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The Jesus Road
In the early 1830s, physician, scientist, and neophyte missionary Jean Louis Berlandier watched as his friend, an unnamed Kickapoo Indian, lay dying. The Kickapoo gave off a fierce appearance in his dress, paint, and bearing; he was a skilled hunter; … Continue reading
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Tagged Bacone College, bible, Christianity, faith, god, Jesus, jesus-road
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What Higher Education Administrators do not Understand about Budget Cuts and Furloughs
The poet Walt Whitman, visiting army hospitals along the Potomac River in 1862, came upon “a heap of amputated feet, legs, arms, hands, &c., a full load for a one-horse cart,” hospital waste of soldiers of the Army of the … Continue reading
The Small Liberal Arts College in Crisis: Is there a Solution?
I teach at a small parochial liberal arts college in Oklahoma. Like other such colleges, parochial and secular, this college, Bacone College, is continually in crisis: financial crisis, enrollment crisis, staffing crisis, management crisis. There are a host of reasons … Continue reading
Rescuing the Dead
One of my favorite authors is Captain John Smith. Smith, the founder of Jamestown, of Pocahontas fame, was a contemporary of John Donne, William Shakespeare, and Francis Bacon. Smith did not write poetry like Donne, sonnets and plays like Shakespeare, … Continue reading
The History of Bacone College Symbolized by a Single Work of Art
The Indian Christ in Gethsemane, a painting by Cheyenne artist Dick West, tells the story of the history of Bacone College. It portrays a young Plains Indian as Christ in western Oklahoma kneeling before God the Father, praying, “Thy Will … Continue reading
Love and the Constitution
Love and the Constitution Is our society founded on Christian virtues and teachings? What is the greatest Christian teaching? What is the essence of Christianity? What is the one truth above all others that sums Christianity, Christian teachings, Jesus’s life? … Continue reading
In Praise of Alexander Posey
Alexander Posey, the Creek poet, was a student and librarian at Indian University, now Bacone College, in the 1890s. During his brief life (1873-1908), Posey published essays, satire, stories, and wonderful poems about nature, life, and death. He wrote whimsically … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, books, Christianity, poetry
Tagged Alexander Posey, Almon Bacone, Bacone College, poetry
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The Messenger’s Way
Carved on the northeast corner of the Bacone College chapel is this passage from the Old Testament: Micah, 6:8: He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good: and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, books, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged Almon Bacone, Bacone College, Charles Delaware, Missionaries
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The American Plutarch 