Fill out our fall Writer's Survey! The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) has an exciting new direction for interviews, encouraged by last spring's Faithful Is Successful series. The interviews in that series became a great way of sharing mentoring and peer conversations through ESN. As emerging scholars interviewed more experienced academics or peers at a similar career point, their thoughtful explorations encouraged others through the blog. We're hoping to do more interviews that let emerging scholars "listen in" on … [Read more...] about Fall Preview: Interviews
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Just Being With (Scholar’s Compass)
Let no one seek his own good, but that of his neighbor. 1 Corinthians 10:24 It is he who has ordained your life for this order, this sphere, this academic world, and woe betide you if you stop your ears to this call or resist it. He called you by name, and you have only to answer: “Lo, here I am” and to be faithful in this service to your last breath.” Abraham Kuyper, Scolastica I: The Secret of Genuine Study at p. 21, from Scholarship, Two Convocation Addresses on University Life, translated by Harry Van Dyke … [Read more...] about Just Being With (Scholar’s Compass)
Community, Excellence, and Joy, Part 1 (Closing Interview, Faithful Is Successful series)
As we wrap up the Faithful is Successful series, ESN caught up with the book's three editors for an interview. Nathan Grills, David E. Lewis, and Josh Swamidass reflect on community, faithfulness, and other themes of the series below. Enjoy Part 1 of this interview, and stay tuned for Part 2! 1. ESN: We've been delighted to see the thoughtful conversations that have sprung from this series on the blog and elsewhere. As ESN works to foster deeper conversations and community, what advice would you give on how to … [Read more...] about Community, Excellence, and Joy, Part 1 (Closing Interview, Faithful Is Successful series)
Pilgrimage: Life of a Pilgrim on Campus (Scholar’s Compass)
So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription,‘To the unknown god.' What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man,nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to … [Read more...] about Pilgrimage: Life of a Pilgrim on Campus (Scholar’s Compass)
Pilgrimage: Communitas in the Academy (Scholar’s Compass)
He declared to Arioch, the king's captain, “Why is the decree of the king so urgent?” Then Arioch made the matter known to Daniel. And Daniel went in and requested the king to appoint him a time, that he might show the interpretation to the king.Then Daniel went to his house and made the matter known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, and told them to seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of … [Read more...] about Pilgrimage: Communitas in the Academy (Scholar’s Compass)