Kevin Grant
Name: Kevin Grant
Position: Director, The Learning Center.
Education: Biola, B.A. Radio/TV/Film; Azusa Pacific, M.Ed. Student Development; Biola, Ed.D. Educational Studies (in progress).
At Biola since: 2002
Your StrengthsFinder top five? Competition, Focus, Activator, Belief, Responsibility.
1. What do you do in your job (briefly)? Oversee all student disability accommodations (physical, learning, psychological), College Study Skill/EXCEL programming, and student tutoring endeavors.
2. The five (or so) most influential books you've read: Aside from the Bible:
• The Wounded Healer - Henry Nouwen;
• Wild at Heart - John Eldredge;
• Calvin & Hobbes - Bill Watterson;
• StrengthsQuest - Donald Clifton & Edward "Chip" Anderson.
3. A guilty pleasure:
Cooking with gourmet ingredients (Penzey's Spices, nice cheese, fresh seafood).
4. If God put you completely in charge of creating Heaven, what would it be like? There would be a baseball diamond, a soccer pitch, and an ice hockey rink; there would be a huge video screen that would make Imax look like an ipod screen on which you could replay any of the great moments from history (the parting of the Red Sea, creation, earth opening up and swallowing evil people).
5. What movie/TV/book have you seen in the last year that you wish all your friends could see? Invisible Children.
6. If you could relive any part of your life, what part would it be, and why? My Sr. Year of high school, I was a head case and was depressed for most of the year. I ruined a bunch of memories that should have been great (especially my senior baseball season).
7. What is the most risky thing you want to try doing? Buy a motorcycle.
8. What is keeping you from doing it? My wife said no and that's not a hill I want to die on (no pun intended).
9. What are five things you are most thankful for in your life right now? Aside from salvation, my health, family, freedom and other altruistic endeavors...
1. My hockey skates,
2. The fall season: cool air, warm drinks, ginger snaps, fireplaces, jackets;
3. Our small group;
4. My senses (taste, sight, smell, hearing, touch) to enjoy/experience the world;
5. Early morning walks with my dog at the park
10. In difficult times, who would you most want praying for you? Our small group and my two best friends.
11. What was the greatest peer pressure you felt as a teen/college student? To take shortcuts. Sometimes the process is more important than the end result.
12. What is your definition of success? Being excellent at what we do; doing things right not just getting them done.
13. What are the most important things you look for when choosing a church? Vitality, a sense of life and relevance. Also, my wife and I are both musical so a solid worship experience (musicianship and theology) is a necessary component as well.
14. What is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen? For now, I can't think of anything that tops Yosemite. We'll be exploring British Columbia next summer and I've heard it's pretty amazing... we'll see.
15. In what areas of your life is it most difficult to trust God? Control.
16. What does contentment mean to you? How close are you to that, now? I'm not a very content person, I don't think I ever want to be content. To me, contentment is a feeling of being "done" and no room for improvement or ambivalence toward the need/recognition of improvement. I always strive to move forward, make things better, more efficient, and live new adventures. I don't think I could ever fully "retire" either. Just watch, I'll be 85 and still working (although by then it will be as an usher at Angel Stadium or driving the train at Disneyland).
