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"I have been doing a lot of thinking about what might be permanent about the changes we have been experiencing in our lives. Might there be permanent changes in the way our businesses do business into the future, perhaps forcing us into more transparency, openness, and honesty? Perhaps we will save more money, on a permanent basis, as individuals and as a country? Perhaps we will cut back on lavish and leveraged spending, adjusting down our expectations for our standards of living? Perhaps stratospheric, obscene salaries for executives and athletes will come down permanently? Perhaps unrestrained consumption in every corner of our society, including government waste, will change permanently? All of this seems impossible, quite idealistic, but maybe fear will be great enough to force such permanent change?"
Read President Eaton's full column, "The Biblical Imagination and the Economy: Making Wise Choices for a Hopeful Future" in the current issue of Response magazine.
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| “This is indeed the place where world change begins,” said President Eaton. |
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What Does Text Messaging Have to do with Coffee?
Find out what President Eaton was thinking about on one of his recent trips to Starbucks by watching his video blog, Found at Starbucks: A Latte and a Big Idea.
Opening Convocation
Although classes began on September 28, the academic year at Seattle Pacific was formally launched on September 29 during the Opening Convocation ceremony. President Eaton's address this year was titled The Idea of the Christian University, Part II: The Place Where World Change Begins.
2009 State of the University Address
On September 23, President Eaton delivered his address, titled A Time to Plant, A Time to Harvest, to a packed-out crowd of faculty, staff, students, trustees, and friends.
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The Opening Convocation ceremony officially marks the beginning of the academic year at SPU. Here faculty members file in to join a packed crowd of students and staff members for this year’s event. |
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