ESN interviews Bryan McGraw, a politics professor at Wheaton, as part of the Faithful Is Successful interview series. Read more…
Pray for Scholar’s Compass in February
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family[c] in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,Read more…
Faithful Is Successful Interview: David E. Lewis and Joshua Swamidass
ESN is partnering with the team that wrote Faithful Is Successful to foster conversation among our Scholar’s Compass writers and the community of Christian scholars and professionals who authored the book. Today, we feature an interview with two of the book’s editors.Read more…
New Series: Scholar’s Compass Interacts with Faithful Is Successful
What does it mean to be successful as an emerging scholar? Early tenure? Prestigious publications? Great course evaluations?Read more…
ESN at Ambition Conference
Going to InterVarsity’s Ambition conference? Craig Gartland, InterVarsity’s National Director of Faculty Ministry, will give a seminar and be available to grab coffee with ESN members after. If you’ll be at the conference, drop us a note or just comeRead more…
ESN Connect: Thanks and Invitation
In this season of thanksgiving, ESN will be running a series of posts celebrating what God has done this year to connect ESN members, and inviting you to participate with us in the work of ESN.Read more…
Prayer for Scholar’s Compass and ESN in November
In this month of thanksgiving, ESN is delighted to thank God for His generosity, and to share some upcoming things we’re excited about. Please join us in thanking God for His goodness and praying with us. Scholar’s Compass Praise forRead more…
Thanks and Prayer for Scholar’s Compass in October
We are profoundly grateful for God’s generosity in the first month of Scholar’s Compass, and for your generosity as writers, readers, and participants with the project. Around 70 writers have expressed interest in working on the project, and we’re alwaysRead more…
Prayers and Call for Science Entries for Scholar’s Compass
We’re deeply grateful for an exciting first week of Scholar’s Compass! Please join us in thanking God and praying for the project. Also, we’ve received an exciting opportunity and are issuing an extra call for science-related devotionals. Scroll down forRead more…
Welcome to Scholar’s Compass
Welcome to Scholar’s Compass, a devotional written for and by scholars.
Scholar’s Compass Monthly Prayer Update
Scholar’s Compass launches tomorrow! We’re deeply grateful for the response to the project so far. First and foremost, we want to thank God for the generous response of so many people who have agreed to write for the project andRead more…
Scholar’s Compass Launches Sunday
Join us Sunday for the first glance at Scholar’s Compass. With our initial theme of Navigating Beginnings, we’ll be exploring the following topics during September: What physics can show us about seeking God’s glory How the Iliad guides us toward hospitalityRead more…
Join Us in Praying for Scholar’s Compass
Many of you generously expressed an interest in praying for Scholar’s Compass, which launches next Sunday (September 7). We’ll be posting prayer requests the first Saturday of each month on the ESN blog, and we’d love for you to readRead more…
Help Scholar’s Compass Connect to Communities
As we’re launching Scholar’s Compass, we’d love to connect with communities who might want to try it out and give us occasional feedback. Do you know any groups of graduate students or professors who might want to try it out?Read more…
Scholar’s Compass: Navigating Themes
ESN’s new devotional for scholars launches September 7, and we’re planning the themes or threads that it will feature across the year. In keeping with our title of Scholar’s Compass, we’ve chosen the idea of navigation to tie these threads together.Read more…
Suggest Themes for Scholar’s Compass
Scholar’s Compass, ESN’s new devotional by and for scholars, is taking shape. We’ll be launching September 8 with posts three times weekly. We’ve had about 55 responses to our survey, and we’re excited to talk more with each of you.Read more…
ESN Devotional Has a Name
Thanks to everyone who commented for giving us so many great name ideas. We were impressed as always with the creativity and thoughtfulness of ESN members. We deeply appreciated your ideas, and may use some of them as theme ideasRead more…
Devotional for Scholars: Prayers and More
We’re deeply excited by the response to the academic devotional so far. Over forty writers in at least five countries have gotten in touch. We’re delighted to hear from so many scholars who want to talk about integrating faith andRead more…
Help ESN Choose a Devotional Name
Thank you so much for your response to our academic devotional survey last week! We’re thrilled to have so many graduate students and faculty participating already, from a wide variety of institutions including state and private universities, engineering institutions, and universitiesRead more…
Help ESN Create a Devotional for Scholars
The Emerging Scholars Network is launching an exciting new writing/community building project [Scholar’s Compass launched Fall 2014], and we’d love for you to participate. If you’re interested, please fill out the survey below or drop us an email. Many ChristianRead more…
Learning Prayer from George Herbert
The milky way, the bird of Paradise, Church-bells beyond the stars heard, the soul’s blood, The land of spices; something understood. – Description of prayer from George Herbert’s poem Prayer (I) Reflection I certainly didn’t expect it. If someone had toldRead more…
ESN Mentoring Letter — MidWest Faculty Conference
Hannah, Thank-you for offering this letter of encouragement! The faculty with whom I shared your words at Mentoring over the Long Term: Crafting Conversations, a seminar co-led with Terry Gustafson (OSU, Chemistry Professor) at the 2014 MidWest Faculty Conference on TheRead more…
Three Things Christian Scholars Can Learn from Glen East
The virtues, disciplines, and choices of faithful art-making are often similar to the things that sustain faithful scholarship.Read more…
Kairos — from “The Kingdom: Poems for Ordinary Time”
The wheat is full, pushing through the husks, ripe. / It overflows, lacking only / Those who yearn to harvest, / To gather and to give. . . .Read more…