Part of a series of occasional reflections over the weeks of Advent initially created with the hope of encouraging the reader to embrace keeping the season of Advent. Advent resources have continued to grow on the Emerging Scholars Network blog over the course of the past several years. Charlie Clauss' tireless labors through the Keeping Advent Facebook Group have been a blessing to many individuals and families seeking after the Lord during this busy time of year. ~ Tom Grosh IV, Associate Director, Emerging Scholars … [Read more...] about Why Bother with Advent?
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Marsden and Ono on Renewing the Campus
I've written about Dr. George Marsden's recent talk to InterVarsity staff, and now you can hear it for yourself. We've posted all of the talks from the conference on InterVarsity's audio page, but here are the direct links. All links go to mp3 audio files. If you want to download them for later listening, right-click on each link and choose "Save Link As..." to save them to your computer. Graduate and Faculty Ministries Director Bobby Gross: Opening remarks on 1 Peter and renewing the campus Dr. George Marsden: … [Read more...] about Marsden and Ono on Renewing the Campus
Lenten Preparations: A Time of Contrition
As you prepare for Lent, meditate upon (and share with a friend) these words from C.S. Lewis' Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language: The Lenten season is devoted especially to what the theologians call contrition, and so every day in Lent a prayer is said in which we ask God to give us "contrite hearts."1 Contrite, as you know, is a word translated from Latin, meaning crushed or pulverized. Now modern people complain that there is too much of that note in our Prayer Book. They do not … [Read more...] about Lenten Preparations: A Time of Contrition
Week in Review: What’s your story? How do you tell it?
What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here's a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. 1. Inhabiting God's story? Over the past several days Tom hosted Bobby Gross, National Director of InterVarsity's Graduate & Faculty Ministry. They had a number of conversations with faculty, pastors, and friends of InterVarsity Christian … [Read more...] about Week in Review: What’s your story? How do you tell it?
Bobby Gross: Living the Christian Year
Here at the ESN blog, one of our main topics is spiritual formation in higher ed: Christian practices like prayer and Bible study that shape us more and more into the image of Christ. The stress of Christmas may seem to be an unlikely time for spiritual growth, but for centuries, Christians have set aside the season of Advent as a time of spiritual preparation. I had the opportunity to interview Bobby Gross, Vice-President InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries about his book, Living the Christian Year: Time … [Read more...] about Bobby Gross: Living the Christian Year