The Emerging Scholars Network Book Club is back! This fall, you are invited to join other ESN members in a discussion of Chris Rice's From Pandemic to Renewal. The book club will meet Wednesday evenings for an hour at 8 pm ET from October 11 through December 6 (skipping the Wednesday before Thanksgiving). For those who sign up for the book club, we will send you a free copy of the book. The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in profound changes and disruptions to all of our lives. Anxiety rates are at record highs as … [Read more...] about Emerging Scholars Network Fall Book Club
Christian Thought and Practice
Pilgrimage Practices (#3): Place
In anticipation of the next Via Divina online pilgrimage, The Harmony Way, pilgrimage director Jamie Noyd will be sharing six spiritual practices of pilgrims over the next weeks before The Harmony Way begins on October 14. This is the third in the series. Visit the landing page for The Harmony Way for more information and to register. Sacred places and their stories draw us to pilgrimage. Traveling to that place, you become more aware of the other places through which you are walking. Centuries of … [Read more...] about Pilgrimage Practices (#3): Place
Summary and Reflection: A Life Observed
Gregory Rummo has offered several reviews to ESN on books by C.S. Lewis. Here he summarizes the life of Lewis, based on a recent "spiritual biography" by Devin Brown (Brazos Press, 2013), and offers his own reflections on the life of this man, who for so many of us exemplifies what it means to be a scholar Christian. SUMMARY Infant and Child (1898 - 1908) Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast, Ireland on November 29, 1898, at the end of the Victorian era into a world that “resembled the world of the Middle … [Read more...] about Summary and Reflection: A Life Observed
Pilgrimage Practices (#2): Walking
In anticipation of the next Via Divina online pilgrimage, The Harmony Way, pilgrimage director Jamie Noyd will be sharing six spiritual practices of pilgrims over the next weeks before The Harmony Way begins on October 14. This is the second in the series. Visit the landing page for The Harmony Way for more information and to register. Walking is a key element of pilgrimage. This may be walking a route such as the Camino de Santiago for hundreds of miles. It may involve walking around a sacred site … [Read more...] about Pilgrimage Practices (#2): Walking
Fall 2023 through Winter 2024 ESN Conversations
We are thrilled with the ESN Conversations we have lined up for this fall and winter. Our topics range from the philosophy of personalism, to dispensationalism, to re-envisioning the church and rethinking the police. That's just our fall schedule. For December, we focus on a new book on Christmas; as the new year begins we will focus on living a non-anxious life; and then in February we'll have a conversation about re-constructing faith. We wanted to let you know so you could plan your schedule or even gather a group of … [Read more...] about Fall 2023 through Winter 2024 ESN Conversations