John G. Stackhouse, Jr.4 minTEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFEWriting an Essay for an Edited Volume: Should You?It seems like an opportunity. But is it instead merely a temptation? I have recently had conversations with publishers in the UK and USA...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.4 minTEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFETo My Teachers: ThanksMy friend Tom Morris recently reminisced on Facebook about teachers who had blessed him in special ways over his life. His poignant...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minTEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFESome Advice for Students at “Crunch Time”Farmers work harder during harvest than at any other time. But they also work happier, because they see every day the literal fruit of...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.4 minTEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFEAdvice for Students in Unsafe Places“But, Professor, I learned in church that God wrote the Ten Commandments himself on stone tablets and gave them to Moses. Isn’t that what...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.4 minBETTER SPEAKING AND WRITINGWhen You Invite a Visiting Speaker…Since most people who invite speakers (and the same goes for musicians, I daresay) are not themselves professional speakers, and...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minTEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFEWhy Spelling CountsStudents often complain about professors meticulously marking spelling…and grammar…and usage…and other sentence-level problems in their...