It Takes a Village to Form a Christian Scholar
Document Type
Blog
Abstract
I can still recall my nervousness as I taught my first classes at a Christian college. I was well-educated in electrical engineering at a large secular university, which is to say I was not well-educated in anything else. I had spent many years being catechized to think like an engineer, but faith remained largely peripheral to my studies. I was a Christian who was a scholar, but not yet a Christian scholar. And yet there I was a new faculty member expected to “integrate faith” in the classroom. I wince when I recall my first feeble attempts at faith integration—urging my computer science students to march into their careers and “transform technology” for God’s kingdom. It was a ringing phrase, but the content was admittedly thin. In those early days, I fear I sometimes offered my students stones for bread.
Publication Date
6-4-2024
Recommended Citation
Schuurman, Derek, "It Takes a Village to Form a Christian Scholar" (2024). University Faculty Publications and Creative Works. 763.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/calvin_facultypubs/763