3 Things I've Learned in 20 Years of Teaching

Reflections on the first half of a career in higher ed

When I get up in front of our largest lecture hall at 9:00 this morning to introduce students to our first-year gen ed staple, Christianity and Western Culture, I’ll officially begin my twentieth year teaching courses at Bethel University.

There’s nothing magic about that number,¹ but since it does feel something like a halfway point in my career, I thou…