Have you ever been on the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) blog or social media and thought, ESN needs to write an article on…? You are probably right! But I wonder if it has occurred to you that you may be the person to write that article. After all, it did occur to you that an […]
Academic Freedom and the Freedom of the Christian Academic
Bob Trube, the Director of the Emerging Scholars Network, offers this reflection on academic freedom and Christian freedom as an “op-ed” for the ESN community, welcoming both comment and consideration of how then we might live in this contentious time. _______________ The Chronicle of Higher Education posted an article this week titled “Academic Freedom Is […]
The Other Pandemic
Amid another wave of COVID-19, university administrators are preparing for another pandemic as students return to university campuses. “We have a mental health pandemic inside of the COVID-19 pandemic right now,” according to Dr. Bern Melnyk, Ohio State’s Chief Wellness Officer and Dean of the College of Nursing. Another university administrator acknowledged efforts to hire […]
Vocation: Work and the Missio Dei
In Part Two of our series on Vocation, developed by the GFM Ohio Valley Team, Bob Trube (formerly Senior Area Director for the GFM Ohio Valley Team), explores how we may think about our work against the backdrop of God’s purposes and God’s work, or mission, in the world. _____________________________________________________ The story in which we […]
Event Announcement: In Search of Shalom: Race, Justice, and Immigration
Sunday, February 21 7:00-8:30pm ET / 6-7:30pm CT / 4:00-5:30pm PT This month we will discuss what racial justice in immigration looks like, so that we can continue to seek justice and restore Shalom! We are honored to have Immigration Attorney Elket Rodríguez of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Fellowship Southwest, and Dean Kevin R. Johnson, Professor of Public Interest Law […]