Category Archives: News & Links

The Super Great Courses Series on A Pilgrim In Narnia

Posted on August 21, 2025 by

Long before the explosion of podcasting, I had fallen in love with audio lectures. Perhaps this habit began when I was taking Regent College classes by J.I. Packer, Rikk Watts, Iain Provan, and Eugene Peterson while housesitting in a log … Continue reading →

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The 2025 Mythopoeic Award Winners are Out! Tolkien’s Poetry, Urban Fantasy, and New Fiction

Posted on August 8, 2025 by

The Mythies are out! The Mythopoeic Society released its 2025 Awards shortlists earlier this year in five categories (three fiction and two scholarship awards). Award committee members read each of the books in their category and then vote on which … Continue reading →

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Exploring the 2025 Mythopoeic Award Inklings Scholarship Finalists

Posted on July 31, 2025 by

It is award season! The Mythopoeic Society released its 2025 Awards shortlists earlier this year. While I had good intentions to read a lot more, there is only one category I was able to work through all of the finalists: … Continue reading →

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My Teaching Philosophy and a Prof of the Year Award

Posted on July 22, 2025 by

I am at one of these professional moments where I am thinking about what I believe are, for me, the essential values, methods, and attitudes of an educator. My Teaching and Research Dossier is dozens of pages, but it is … Continue reading →

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“A Curious Synchronicity: Religious Studies as Inquiry-Based Learning in Higher Education”: My Newly Published Teaching Essay

Posted on July 17, 2025 by

I am pleased to announce that I have a new chapter out in a book on Teaching and Learning: “A Curious Synchronicity: Religious Studies as Inquiry-Based Learning in Higher Education,” pp. 232-249 in Applying Inquiry-Based Learning in Higher Education Across … Continue reading →

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