Bethany Bowen-Wefuan shares today's teaching tip. Want to see her other pieces for the blog, including posts on praying for students and thankfulness around graduate exam time? Click here. … [Read more...] about Teaching Tips: Grace and Identity
Thankfulness and Graduate Exams (Scholar’s Compass)
Don't be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:16 -17, NIV … [Read more...] about Thankfulness and Graduate Exams (Scholar’s Compass)
How to Be a Christian Grad Student (Scholar’s Compass)
“Part of the joy inherent in a life of faith is seeing how God's love reflected through us manifests itself in our vocations in different but wholly godly and beautiful ways.” David E. Lewis, “Integrating Faith and Vocation in a Research Career” from Faithfulness is Success: Notes to the Driven Pilgrim Reflection My vivid imagination has created a wonderfully precise image of a Christian graduate student who talks, teaches, writes, and researches with faith, intelligence, and success. She is articulate … [Read more...] about How to Be a Christian Grad Student (Scholar’s Compass)
Scholar’s Compass: Prayerful Pedagogy
The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. -James 5:16b-18 (NIV) Reflection Learning a language is an exciting endeavor–the beginning of an adventure that leads to new relationships, opportunities, and experiences. As a German instructor, I have the privilege of … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: Prayerful Pedagogy