The Wabash Center's Dialogue On Teaching

Anita Houck, Saint Mary’s College, enriches her teaching with skills she learned from Improv. She always addresses students’ questions with a “Yes” before nudging them beyond their scope of inquiry. …

For Kenneth Ngwa, Drew Theological Seminary, teaching is not just a vocation but it’s a way of life. He confesses, “I cannot but teach.” Teaching is about a community of learners coming together to m…

“Teaching is an art and not a science,” states David Blix, Wabash College. It is about “interacting with students” in a “friendly manner” which is to say that teaching is about what he does in his ev…

This podcast was taken from the "The “I” That Teaches” video series.  It is a project that invites senior scholars to talk about their teaching lives. These scholar-teachers candidly discuss how reli…

What is at-stake is a nation fit for our children to inherit - in other words, everything. Change will take a learning journey, culture re-shaping, and actions which change the purposes theological e…

In this time of urgent potential, higher education has a particular role and responsibility to re-frame and fully center our collective commitment around the well-being and thriving of Black and Brow…

Will there be a church that matters in the 21st century? What stories will we inhabit that are life-giving and for who? Leading evangelical theological education is about risk taking, failure and cha…

Attending to the public pressure to rethink societal oppressions requires trustees, faculty, student and administrative alignment. Leaders taking risks for prophetic agendas is the work of justice in…

Drastic shifts causing de-centering Theological Education calls for more than managerial responses.  This project promotes ways of surfacing and exploring different ideas, different voices, and justi…

The necessity of faith formation through public ministry is underscored now during the rebellions, pandemic and US economic uncertainty.  Showcasing a new text: From Lament to Advocacy: Black Religio…

With the peculiar upheaval of COVID-19, and the recent, flagrant events of racist violence, what competencies are needed by institutional leadership? What does it mean to lead change in this moment o…

What will it take to teach toward racial justice and away from white supremacy?  Thinking about ways to incorporate minoritized voices into the entire curriculum.  Dr. Nancy Lynne Westfield hosts Dr.…

What if this moment of waiting is full of meaning and seeing, anew?  Fostering ways of knowing, nimbleness, and sensitivity for teaching and the teaching life.  Dr. Nancy Lynne Westfield hosts Dr. Mi…

What if scholarly endeavor was about podcasting?  Twenty-first century knowledge production and making intellectual products accessible means podcasts! Dr. Nancy Lynne Westfield hosts Dr. Leah Payne …

While the mission of theological education remains solid, the institutional turmoil has been exacerbated by the crisis of the pandemic.  These two prominent presidents will discuss the ramifications,…