A taste of the resources I've been engaging for the upcoming "Social Media Workshop: Communications and Community" (Post Graduate & Faculty Ministries Staff Team Mtgs, 3/27/2015). Pray for workshop preparations. And please do not hesitate to share your top articles/insights :) https://storify.com/esnivcf/social-media … [Read more...] about Engaging Social Media
Archives for March 2015
Prayers for Graduate and Faculty Team Meetings
ESN has an exciting opportunity to join with other InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministry (GFM) Staff Members this week in Chicago. As we gather for our annual team meetings, we ask for your prayers: That we would find new ways to support campus chapters of GFM as they minister to emerging scholars. That we would be able to share Scholar's Compass with GFM Staff Members who can use it on campus. That all members of GFM would experience the deep fellowship of Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Father. … [Read more...] about Prayers for Graduate and Faculty Team Meetings
Ruth: An Unexpected Story (Scholar’s Compass)
Jamie Noyd continues her series on what scholars can learn from the Book of Ruth. And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” - Ruth 2:2 Reflection To some extent I'm sure most of our departments and universities meet some of the expectations we had at the outset. The Master of Arts program is challenging and provides opportunities to engage with favorite writers. Our advisors … [Read more...] about Ruth: An Unexpected Story (Scholar’s Compass)
Faithful Is Successful: Interview with Matthew Cabeen
ESN continues its series of interviews with authors of Faithful Is Successful, chatting with Matthew Cabeen about career/family life balance. You can read Daniel Roeber's post on Matthew Cabeen's Faithful Is Successful essay here. Matthew Cabeen is a postdoctoral fellow of the Jane Coffin Childs Foundation studying in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University. He studies bacterial community behavior in Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the laboratory of Prof. Richard Losick. … [Read more...] about Faithful Is Successful: Interview with Matthew Cabeen
Re-Interpreting Our Explanation Systems (Scholar’s Compass)
Image: Job Talks to God Drawing on her experience as lecturer and head of the Mission department at West Africa Theological Seminary in Lagos, Nigeria, Chinyere Priest contributes to our Lent justice series with further reflections on how our explanation systems can be just or unjust, empathetic or lacking empathy. Read Chinyere's previous ESN reflections on pursuing justice as a Christian academic here. If you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent, then, free of fault, … [Read more...] about Re-Interpreting Our Explanation Systems (Scholar’s Compass)