Glenn Deckert's career as a university professor has taken him to teaching assignments in various parts of the world. In a series of three articles, he will discuss how academic professionals committed to the mission of Jesus have opportunities for witness in places traditional missions cannot reach. In this article, Deckert traces the history of this approach from Moses through Jesus to Paul and others in the early Christian movement. ____________________ The New Testament gospels feature a startling development … [Read more...] about Working Abroad With Purpose: Enterprising Opportunities for Emerging Professionals
Academic Vocations
Teaching for Integration: Faith & Your Field in the Classroom
We're delighted to welcome Dr. Robbie Fox Castleman to the blog today to share some ideas on connecting faith and your field in the classroom. Dr. Castleman is a professor at John Brown University and an InterVarsity Press author. She has also served in InterVarsity area and national directorships. This article is taken, in part, from an address to faculty at John Brown University, 2019. Teachers, from pre-school to post-docs are a very brave lot. James cautions the early church, “Not many of you should become … [Read more...] about Teaching for Integration: Faith & Your Field in the Classroom
Vocation and the Christian Academic: The Series and Resources
For the past five weeks, we've run a series on vocation. This series was first developed by the Graduate and Faculty Ministry team in the Ohio Valley and we thank that team and the overall editor Robin Capcara for allowing us to post this wonderful resource. In this post we are providing links for each of the five articles in the series to make it easier for individuals and groups to use. Each post includes discussion questions. We are also including Robin's Introduction, Afterword, and Resources for Further … [Read more...] about Vocation and the Christian Academic: The Series and Resources
Vocation: Discerning the Work to Which God is Calling Me
Over the last posts we have considered the big picture of vocation. But there still remains the question of discerning our unique calling within the big picture of God's call for all his people and all of life. Jeremy Hatfield explores the whole matter of discernment--our gifted passions, the world's needs, and how we listen to God as we make specific choices about our work. ______________________________________ Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a … [Read more...] about Vocation: Discerning the Work to Which God is Calling Me
Vocation: A Calling to Life and Not Just Work
Our calling is to more than our work. In the fourth part of our series on vocation, Jamie Noyd directs our attention to the multiple callings upon our lives reflecting our different roles. But how might we live a seamless rather than fragmented and frazzled life pursuing these multiple callings? It comes in understanding the greater story within which we live. _______________________________________________________ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it … [Read more...] about Vocation: A Calling to Life and Not Just Work