Articles for tag: Francis Of Assisi

March 30, 2013

By Joe Boyd I want to change the world. I”m obviously not alone. Protestors,Â politicians, pastors, parents, and beauty pageant contestants””we all love to talk about changing the world. Just stick a microphone in front of one of us andÂ we”ll gladly poetically drone about change and hope and the power of possibility. Except for a few fringe extremists, everyone I know genuinely desires world peace. We want to see the hungry fed, the endangered children saved, and the abandoned elderly dignified. It isn”t too hard for us to imagine a better world without slave traders, child abusers, and hatemongers. We want

March 15, 2011

Christian Standard

Colleges & Seminaries Organizations & Events

Charting a Course Through the Humanities

By LeRoy Lawson The West in the World, Vol. 1, 3rd Edition Dennis Sherman and Joyce Salisbury Columbus: McGraw-Hill Fleming”s Arts and Ideas, 10th Edition Mary Warner Marien and William Fleming Thomson Wadsworth, 2005 Greek Tragedies, Vol. 1, 2nd Edition David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, editors Chicago: University of Chicago, 1992 The Odyssey Homer; Stanley Lombardo, translator Indianapolis: Hackett, 2000 The Aeneid Vergil; Sarah Ruden, translator New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008 Beowulf Seamus Heaney, translator New York: Norton, 2001 COURSE: Humanities 101: Ancient and Medieval Cultures PROFESSOR: Lawson REQUIRED READING: see above The Milligan College freshmen who signed up

September 1, 2010

Christian Standard

Discipleship & Spiritual Formation

Growing Like Jesus: Sight and Insight

By Pat Magness (Pat Magness was among eight Christian leaders asked to share what helps them mature just as Jesus did. Magness is professor of humanities and English at Milligan College in Tennessee and a member of the Publishing Committee at Standard Publishing.) _______________ An old story tells us that as Francis of Assisi neared his death, he apologized to his body””using the endearing term “Brother Donkey”””for working it so hard and so long with little rest or appreciation. Like many people in ministry, and to an extreme degree, Francis devoted his life fervently to God”s kingdom while neglecting the

March 12, 2006

Greg Marksberry

Church Leadership Leadership Development

Humility in Leadership

Hardship can reshape spiritual leaders—restoring humility, tenderizing compassion, and deepening dependence on God. Greg Marksberry reflects on how suffering can recalibrate a leader’s heart toward Christlike service and lasting impact.