tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187403837913738089.post532814931227177923..comments2023-12-15T02:26:43.878-06:00Comments on CSU Faculty Voice: See Inside Higher Ed's grim assessment of CSU's struggle. Phillip Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105319296231539370noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187403837913738089.post-58944563444231501922016-10-07T15:10:05.973-05:002016-10-07T15:10:05.973-05:00Good one Paul. I was directing the quote more to L...Good one Paul. I was directing the quote more to Leak than as a recommendation to everyone or anyone else, i.e. pray first if you want, but then get down to business. I don't think Chambers is saying wait for God's intervention, but rather be mindful of him at the beginning of the enterprise, not as a last resort. I think Leak may be a sincerely devout person, but confuses a desire for "peace" or a peaceful approach with non-action. In an interview, Leak said he did not involve himself in CSU "board politics." Perhaps if he had, he could have helped avert the damage the board has done. His urging the distressed attendees at the last infamous board meeting to pray rather than protest as they were doing was met with deserved hostility. Ann Kuzdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00168556306929918973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187403837913738089.post-13537830915008236672016-10-07T12:50:10.784-05:002016-10-07T12:50:10.784-05:00Ooooo, if I understand that quote from Chambers, i...Ooooo, if I understand that quote from Chambers, it's not what we should recommend. The last sentence seems to say we should "wait for God to resolve matters in His good time." I could see reading "We don't want to wait" as a recommendation, but it seems to be a criticism of what we do. I think our view is that a good BOT would do "something that will get immediate results."Paul Gomberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532991282987477464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187403837913738089.post-78896614736578597042016-10-07T08:10:02.993-05:002016-10-07T08:10:02.993-05:00Exactly. Trustee Leak was not put on the Board to ...Exactly. Trustee Leak was not put on the Board to pray. He was put there to oversee the financial well-being of the university and to be a fundraiser.<br /><br />Mr Leak might want to consider the words of late 19th-c Scottish Evangelist Oswald Chambers: “We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there's nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do anything at all. Most of us would prefer, however, to spend our time doing something that will get immediate results. We don't want to wait for God to resolve matters in His good time because His idea of 'good time' is seldom in sync with ours.”Ann Kuzdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00168556306929918973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187403837913738089.post-67833811762565127432016-10-06T19:22:04.442-05:002016-10-06T19:22:04.442-05:00“I’m praying for our university,” Leak said. “That...“I’m praying for our university,” Leak said. “That may not mean a lot to a lot of people. It may be simplistic. But I’m certainly praying for the university and the faculty and the students.”<br /><br />That's literally the least he can do. What's the MOST he can do?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002307775727577446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187403837913738089.post-69071463259765871752016-10-06T10:50:48.768-05:002016-10-06T10:50:48.768-05:00What this administration has done to C.S.U. is cri...What this administration has done to C.S.U. is criminal. Hopefully the FEDS will step in before the shredders get to hot. Taxpayers deserve to see fiduciary responsibility when their money is spent.Taxpayingcitizen2016https://www.blogger.com/profile/01011991069807773652noreply@blogger.com