Update: The membership survey is now closed. Thanks for your feedback! If you're an ESN member, you should have gotten our annual membership survey in your inbox this morning. Your feedback is important to us - it helps know how we're doing, and shapes our future plans. For example, our gathering earlier this year in Southern California was inspired by ESN members who said they wanted more chances to meet face-to-face in last year's survey. To say thanks for taking the time to give us your thoughts, we're going to … [Read more...] about Annual Membership Survey [Closed]
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Memorial Day
The ESN blog is taking a break for Memorial Day. If you're in the US, may I recommend going to a small-town parade (or two, in out case) and getting together for a cookout with friends? I also hope that you'll take some time to visit a cemetery or other special place to remember loved ones and meditate on Christ's victory over the grave. … [Read more...] about Memorial Day
Introducing Janine Giordano, our guest blogger for May
It is my pleasure to introduce Janine Giordano, who will be joining the Emerging Scholars Blog for a special series this month. Janine is an advanced graduate student in the University of Illinois Department of History, working on a PhD dissertation titled Between Religion and Politics: The Working Class Religious Left, 1886-1936. Janine has been a member of ESN for several years, as well as a leader in the UofI Graduate Christian Fellowship. Her review of the recent book Rising Road: A True Tale of Love, Race, and … [Read more...] about Introducing Janine Giordano, our guest blogger for May
Book Club Post Later Today
Normally, we here at the Emerging Scholars Blog like to get our posts up first thing the morning, so that you (our loyal reader) can enjoy some reading while you have your morning coffee and delay checking your email. Well, the best laid plans etc. etc. This week's ESN Book Club post on Chapter Four, "What Difference Could It Possibly Make?", will be up later this afternoon. Thanks for your patience! (Assuming, of course, that you are being patient. If not, I've got some Bible studies you could read....) … [Read more...] about Book Club Post Later Today
New Schedule and the Return of the Week in Review
I hope your summer has gone well, and that the new school year is an exciting time for you. Starting next week, we are changing our post schedule slightly. For a while now, we've been posting on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. That has bothered the symmetrical side of our natures, so starting next week, new Emerging Scholars Blog posts will come your way on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Our usual schedule will be for me to post on Monday, Tom on Wednesday, and our new-and-improved Week-in-Review will go up … [Read more...] about New Schedule and the Return of the Week in Review