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Loving Your Spouse, Kids (And Anyone, Really) While You’re Still In School—Part 1

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Bryan Stoudt begins a new series today.  Bryan is the author of one of ESN's widely visited posts, Advent Awakening: How the Story of the Wise Men Can Transform our Worship Once Again. He also blogs regularly at  http://www.bryanstoudt.com/.   Part 1: On Caring for Your Family During Grad School (Scholar's Compass) Shoot. As I heard the front door open from my basement study, I grew frustrated. I've been reading and studying all day and there's still SO much more to do. “Hey, honey, I'm home!” I heard my wife's … [Read more...] about Loving Your Spouse, Kids (And Anyone, Really) While You’re Still In School—Part 1

Aesthetic Experience and the Existence of God (Scholar’s Compass)

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Reflection Recently I found myself reading excerpts from James Sire's book, Apologetics Beyond Reason. (You can read ESN's review here). As someone with a literature background myself, I found Sire's description of the purpose of literature, and an aesthetic experience through great literature as a pointer to the transcendent, very interesting. Sire says “When we read great literature’we are lifted out of ourselves into another world.” When we have an aesthetic experience through such literature, we have “direct … [Read more...] about Aesthetic Experience and the Existence of God (Scholar’s Compass)

Not What I’d Planned (Scholar’s Compass)

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My flesh and my heart may fail but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. - Psalm 73:26 Reflection Chronic illness is not what I'd planned. Chronic illness is not the path I would've chosen. Yet chronic illness is the laboratory where I'm learning to be a better wife, mother, daughter, professor, and friend. … [Read more...] about Not What I’d Planned (Scholar’s Compass)