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Academics as Mission

Director’s Corner: Meeting the Challenge of Double Work

January 26, 2020 by Bob Trube Leave a Comment

Do you ever feel like you have two jobs, excelling in your field and figuring out how it all relates to your calling to follow Christ? At ESN, we work hard to support Christian academics in bringing the two together. ESN Director Bob Trube reflects on this key challenge/opportunity for Christian scholars in Director's Corner, our occasional ESN blog series where Bob distills his observations and offers ideas and resources to encourage our readers. Few of us like the idea of double work. Yet it has been suggested … [Read more...] about Director’s Corner: Meeting the Challenge of Double Work

Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Academics as Mission, Christ and the Academy, Life in the Academy, Vocation Tagged With: Director's Corner, faith/work integration for academics, vocation

New Series: Why I Appreciate Christian Scholars

February 17, 2017 by Gary Anderson Leave a Comment

This spring semester, ESN is delighted to introduce a new occasional series, "Why I Appreciate Christian Scholars." In this series, we'll hear from believers in many  vocations and walks of life who  want to share an encouraging word on why they value the work of Christians in academic vocations. We launch the series today with a reflection and prayer by Gary Anderson, a Gordon-Conwell seminary student and Park Street Church pastoral intern with a  background in business. “In everything set them an example by … [Read more...] about New Series: Why I Appreciate Christian Scholars

Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Academics as Mission, Christ and the Academy, Life in the Academy, Prayer, Prayer, Resources for ESN Members Tagged With: academic vocations, Academics as Mission, Prayer for Christian Scholars, Why I Appreciate Christian Scholars

Giving Thanks: Serving Over 400 Emerging Scholars at Urbana

February 7, 2016 by Hannah Eagleson Leave a Comment

As we plan for 2016, we're deeply heartened by the way emerging scholars participated in the 2015 Urbana Student Missions Conference. We're filled with excitement as we work on ways to provide more mentoring, conferencing, and communal conversation for members in 2016. Stay tuned for more on that, but in the meantime give thanks with us for: … [Read more...] about Giving Thanks: Serving Over 400 Emerging Scholars at Urbana

Filed Under: Academics as Mission, Christ and the Academy, Urbana2015 Tagged With: urbana, urbana student missions conference, urbana15

Partner with ESN: Urbana 2015

May 30, 2015 by ESN Announce Leave a Comment

The  Faithful Is Successful  ESN series. Friendships connecting Christian scholars from the West Coast, the Midwest, the Southeast, and the Northeast. Missional conversations among Christians at secular universities across the United States. What do all these have in common? They're all brought about partly by God's work at Urbana 2012. AND  Urbana 2015 is growing into the best Urbana yet for Christian academics living  missionally in the secular academy.   Through connections created or sustained by Urbana 2012, the … [Read more...] about Partner with ESN: Urbana 2015

Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Academics as Mission, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: donors, ESN Connect, support, urbana, urbana15

On Alert and On Call: Armed Only with His Mind and His Love

September 15, 2014 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

Inspired by a response to  The Urban Resident's series on  Christian Personal Statement  and building upon my  conversation  with Mary Poplin regarding  Is Reality Secular? Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews?  (InterVarsity Press, 2014), I asked Mary to share  a personal statement that describes her calling/vocation as a Christian professor in a secular university.  May you find these words an encouragement as you seek the Lord's insight in  articulating, bearing the marks  of, embodying the call to be a … [Read more...] about On Alert and On Call: Armed Only with His Mind and His Love

Filed Under: Academics as Mission, Christ and the Academy, Is Reality Secular Tagged With: Christian Personal Statement, constructivism, Mary Poplin, mind, personal statement, secular, Transformative Conversations

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