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Advent

Prepare: Second Week of Advent (Scholar’s Compass)

December 4, 2016 by Nancy Thomas Leave a Comment

This Advent, Nan Thomas will share four Sunday reflections with us on these themes: hope, prepare, watch, and rejoice. Nan is deeply thoughtful about spiritual formation, a topic she pursues as an InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries  staff member and as  Associate Director of Faculty Development at Union University. In addition, Nan was part of the founding team that imagined the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) and made it a reality. We're grateful for her ongoing advice and encouragement, and for this Advent … [Read more...] about Prepare: Second Week of Advent (Scholar’s Compass)

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Hope: First Week of Advent (Scholar’s Compass)

November 27, 2016 by Nancy Thomas Leave a Comment

This Advent, Nan Thomas will share four Sunday reflections with us on these themes: hope, prepare, watch, and rejoice. Nan is deeply thoughtful about spiritual formation, a topic she pursues as an InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries  staff member and as  Associate Director of Faculty Development at Union University. In addition, Nan was part of the founding team that imagined the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) and made it a reality. We're grateful for her ongoing advice and encouragement, and for this Advent … [Read more...] about Hope: First Week of Advent (Scholar’s Compass)

Filed Under: Advent, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: Advent, Advent 2016, hope, Scholar's Compass

Earth, Strike Up Your Music: Christmas Eve

December 24, 2015 by ESN Announce Leave a Comment

During the Christmas season  this year, the Emerging Scholars Network is  posting works by Christina Rossetti. As  a thoughtful poet who engaged deeply with faith, Rossetti wrote a number of poems about the church calendar. Her imagery is rich and thoughtful, and  we hope this poetry helps you to reflect on what it means to celebrate Christ's birth. For material from our archives on Advent click  here. To God be the glory! - Hannah   … [Read more...] about Earth, Strike Up Your Music: Christmas Eve

Filed Under: Devotional Tagged With: Advent, Christina Rossetti, christmas, Christmas Eve

It May Be At the Midnight: Fourth Sunday of Advent

December 20, 2015 by ESN Announce Leave a Comment

During the Sundays of Advent this year, the Emerging Scholars Network is  posting works by Christina Rossetti. As  a thoughtful poet who engaged deeply with faith, Rossetti wrote a number of poems about the church calendar. In the Advent poems we share here, she engages with the traditional idea of Advent as both remembering Christ's first coming and waiting for His second. Her imagery is rich and thoughtful, and  we hope this poetry helps you to reflect on what it means to wait for Christ. For material from our … [Read more...] about It May Be At the Midnight: Fourth Sunday of Advent

Filed Under: Advent, Devotional Tagged With: Advent, Advent 2015, Christina Rossetti

Advent: The Problem of What Matters

December 19, 2015 by David Crews Leave a Comment

Reading Out of the stump of David's family will grow a shoot--- Yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root. -- Isaiah 11:1 … [Read more...] about Advent: The Problem of What Matters

Filed Under: Advent Tagged With: Advent, Advent 2015, dietrich bonhoeffer, God's story, jesus, Messiah, patience, waiting

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