When I arrived at CHC one of the first things I did was to start a faculty reading group. We meet early in the morning before work on Wednesdays. We drink coffee together and discuss great books. Currently we are reading Simone Weil’s Waiting for God, one of the spirit...
When I was a teenager my mother came home one day and said she was going to do a PhD in literature. She wanted to write about George Herbert, a great Christian poet from the 17th century. For the next few years my mother studied George Herbert’s poems, lovingly working...
If you want to evangelise a neighbourhood you plant a church; if you want to evangelise a culture you start a university. That is the vision that brought CHC into being. It is the vision that brought me here as a student 20 years ago, and that has brought me back today...
In Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, the main character finds himself on an island paradise with the promise of immortality from Calypso, a goddess who loves him. With so much to appreciate, what could possibly be missing? Nevertheless, Odysseus cannot shake a deeper lo...
When I was in high school, my church’s youth group was very small. As triplets, my sisters and I constituted about a third of the group! Therefore, I started a coalition of local youth groups that met periodically for larger events, and I called it “Eclipse.” The tag...
Shortly before the famous Battle of Agincourt in 1415, things were looking bleak for the British. Really bleak.
On the morning of October 25th (the feast of Saint Crispin), the English troops found themselves outnumbered 5 to 1 by the French army. Having just marched 4...
Soon after preparing a discussion for a geometry class, I read a recent article about the future job market. It noted that, according to a new report, 40% of jobs in Australia are likely to be automated in the next 10 to 15 years. To thrive in the future workforce, e...
Two weeks ago I spent an entire school day with the Year 12 students at Toowoomba Christian College. From 9:00 am – 3:00 pm we discussed this question, which is the central focus of C. S. Lewis’ The Abolition of Man.
When you see something stunningly beautiful, what's the first thing you reach for? Like many people, I reach for a camera. But why? And what might this tendency have to do with why we go to university?
In a recent article, R. J. Snell (Director for the Center on the U...
