St. Luke doesn’t tell us who asked the question.[1. St. Luke 11:1.] I take that to mean that it could have been any one of Jesus’ followers that day in Judea. “Teach us to pray” — that was the question. Just as a follower follows, this disci … [Read more...]
About David B. Wester
David B. Wester is the Frances and Peter Swenson Endowed Chair in Rangeland and Restoration Research and is a professor and research scientist at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute and the Department of Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences at Texas A&M University – Kingsville in Kingsville, Texas. His essays and poems have appeared in The Catholic Leader, The Catholic Poetry Room, Crisis Magazine, First Things, Homiletic & Pastoral Review, and The Imaginative Conservative.
God Isn’t Your College Professor
June 30, 2019 by David B. Wester
It’s the end of another semester. Final exams need to be marked and grades need to be assigned to a group of students anxious to learn “what they got” for the course. There’s so much in all of this that begs for the usual justification. T … [Read more...]
Reflections on Reminders in our Lives
September 13, 2016 by David B. Wester
There’s an old joke about the definition of a college professor: “Oh, that would be someone who can’t say anything just once.” Having spent 35 years at the front of classrooms at two universities, I can attest to the aptness of the descrip … [Read more...]
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