Engaging the Culture, Changing the World

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My Top Five (Or 10) Book Lists

I have put together a list of My Top Five Books. I have also included a list of My Top 10 Books of Literature. Personal, eclectic, even eccentric as any such list must be these days, nevertheless, these are great books, books that have hugely influenced my life and my thinking about things. I hope you find them helpful. Read more»

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The Reverend Martin Luther King, Suffering, Hope, and Haiti

Over the last few days, we have been assaulted with the horrifying images of bodies being dumped into trucks, images of people not only without shelter… Read more»

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Five Traits of a Great Leader

I have been thinking and writing lately about leadership. I don’t usually write about this topic, in part because I think there is too much writing and perhaps too little of the actual doing of leadership. Read more»

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The Hammer, the Train Set, and the BB Gun

Our vivacious, ever-so-verbal, 2-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter, Esmee, told Santa Claus the other day that she wanted a yo-yo and a hammer for Christmas. … Should Santa comply, I’m a little worried about what that hammer might do around the house. Read more»

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It’s Not That Easy Being Green

Kermit the Frog once said so eloquently, “It’s not that easy being green.” Sometimes you’d like to be something nicer, like red, or yellow or gold or something much more colorful like that.” Read more»

  • The President's Blog

    We live in a turbulent, troubled, and exciting world. We need to be constantly reading and thinking and talking together about how to make the world a better place for all of God’s children. As Christians, we need to think hard about how the Gospel engages the culture in which we live. Those are the things I hope to address in these pages. I hope you find these reflections helpful.

    -Philip W. Eaton, President, Seattle Pacific University

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    Max De Pree
    Leadership Is an Art

    This is a gem. It is quiet and understated and penetrating. More»

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  • Quote From My Reading

    If Christians are people with an alternative history of judgments about what is true and good they cannot help but produce an alternative university.”

    Stanley Hauerwas

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