Samford University School of Health Professions (SHP) is 1 Peter 4:10, “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”[1] Faculty, staff, and

The School of Public Health at Samford University encompasses four departments: Public Health, Social Work, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Healthcare Administration and Informatics. The mission of the School of Public Health is to prepare students to b

In the immediate post-­war period, the writers representing Flourishing 1.0 primarily examined the crises of flourishing within the interior life—questions of meaning, selfhood, and the courage required to live amid despair. Yet they were also attent

“For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.” Romans 13:4 When taking Russian

How does one rightly comprehend the imago Dei? That Latin phrase, imago Dei, or image of God, is a summation of Genesis 1:27, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” From a physical

Christians who want to think critically about artificial intelligence (AI) may benefit significantly from C. S. Lewis’s writings. Lewis is well known for his various novels and works on Christian thought. His novel That Hideous Strength: A Modern Fai