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“Students are souls, they are not widgets,”
Johnson said quoting U.S. Senator and author
Ben Sasse of Nebraska. “Souls are complicated,
complex individuals so I think the challenges are
as equally complex. I don’t think we value the
wonder of a human life and soul when we try to
reduce these problems to a few things.”
For Johnson, tackling the challenges are part of a
calling that began at CIU with an education from
a biblical worldview.
“In all of life, CIU taught me to be very intentional
and committed to a biblical worldview, whether
that be in the family, whether that be in my work
as a teacher,” Johnson said. “That really shaped
who I am, even when I was in the classroom,
I knew that I had to be intentional about my
classroom philosophy and view of the world. I had
to be very deliberate about it.”
Johnson calls his job “messy” at times. But
he keeps things in perspective with one of his
favorite Bible verses, 1 Chronicles 29:11, which
concludes: “We adore you as the one who is over
all things.”
“Part of the joy of that adoration is a sense of
calling and purpose. This is such a privilege.”
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Dr. Michael Johnson in 2016
(Photo by Graelyn Brasher, courtesy of
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