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Resources for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 16, 2017 by ESN Announce Leave a Comment

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ESN Staff prays for the ongoing grace  to seek justice and practice mercy, to stand with the vulnerable, and to celebrate the vast diversity of people  represented in God's Kingdom. Here are a few resources the ESN blog has shared over the past few years  related to the work of Martin Luther King Jr. 1. "God Was the First to Cry," a 2-part blog post  by Lauri Swann as part of our Lent 2015 Justice series. See Part 1 here and Part 2 here. 2. Book review of  Birmingham Revolution … [Read more...] about Resources for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice, Public Intellectuals Tagged With: America's story, big questions, BSAP, justice, Martin Luther King Jr.

How I found Mentors

December 8, 2016 by Kateri Collins Leave a Comment

Kateri Collins has been sharing her experiences preparing for graduate school with ESN this year. Now that she has started her program, she explores  her stories of finding mentoring and offers tips. Check out Kateri's other pieces: the story of her graduate school search  and a reflection on  inhabiting transitional time well. Image: Painting by Kateri Collins.   … [Read more...] about How I found Mentors

Filed Under: Mentoring Tagged With: black scholars and professionals, BSAP, discernment, diversity, Expressive Art Therapy, Mentoring, Prayer, race, vocation

Inhabiting Transitional Time Well

August 16, 2016 by Kateri Collins Leave a Comment

  Image by Kateri Collins Here at ESN, we love to share accounts of how emerging scholars discover new things about their vocation at every step of their careers. Kateri Collins participated in ESN events at Urbana 15 while in her graduate school application  process, and shared about that application process here. Here, she shares  some of the things she found most helpful while in transition between undergraduate and graduate studies.   … [Read more...] about Inhabiting Transitional Time Well

Filed Under: Advice for Entering Graduate School, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: black scholars and professionals, BSAP, calling, Clinical Psychology, college transition, Expressive Art Therapy, grad school, graduate school, gratitude, healthcare, mentors, transition, vocation

Discerning My Vocation: A Surprise in the Graduate School Search

June 30, 2016 by Kateri Collins Leave a Comment

Image: Painting by author Kateri Collins Here at ESN, we love to share accounts of how emerging scholars discover new things about their vocation at every step of their careers. Kateri Collins participated in ESN events at Urbana 15 while in her graduate school application  process. Here, she shares the story of discerning which graduate program she was called to, including how her carefully planned graduate school search process yielded a surprising—and satisfying—result. … [Read more...] about Discerning My Vocation: A Surprise in the Graduate School Search

Filed Under: Advice for Entering Graduate School, Science and Faith Tagged With: black scholars and professionals, BSAP, calling, college transition, grad school, graduate school, healthcare, mentors, vocation

Moving Beyond Indifference and Inactivism: Lessons for Christians from #BlackLivesMatter

December 30, 2015 by Nina Thomas Leave a Comment

What role  have  Christians played in the #BlackLivesMatter movement in St. Louis,  and what lessons have they learned? This  panel discussion at the Urbana Missions Conference  brought together black and white  faith leaders to reflect on these movements and gave an opportunity to  a packed theater of attendees  to ask questions. From Dec 27 - Jan 1, volunteers with our network of early career Christian academics are liveblogging seminars at the Urbana conference, a mission-focused student gathering of 16,000 … [Read more...] about Moving Beyond Indifference and Inactivism: Lessons for Christians from #BlackLivesMatter

Filed Under: Urbana2015 Tagged With: #BlackLivesMatter, BSAP, justice, liveblogging, Michael Brown, urbana, urbana seminar, urbana15, violence

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