Yesterday, I took a look back at the past year of the ESN blog. Today, I want to get your thoughts about where we go for the coming year. Way back in May 2009, Tom and I put together some thoughts on what we would blog about. Here's what we came up with: Academic vocation and calling: What's the nature of the academic life? What's the nature of the university – its systems, assumptions, problems, glories? And why would a person (specifically, a follower of Christ) follow an academic vocation? Does a Christian … [Read more...] about The Year Ahead: Your Thoughts?
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Looking Back: Top Posts, Stats, Pretty Tag Cloud
For InterVarsity staff, summer is a time to look back on the past academic year and prepare our plans for the coming year. I thought it might be good to do the same here on the ESN blog. Tomorrow, I'm going to ask what you think we ought to write about for the coming year, but today, I'm taking a look back. Above: A word cloud of the ESN Blog's most common tags, created with Wordle. Our most popular articles over the past year reflected a variety of our top interests: graduate school, spiritual formation, living … [Read more...] about Looking Back: Top Posts, Stats, Pretty Tag Cloud
Annual Membership Survey [Closed]
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]
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