ABSTRACT
The more I teach, the more I learn that teaching is a prophetic vocation. It demands of us allegiance to integrity of vision and belief in the face of those who would either seek to silence, censor, or discredit our words. In Jim Wallis's book The Soul of Politics he maintains that the prophetic vocations require us to be “bold in telling the truth and ready to uphold an alternative vision—one that enables people to imagine new possibilities.” The prophetic dimension of teaching is the least recognized in our nation.
