As part of #GivingTuesday, support Hannah Eagleson's editing / writing for ESN. Recently Hannah Eagleson and I chatted with author, musician, and public speaker Andy Crouch about the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN). We focused upon the role of Christians in academia as culture makers. Here's his take on the need for ESN: The health of the university depends on scholars who will devote their lives to research, teaching, and service with excellence, integrity, creativity, and love. We cannot just assume that … [Read more...] about #GivingTuesday: Andy Crouch on the Need for ESN
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Book Review: Playing God, by Andy Crouch
Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power by Andy Crouch (InterVarsity Press, 2013). I think many of us have developed our understanding of power from Lord Acton's axiom: Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. For most of us, that is the end of story and this accounts, at least among many Christians I know, for a deep aversion to anything like the exercise of power. … [Read more...] about Book Review: Playing God, by Andy Crouch
Enter to win: Strong and Weak e-book
Enter a drawing to become one of the five winners of Andy Crouch's new Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing in e-book before the paper copy even hits the shelf. Wow! How do you enter? By 2/15 at 11:59 pm (Eastern) invite prayerful consideration of and/or conversation regarding a Strong and Weak short video via a public form of social media (e.g., Making Space below). On Facebook include #strongandweak, @EmergingScholarsNetwork On Twitter include #strongandweak, … [Read more...] about Enter to win: Strong and Weak e-book
Win a free ebook: Strong and Weak, by Andy Crouch
As part of his Doctor of Ministry (DMin) in Ministry to Emerging Generations (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary), Tom's written a number of book responses and given several short presentations (personal and group). In this series he not only "shares the wealth," but also looks forward to your feedback as he refines his project: An argument for vocational discernment for graduate studies in the context of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (Stay tuned to learn more!). Earlier posts on the program: Ministry to Emerging … [Read more...] about Win a free ebook: Strong and Weak, by Andy Crouch
Teaser: Strong and Weak, by Andy Crouch
As an InterVarsity Christian Fellowship staff, I have had a number of opportunities to interact with Andy Crouch over the course of the past two decades. In some ways he welcomed me to InterVarsity as he served on the worship team at my first two Urbana Student Missions Conferences 1993 as a sophomore just becoming involved at Grove City College 1996 as a staff intern embracing the call to serve at Carnegie Mellon U! In 2009 I launched a Christian Scholars Series in partnership with Elizabethtown Brethren … [Read more...] about Teaser: Strong and Weak, by Andy Crouch