Last week, to celebrate the launch of the new EmergingScholars.org, we announced we were giving away 5 copies of Greg Jao's new book, Your Mind's Mission. We have collected the entries and randomly chosen our winners: Angelica Daniel Sophia Gerald John Congratulations! We'll be in touch by email to arrange delivery. If you didn't win, you'll have some additional chances. We will be holding some additional giveaways here on the blog between now and Christmas. We will also have a drawing to win Greg's … [Read more...] about The Winners of Your Mind’s Mission
About ESN
Announcing the New ESN Website (and a Chance to Win a Free Book)!
The Emerging Scholars Network has a new website! We invite you to visit and explore. To celebrate the launch of the new Emerging Scholars Network website, we're offering you the chance to win one of 5 copies of Your Mind's Mission, the new book from InterVarsity national field director (and Urbana 12 emcee) Greg Jao! This book, part of the new Urbana Onward series, explores God's invitation to love him with our mind. We've just published an excerpt from Your Mind's Mission on the new ESN website. Take a few … [Read more...] about Announcing the New ESN Website (and a Chance to Win a Free Book)!
Will You Partner with ESN?
This year has been a time of transition for the Emerging Scholars Network, and one more transition —the end of our fiscal year —is approaching soon. InterVarsity's fiscal year wraps up at the end of this month, and we'd like you to consider partnering with ESN with a financial contribution between now and June 30. As you probably know, ESN encourages and equips the next generation of Christian scholars. How do we do this? Mentoring: We help connect younger scholars with those who have gone before them. We also … [Read more...] about Will You Partner with ESN?
Announcing Good News for ESN
As regular readers know, I stepped down from my role as Associate Director of the Emerging Scholars Network at the end of December. We didn't need to look far for my replacement —Tom Grosh has been appointed as ESN's next Associate Director, beginning his official duties on July 1. When I first joined InterVarsity staff, several people recommended Tom as someone who not only believed in the idea and mission of ESN, but was actually working to build ESN on the ground. When we launched the Emerging Scholars Blog in … [Read more...] about Announcing Good News for ESN
Top Read Posts of 2011
Periodically, we like to look back to see what our most popular posts have been. We did this in 2009, in July 2010, and again last December. You can also see a running log of our top posts. Popularity isn't everything, but Tom and I like to keep tabs on what generates interest and spurs conversation. Here are the most popular posts we published this past year. Jesus Didn't Choose Scholars’ (which was also our most commented-upon post of the year) What I Wish I'd Known: Balancing Life and Graduate School … [Read more...] about Top Read Posts of 2011