ESN Resources, Spring 2020: Epiphany, Prayers for Academic Fields, Small Group Resources

Happy New Year! As you look forward to a new year and semester, we wanted to share some resources from ESN for Epiphany and the Spring 2020 semester. If you’re celebrating the church year and looking for material to help you reflect, browse our church calendar resources for the season below. Check out our Spring 2020 invitation to write prayers for academic fields if you’re looking ahead to our new spring content, or browse our options for Spring 2020 small group material (which also makes for great reading on your own). -Hannah Eagleson, ESN Associate Director

Epiphany/Church Calendar Resources

Reflecting on Epiphany and the church calendar this week? Browse these posts.

Christina Rossetti on Epiphany

Preparing for Epiphany by Mark Hansard

The Baptism of the Lord by Micheal Hickerson

Upcoming Series: Prayers for Academic Fields

One need we have seen as we support emerging scholars is finding prayers that address the challenges and joys of a particular academic field. Help us fill that need by sending us a prayer for academic fields, or just enjoy what your colleagues write for our upcoming spring series.

Submit a prayer: Guidelines and Details Here

Example: A Prayer for Those Studying the Social Sciences

Small Group Material Options for Spring Semester 2020

Is your small group looking for material to use together in the Spring 2020 Semester? One of these ESN-curated resources may help. 

Weekly Worship/Meditation Resources for Graduate & Faculty Groups (free online resource, originally curated in 2018)

Faith & Science Small Group Discussion Guide (book, hard copy and ebook versions available)

Hannah Eagleson

Hannah Eagleson is Interim Associate Director of InterVarsity’s Emerging Scholars Network (ESN). She launched and still edits ESN's collaboratively written devotional for academics, Scholar's Compass. Hannah also crafts other community-building events and materials for ESN. She holds a PhD in English literature from the University of Delaware, and an MA from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD. she’s working on a novel about a dragon who gave up fending off knights to become a tea importer in eighteenth-century England.

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