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Creating Program/Department AFI Program Learning Outcomes

One of the challenges Christian universities face in implementing AFI within each program, is how to create strategically-crafted PLOs that demonstrate curricular coherence, result in meaningful and recognizable student learning, and culminate in a satisfactory analysis when it comes time for program assessment. This article gets the conversation started for department faculty.

Academic Faith Integration: An APU Distinctive

Parents, pastors, and even the state of California needed clarity on why faith integration was a critical and reasonable element of APU as a university. This article, for APU’s magazine, was my attempt to provide a brief explanation for those who wondered how the work of our faculty could be both academic and Christian.

The Epistemological Vocation of the Christian University

This article highlights my belief that the Christian school must be an institution centered on learning. That seemingly obvious statement sometimes gets befuddled in our actual work. Check it out.

Don’t Forget Holy Saturday

This is a chapel that I spoke at for Holy Week. I looked at Saturday of Passion Week as a way to understand what God is doing in of times of transition or when it doesn’t appear that anything significant is happening in our lives.  I hope you’ll be encouraged by this talk. In terms of preparation and presentation, the topic was very timely in my own life.

What Others are Saying about the Vocation of the Christian University

For many years, many thoughtful Christians scholars have proposed guidance for what the faith-based university actually is and is meant to do. Here are a few of those insights to prompt you and the academic team at your university to have further dialogue.

Integrative Inklings (TheoMetrics Newsletter) 1:1 – January 2025

Read and share our newsletter. It includes practical wisdom for faculty and leaders focused on Academic Faith Integration. Look for recommendations of books and articles useful to Christian educators as well as updated courses and other materials from TheoMetrics Institute. 

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