The DePaulia
Holly Jenvey, Staff Writer|December 15, 2020
DePaul’s Faculty Council leadership and President A. Gabriel Esteban are at an impasse on whether to conduct a formal review of Interim Provost Salma Ghanem due to issues of shared governance.
DePaul Newsline sent out an announcement from President Esteban on Nov. 13 revealing that the search for a new provost had begun. With this announcement, Esteban also mentioned that due to the uncertain environment that DePaul is currently operating as a result of Covid-19, a committee of faculty, staff, a student selected by SGA and board members was tasked with conducting a “an exhaustive formal review of the performance of the interim provost to determine if a national search is necessary.”
now, his youtube videos have received more than 40 million hits and it all started with a controversial message. i mean, if religion is so great, why has it started so many wars, why do they build huge churches and fail to feed the poor and a single mom doesn t love them if they had a divorce and jeff bethke stopped by recently to talk about authentic faith. good to have you here. thank you. mike: some people probably look at you and think of you as a modern day prophet like jeremiah calling out religious people for their own sins. how do you see yourself in your role? i see myself as someone who loves jesus and infatuated with his grace and we can add layers on top of him that completely mute and muffle how awesome and beautiful he is. i try to use my gift and what i like to do and hey, can we peel some of those scales back and see who he really is.
[applause] is that the best toast ever? that s the best toast ever. and do you know, that when he came to the party, i said to him, oh, by the way, i said very few people are going to make toasts, but i d love for you to make a toast and like an hour later he made at that toast. mike: it was absolutely fantastic. you ought to be the head of the toast masters, you are so good at itmaurice. thank you, god bless you for being here, what a wonderful and needed story for all of us to have here today in this new year. governor, thank you. mike: thank you, god bless you, thank you. nearly 80% of americans identify themselves as christians. coming up, you re going to meet a young man who says that christianity and religion are two very different things and he s got the internet buzzing with his videos. youtube sensation, jeff bethke is next. what s droid-smart ?
black and your message is much better than rebecca black s song was ever going to be. obviously, you struck a nerve with people. and tell me what you hope to achieve long-term? yeah, long-term goal i have a huge heart for discipleship, and we can get people to raise their hands for jesus, but mine is to look at the demographics and disciples across the nation. mike: i commend you, it s so unique and fresh and original to hear someone taking on the institutions, including that of organized religion, but not being against it, but being for it to be authentic. yeah. mike: i think all of us want that. jeff, a real delight to have you. thank you. mike: thank you, very very much. [applause] our landing time got moved back another hour.