InterVarsity's Faculty Ministry is hosting a Summer Series providing weekly devotions and opportunities for spiritual direction and prayer. If you regularly receive the monthly newsletters Scholar's Journey or Campus Calling - you are already signed up and will receive weekly emails in July and August. If you don't receive those newsletters and would like to sign up, you can do so here: http://eepurl.com/jhA3R-/. _________________________________________________________________________________ Pilgrim … [Read more...] about Following Jesus Together on Campus
ESN Focus Groups – Sign Up and Share Your Ideas!
The Emerging Scholars Network wants to hear and learn from you! As we seek to live out the vision of developing scholars following Jesus together, we want to know what this looks like in today’s environment – both for scholars seeking an academic position and those looking to work outside the academy. How can ESN best support the ongoing formation of scholars as followers of Jesus and as thriving scholars, whether that’s online or on campus? Here's how you can help. Pray for fruitful conversations and wisdom … [Read more...] about ESN Focus Groups – Sign Up and Share Your Ideas!
Sharing the Scholar’s Journey
Summer Reading and Writing Group for Emerging Scholars This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” - Jeremiah 6:16 Join other emerging scholars (grad students, post-docs, early career faculty) to walk in the good way this summer as we engage in community, spiritual formation, and faith/scholarship integration while on the scholars’ journey. discuss short readings share your own … [Read more...] about Sharing the Scholar’s Journey
Encouraging One Another
Last summer as I walked along the Camino de Santiago I was grateful for many companions. First, there were the four women with whom I was walking. Each day we paired off based on our pace and our souls. Many times I chose to walk behind in solitude. Yet, I was thankful after several hours of silence that someone was there to walk together again. Then new companions crossed my path each day, most for only a few minutes or an hour. There was one woman we ran into four or more times over our week-long pilgrimage who … [Read more...] about Encouraging One Another
The Work of Our Hands
In our way along the scholar’s journey, there often isn’t much time to stop and consider how the work of our hands is sacred. The writing of our theses. The questions we ask in research. The pedagogy we follow in our classrooms. Yet, all of these elements of our work are part of God’s world and God invites us to see them through his eyes. So, what does it mean for the Lord to establish the work of our hands as we hear the psalmist pray in Psalm 90? Especially when that work is scholarship? Last year I began to … [Read more...] about The Work of Our Hands