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C.F.W. Walther and a Vision for Education in the Early Days of the LCMS

  • Post author By Bernard Bull
  • Post date July 17, 2023
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As a member of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), many of us are preparing for the upcoming LCMS Convention, a gathering that occurs every three years, one where major issues […]

Will Reading and Writing Be Extinct in Forty Years and What are the Implications for Faith, Life, and Learning

  • Post author By Bernard Bull
  • Post date July 9, 2023
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Eight years ago, I gave a keynote at a global conference hosted in Hong Kong. Next was a second keynote presenter, who started his talk by predicting that writing and […]

Self-Reflective Practice for Christian Educators

  • Post author By Bernard Bull
  • Post date July 5, 2023
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Self-reflective practice is a key to improvement in almost any domain of life. Feedback is what helps us determine whether we are on track and what we might need to […]

A University President’s Honest Advice on Choosing a College

  • Post author By Bernard Bull
  • Post date July 3, 2023
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After spending almost two decades working in higher education and observing the ways that people think about post high school decision-making, here are my candid top ten suggestions for choosing […]

The Unique Mission of Christian Higher Education

  • Post author By Bernard Bull
  • Post date July 3, 2023
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Sometimes I find it helpful to remind myself of the mission, the quest to which I have been called in Christian higher education. There was a time when most residential […]

On Honor Rolls

  • Post author By Bernard Bull
  • Post date July 3, 2023
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I’ve seen some posting lately about honor roll recipients. It is a joy to celebrate progress and achievement as sometimes indicated by one’s grade point average. At the same time, […]

Will Most Young People from Christian Families Abandon the Faith During College?

  • Post author By Bernard Bull
  • Post date July 3, 2023
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The typical college experience is not easy on a young person’s faith. What can we do about it? As a parent of a high school and college student, I think […]

A Compelling Vision for the Concordia University System

  • Post author By Bernard Bull
  • Post date July 3, 2023
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I am inspired by the original vision of forming a Concordia University System, a collection of distinct, regional Lutheran higher education communities/colleges/universities that are faithful to the Scriptures, grounded in […]

From Grade Inflation to Excellence Inflation

  • Post author By Bernard Bull
  • Post date July 3, 2023
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You’ve probably heard of grade inflation, but how about teaching excellence inflation? People sometimes complain about what they call “grade inflation,” students getting higher grades for work that they argue […]

Virtual Communities and Identities of Anonymity…in the Church

  • Post author By Bernard Bull
  • Post date July 3, 2023
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One of the outgrowths of digital culture combined with postmodernism is a new and different type of pseudonym usage, and it is prevalent in some of the most unexpected places, […]

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