What books are on your Christmas lists, not only your own wish list, but also ones you desire to give to others and/or suggest for a book discussion in the coming year? I am very interested in learning what Emerging Scholars desire to read, review, discuss, gift, possibly even teach (e.g., campus ministry, local congregation, even classroom). Please share . . . Note: No need for the book(s) to be "Christian". But yes, if you are looking for a suggestion (or two, three, four . . .), the Emerging Scholars Network … [Read more...] about What Books are on Your Christmas Lists?
Book recommendations
Serving Christ as a Professor: Suggested Readings from Urbana 12
Below are suggested readings from my Urbana 12 seminar Serving Christ as a Professor. These are books or essays that Emerging Scholars Network staff and members have found especially helpful to their journey toward becoming a faculty member. In each section, foundational or introductory selections are listed first, followed by books that are either more advanced or written for a specialized audience. Be sure to also see our list of Best Books for Undergraduates from Urbana 09, as suggested by our blog readers. We … [Read more...] about Serving Christ as a Professor: Suggested Readings from Urbana 12
Do We See the People or Their Poverty?
Kami Rice continues her guest series for the Emerging Scholars Blog about her journey to India. Since the day my high school youth group reported to our congregation about our mission trip to Brazil, when some of the other kids–some of whom had discussed, as we drove through Miami during our debriefing time, which fancy new car they wanted their parents to buy for them–poured stories into the microphone about how poor the people were, I've had an uneasy relationship with how church people talk about … [Read more...] about Do We See the People or Their Poverty?
Quote: C. S. Lewis on Giving Our Life to God
Hannah Eagleson concludes her Summer Quotation Series. In this last post of the series, we return to the twentieth century with a quotation from C. S. Lewis that brings together many of the themes touched on by the other quotations. . . . it is not so much of our time and so much of our attention that God demands; it is not even all our time and all our attention; it is ourselves. For each of us the Baptist's words are true: "He must increase and I decrease." He will be infinitely merciful to our repeated … [Read more...] about Quote: C. S. Lewis on Giving Our Life to God
Quote: Simone Weil on Effort, Attention, and Unexpected Results
Hannah Eagleson's first guest blog series, which she wrote before joining ESN as a writer/editor in 2014. At the time Hannah was a musician, writer, and recent PhD recipient living in central Pennsylvania. The Summer Quote Series offers brief reflections on quotes that she found helpful when thinking about her academic work. Thank you, Hannah! I've always loved Dorothy L. Sayers' Peter Wimsey mysteries. There are many reasons, but two of them are Lord Peter's love of quotations and his affirmation of … [Read more...] about Quote: Simone Weil on Effort, Attention, and Unexpected Results