During Holy Week, the ESN blog will have a reduced posting schedule to honor the local observances many readers will be attending. We will share writing and art from Christian experience as one way of engaging with Christ's work for us. For Palm Sunday, we invite you to join with God's children in this hymn. When His Salvation Bringing … [Read more...] about Palm Sunday
Archives for March 2015
Faithful Is Successful: Interview with Howard Louthan
ESN continues its series of interviews with authors of Faithful Is Successful, with Esther Harris interviewing Howard Louthan. You can read Esther's previous post on Howard's chapter in Faithful Is Successful here. In fall 2015 Howard Louthan and his wife Andrea Sterk will be assuming new positions at the University of Minnesota. They both previously taught history at the University of Florida. Howard specializes in the cultural and intellectual history of Renaissance and Reformation Europe with a particular … [Read more...] about Faithful Is Successful: Interview with Howard Louthan
Academic Justice? (Scholar’s Compass)
Memory Verse Seek justice, protect the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow. Isaiah 1:17 Reflection My wife said it was not going to be easy. I knew she was right. She was referring to my current research. I am interviewing persons with disabilities in Uganda. My wife and I have lived in Uganda since 2008 so we are aware of the challenges people face here. We also know that challenges are especially intense among Ugandans with disabilities. … [Read more...] about Academic Justice? (Scholar’s Compass)
Miracles: A Donkey and His King
This is the fourth in a 5 week series exploring the relationship between miracles and science. See this Science Corner post for a prelude, this post for part 1, this post for part 2, and this post for part 3. Three weeks ago, we started our exploration of miracles by looking at how human monarchs influence our perception of God as king. Then, we considered the metaphor of the law as it relates to our understanding of the natural world, and explored how the ideas of will and of grace might be used to frame a … [Read more...] about Miracles: A Donkey and His King
Staying Faithful to the Hidden Life (Scholar’s Compass)
Note: All quotations taken from the essay “Staying Faithful” by Howard Louthan, unless otherwise noted. Howard Louthan's chapter in Faithful Is Successful: Notes To The Driven Pilgrim explores what it means to stay faithful to God in an academic calling. It is an honest reflection on the challenges he has encountered as both an academic historian and as a Christian. … [Read more...] about Staying Faithful to the Hidden Life (Scholar’s Compass)