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Jesus Is Dead…Now What?
By
Joan Ball
You open your eyes slowly, turning from your side to your back and struggling to focus exhausted eyes on the exposed rafters of the roof above you. “Was it a dream?” you ask the air, as you shift mind and body restlessly in an attempt to separate fact from fantasy. The events of the previous…
Faced Uncertainty, Persevered and Learned From It? Students Would Love to Hear Your Story
By
Joan Ball
Several of my students have asked me what kind of answers I received to my most recent post, Wanted: Wisdom for Soon-To-Be College Grads Facing an Uncertain Future. While they have been portrayed in the media as overly entitled trophy kids raised by overly doting helicopter parents the activism this generation showed by the around the Obama campaign has led…
Wanted: Wisdom for Soon-To-Be College Grads Facing an Uncertain Future…
By
Joan Ball
Less than 50 days until graduation and my undergraduate college students are starting to get a little nervous. Some know where they are going when they leave school – graduate school or a job offer on the heels of an internship. But many of these intelligent, well-qualified and hard-working students are wondering how and when…
Palm Sunday: Would You Do It?
By
Joan Ball
Have you ever wondered if you would do it? If – with full knowledge that you would be betrayed and denied by your friends; stripped of everything you own; beaten and taunted; and, finally, put to death in a brutal and humiliating way – you’d have straddled the back of that donkey and ridden into…
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