Missing Books and Culture? Want to have awesome conversations about literature and faith? Wishing you could hang out in a cool Christian study center this spring? Our friends at Upper House, a Christian study center in Madison, Wisconsin, have a way to address all three of those longings. John Wilson of Books and Culture will be a panel moderator at Upper House's literary symposium on April 7, an event designed to gather Christians across the region for thoughtful conversations in an amazing space. Browse … [Read more...] about Reimagining the Sacred & the Cool: A Literary Symposium (Highlighting Community)
The Purpose of Education
Writing as a Spiritual Discipline: Limits and Creation
Today ESN launches a new Spring 2017 series on Writing As a Spiritual Discipline. At various points throughout the spring semester, authors in a variety of disciplines will share how they experience writing as part of their spiritual lives. Brandon Spun starts off the series today. See Brandon's previous ESN reflection on hospitality here. What do the films Funny Farm, Throw Mamma from the Train, and The Shining have in common? They each feature writer's block as a central motif. Writer's block is a … [Read more...] about Writing as a Spiritual Discipline: Limits and Creation
Book Review: Undisciplining Knowledge, by Harvey J. Graff
Undisciplining Knowledge: Interdisciplinarity in the Twentieth Century, Harvey J. Graff. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015. Summary: This is a historical study of interdisciplinary efforts in universities, looking at successive efforts in the twentieth century and considering the location of such “interdisciplines”, the relationships between disciplines, and the organization of interdisciplinary efforts. … [Read more...] about Book Review: Undisciplining Knowledge, by Harvey J. Graff
Peace, Beauty, Relationships: Teenage reflections on the MidWest Faculty Ministry Conference
It's about time for a follow-up to The End of Higher Ed —Update #1 and what a joy to have one of my talented teenage daughters looking for the opportunity :) If you have a story to share about one of this summer's faculty conferences, please be in touch with me. Thank-you! ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director, Emerging Scholars Network Peace and Beauty . . . The air grew crisp and it was so incredibly quiet... It wasn't until we arrived at the lake that we realized it may not be the city at all that seemed … [Read more...] about Peace, Beauty, Relationships: Teenage reflections on the MidWest Faculty Ministry Conference
The End of Higher Ed — Update #1
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets. -- Matthew 22:37-40 What a joy for our whole family to participate in the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship MidWest Faculty Ministry Conference. A shout out to Bob Trube for his superb directing of the conference and the InterVarsity staff … [Read more...] about The End of Higher Ed — Update #1