Conversation at the annual conference of InterVarsity’s Black Scholars and Professionals (BSAP), 2015. Image courtesy of Boris Collins.
ESN is delighted to share wisdom on continuing in the journey of higher education from Dr. Claudette Ligons, and to highlight the work of InterVarsity’s Black Scholars and Professionals (BSAP). BSAP, a national ministry within InterVarsity, recently hosted its fifth annual conference in Cambridge, MA. Dr. Ligons spoke on persevering and growing in the academic life, a topic very relevant to emerging scholars. Dr. Ligons also has the distinction of a 100% graduation rate among the Ed.D. students she has supported through the dissertation process at Texas Southern University. Today she wraps up her four part series. You can find Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here.
Celebrating Small Victories
I present this final area for your consideration because I think it fosters attitudes of thanksgiving. It is so easy to ignore small victories. Because I recognize that discontentment is really a form of dissatisfaction with the way God is blessing us. It is a form of murmuring whether we speak it or just engage in negative meditation about it. There are good things that happen to us every day! If we’re not careful, we overlook them and reserve the expression of our gratitude for the big stuff. Actually, unless we have learned to be grateful for little, we are not likely to express gratitude for the really big stuff. [Read more…] about Celebrating Small Victories (Strength for the Journey series, Part 4)