Engaging the Culture, Changing the World

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Ashton Kutcher’s Got Four Million Followers

November 16, 2009

A few of my students have given me a bad time for ragging on texting. They want me to lighten up about texting. They want me to join the real world of new writing. And I am reluctant. Read more»

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Is There Anyone Anymore Who Will Tell Us How to Write Well?

November 9, 2009

William Strunk? E.B. White? The Elements Of Style? Does anyone remember those names? Does anyone anymore recognize this little book as one of the shaping forces of good writing for the last 50 years? Read more»

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People of Faith and the Presumption of Pluralism

November 2, 2009

I’ve been delighted by the amount and quality of the responses to these blog posts. Thank you for challenging me, for opening up my blind spots, for filling in the vacant spaces in the things I am trying to think through too. Read more»

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What Does It Mean to Separate Faith and Culture?

October 26, 2009

When John G. Roberts was nominated to become the Chief Justice of the United States, politicians and major media outlets were concerned because he was a devout Catholic. Why should they be? Read more»

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Found at Starbucks: A Latte and a Big Idea

October 22, 2009

Watch President Eaton’s newest video about his conversation with a Starbucks barista on the topic of text messaging. Are we in danger of losing our ability to read and to write sophisticated text? Read more»

  • The President's Blog

    I have been driven most of my life to think about how the gospel of Jesus Christ speaks into the culture. This is never just an intellectual exercise, though — no, we must engage culture so that more of God’s children might flourish. We must seek to change the world! That’s the purpose of this blog.

    -Philip W. Eaton, President, Seattle Pacific University

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  • What I'm Reading

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    Ronald C. White Jr., A. Lincoln: A Biography

    Like Lincoln: understated, quiet, concrete, incisive, even brief. More»

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  • Quote From My Reading

    … to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations …”

    Abraham Lincoln

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