Veritas ... on Campus?

A lot of you will already be aware of The Veritas Forum.  If not the forum, you probably remember the founder, Kelly Monroe Kullberg, who wrote Finding God At Harvard (1996). A brief review:  "She presents the compelling testimonies of forty-two faculty members, former students, and distinguished orators at Harvard. Their candid reflections explode the myth that Christian faith cannot survive a rigourous intellectual atmosphere."  Today's To The Source column has an interview with this interesting lady, who also wrote a book titled Finding God Beyond Harvard (2006).

 

This article at To The Source begins with the destructive riots we've all seen yesterday and today in London, protests against the meeting of the G-20 powers.  Then this paragraph:

When Kelly Monroe Kullberg arrived at Harvard Divinity School in 1992, she saw that many of her fellow students felt isolated in their search for meaning and truth. She found that, despite a great hunger, the university had jettisoned such deep and essential topics. There was a yawning chasm facing the sincere seekers yearning to know more about ultimate truth and goodness. Ironically, at Harvard, whose motto is Veritas, there was a longing for truth. So Kullberg founded the Veritas Forum. The inaugural event in Cambridge drew 700 participants for a weekend of lectures and discussions about how the pursuit of knowledge in the university relates to the truth claims of Jesus Christ. The momentum has only grown since then.

 

Read the To The Source article.  Check out The Veritas Forum.  Remind yourself what Veritas means.  Then consider what "True Truth" is.  How about a couple more quotes?

    Academicians tend to reduce "knowing" to data analysis and lab results. They often feel the need to do this     because most grants require quantified results. So we see a growing surplus of information but a scarcity of wisdom.

    Harvard was founded in 1636 For Christ's Glory (In Christi Gloriam) and later Veritas (Truth) in Christ and the Church, and yet today we see a rise in depression, disease and even suicide. Ironically, the earth-shattering life and brilliant mind of Jesus Christ are rarely explored in the classrooms.

    Our presenters include Dallas Willard, William Lane Craig, John Stott, Tim Keller and many humble scholars who explore questions and connect them to the person and story of Jesus Christ. The world's story is too small to live in. We want to help one another consider the reality of a larger and more wonderful story, the Gospel, which provides an ample place to live.

 

God Bless,

Ron