“…the original and authentic meaning of the word “professor” is “one who professes a faith.”  The true professor is not one who controls facts and theories and techniques.  The true professor is one who affirms a transcendent center of truth, a center that lies beyond our contriving, that enters history through the lives of those who profess it and brings us into community with each other and the world.” [113]

-Parker Palmer, To Know as We Are Known