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[Adjunct Faculty](https://www.glcc.edu/contact/staff-directory/cat/Adjunct-Faculty/) - [Map & Directions](https://www.glcc.edu/map-directions/) Search for: # the-presidents-pen [![Social Justice](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/socialjustice.jpg?width=700&name=socialjustice.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-social-justice) ## [The President's Pen: Social Justice](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-social-justice) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | April 19th, 2013 | Categories: [The President's Pen](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/the-presidents-pen) It is interesting to me how particular we are when it comes supporting various causes. On our campus we have seen a growing interest in matters concerning social justice. It has been great to see\[...\] [Read More](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-social-justice) 0 Comments [![God Is Love](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Love1.jpg?width=700&name=Love1.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-god-is-love) ## [The President's Pen: God Is Love](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-god-is-love) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | April 5th, 2013 | Categories: [The President's Pen](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/the-presidents-pen) One of my favorite cartoon characters is Pepe LePew. For those too young to know or too old to remember, he is the persistent romantic skunk of Warner Brothers fame. Cartoon after cartoon shows him\[...\] [Read More](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-god-is-love) 0 Comments [![Puzzle Pieces](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Puzzle.jpg?width=700&name=Puzzle.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-puzzle-pieces) ## [The President's Pen: Puzzle Pieces](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-puzzle-pieces) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | March 22nd, 2013 | Categories: [The President's Pen](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/the-presidents-pen) You’ve seen the commercials since the first of the year. They are the before and after ads where you have people who look like me before their diet and then who look like Daniel Craig after. The\[...\] [Read More](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-puzzle-pieces) 0 Comments [![Cut Flowers](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Cutflower.jpg?width=700&name=Cutflower.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-cut-flowers) ## [The President's Pen: Cut Flowers](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-cut-flowers) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | March 8th, 2013 | Categories: [The President's Pen](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/the-presidents-pen) Elton Trueblood in his book, “The Predicament of Modern Man”, writes, “The terrible danger of our time consists in the fact that ours is a cut flower civilization. Beautiful as cut flowers may be,\[...\] [Read More](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-cut-flowers) 0 Comments [![Open Eyes](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/OpenedEyes.jpg?width=700&name=OpenedEyes.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-open-eyes) ## [The President's Pen: Open Eyes](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-open-eyes) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | February 22nd, 2013 | Categories: [The President's Pen](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/the-presidents-pen) [Read More](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-open-eyes) 0 Comments [![Let's Get Real](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Sin.jpg?width=700&name=Sin.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-lets-get-real) ## [The President's Pen: Let's Get Real](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-lets-get-real) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | February 8th, 2013 | Categories: [The President's Pen](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/the-presidents-pen) After reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s recent biography I felt compelled to pull his books back off the shelf and read them again. It has been years since I was challenged by his writings. I started\[...\] [Read More](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-lets-get-real) 0 Comments [![Evil](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Evil.jpg?width=700&name=Evil.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-the-problem-of-evil) ## [The President's Pen: The Problem of Evil](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-the-problem-of-evil) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | January 25th, 2013 | Categories: [The President's Pen](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/the-presidents-pen) Andrew Delbanco, in his book, *The Death of Satan: How Americans Have Lost the Sense of Evil*, wrote that "a gulf has opened up in our culture between the visibility of evil and the intellectual\[...\] [Read More](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-the-problem-of-evil) 0 Comments [![5 Most Influential Books of 2012](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Books-1024x512.jpg?width=700&name=Books-1024x512.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-5-most-influential-books-of-2012) ## [The President's Pen: 5 Most Influential Books of 2012](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-5-most-influential-books-of-2012) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | December 28th, 2012 | Categories: [The President's Pen](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/the-presidents-pen) [Read More](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-5-most-influential-books-of-2012) 0 Comments [![Character](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Character-667x1024.jpg?width=700&name=Character-667x1024.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-character) ## [The President's Pen: Character](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-character) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | November 20th, 2012 | Categories: [The President's Pen](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/the-presidents-pen) It seems everyone wants to be a victim these days. 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