Integration Within One's Self

"What is a Christ-centered Organization or University?" by David L. McKenna is very similar to another article that I wrote about earlier, which discussed the importance of integration of faith and learning.  McKenna focuses more on the importance of students insuring their own integration at school.

Here at Montreat, every student is required to take a class based on the integration of faith and learning, IS 102.  In this class we discuss the importance of knowing what your worldview as well as integrating your faith and learning as you see fit.  This class was really important for me coming in as a freshmen and not knowing fully what integration looked like.  It lines up with what McKenna has to say to some extent.

Both have the idea that integration of faith and learning lies primarily in the hands of the student.  One must choose how much they want their faith to be integrated into their learning.  In IS 102 we learned that one can integrate their faith into their learning by simply centering their papers, class assignments, and homework around Christ and their integration can end there.  We also learned that one can go deeper than that with their faith integration.  One can completely dive in and integrate their faith in every aspect of their college careers.  They can be intentional in their relationships and strive to seek out God in all they do.  This is ideal and what we should try to do.