Introduction The past several weeks have been rich with prayer, conversation, and even some planning regarding next steps for the Emerging Scholars Network. One particular piece of feedback has been the desire to renew the Week in Review. As this week I will be engaged in InterVarsity's Graduate & Faculty Ministries (GFM) Staff Team Meetings (March 18-20), I offer you a Peek of the Week. But before you choose various links (below) to follow (and possibly share, comment upon, add to the collection of . . .), pray … [Read more...] about ESN’s Peek of the week
Christine Sine
‘After Shock’ as a resource for wrestling with the crisis in Japan
How long will you hide your face from me? -- Psalm 13:1 How does one Search for (and embrace) Honest Faith when your world is shaken? you've watched the world of others being shaken? you serve, minister to, walk with those whose world has been shaken? colleagues, family, friends bring the challenging question of where was your God? At Jubilee 2011, I had the opportunity hear Kent Annan (author of After Shock: Searching for Honest Faith When Your World Is Shaken and codirector of Haiti Partners) and Enel … [Read more...] about ‘After Shock’ as a resource for wrestling with the crisis in Japan
Lent begins today: Ash Wednesday
What cannot be admitted -- what must exist only as an undefeated but daily resisted enemy -- is the idea of something that is 'our own', some area in which we are to be 'out of school', on which God has no claim. ... I do not think any efforts of my own will can end once and for all this craving for limited liabilities, this fatal reservation. Only God can. I have good faith and hope He will. Of course, I don't mean that I can therefore, as they say, 'sit back'. What God does for us, He does in us. The process … [Read more...] about Lent begins today: Ash Wednesday
Week in Review: Copying Lots of Books Edition
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. What's a book? How do you prefer to read? Verlyn Klinkenborg in Further Thoughts of a Novice E-Reader (NY Times Editorial, 5/28/2010) weighs in with some negative thoughts on digital reading, even with the I-Pad! Is this generational or do we … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Copying Lots of Books Edition