Our group will be running a “welcome back” ad in an early issue of The Breeze. Please notify Taz Daughtrey if you would like for your name and contact information to be included. The text of the ad, originally from Christian Leadership Ministries, is:

You’re on your own now. You finally have your independence. Now you face a lot of tough choices: what should I major in; how should I spend my free time; who should I socialize with; what classes should I take; what should I believe? Many of the choices you make now will determine the course of the rest of your life.

But you don’t have to face those decisions alone. We are faculty on campus who believe Jesus Christ provides the most intellectually and spiritually satisfying answers to life’s most important choices.

Ask us about our faith and how it has shaped our lives. Save this ad; we are available to talk to you about any matter that concerns you. We want your time here to be one of the best experiences of your life.

You may be far from home, but you’re never far from God.

And then we would include the name and website of our group:

James Madison Christian Faculty Fellowship

www.faithatjmu.org

(Note: This site began as www.faithatjmu.com, back during the dot-com boom.)

As part of our regular series of meetings, Drew Trotter from the Christian Study Center in Charlottesville (http://www.studycenter.net) addressed the James Madison Christian Faculty Fellowship about the need to understand our culture through its films. Drew challenged the group to watch contemporary films seriously, with a view toward motivating discussion of life’s great questions with students and others around us.

Drew has considerable experience in hosting “Movie Nights.” On each of these nights, Christian students and other guests watch a contemporary film, then engage in discussion of the film’s themes and meaning. Drew left some resources that can be used for anyone seeking to motivate discussion of contemporary films. Here they are, for nonprofit use with proper credit to Drew Trotter, Ph.D., President of the Center for Christian Study in Charlottesville:

• Tips for Viewing Films
• Visual Manipulation
• Seven Questions for Use in Discussing Films

Check out a past Christmas advertisement that we placed in the Breeze.

Here’s an ad featuring two of our favorite football coaches!