Each week this Advent season, we're sharing a different resource readers may find helpful. This week we highlight Biola University's 2020 Advent Project, an Advent calendar of devotional reflections with art and music chosen from historical and contemporary sources: http://ccca.biola.edu/advent/2020/ Many Advent calendars end at Christmas, but this one goes all the way through the Twelve Days of Christmas to the Feast of Epiphany on January 6. We pray that it encourages you throughout the rest of Advent and the … [Read more...] about 2020 Advent Resources: Week 4, Advent Project from Biola
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Awe and Humility (Growing Spiritually in the Academic Life Series)
At Emerging Scholars Network, we love to crowdsource ideas for following Christ faithfully and serving others well in the academic life. In the 2018/2019 academic year, we've been sharing brief insights on how to grow spiritually in the academic life. Read the series to date here. For more of Tatyana Claytor's writing at ESN, click here. … [Read more...] about Awe and Humility (Growing Spiritually in the Academic Life Series)
A Prayer for Those Finishing a Semester
The staff and volunteers of ESN seek to be attuned to the rhythms of the academic year and the spiritual rhythms of our lives with God. One of the main goals in how we set up our blog content is to provide spiritually invigorating content that understands the rhythms of the academic year. Today, as many people are nearing the end of their semesters, we offer a brief prayer by ESN Writer/Editor Hannah Eagleson. If you're looking for more spiritual exercises suited to this time of year, Hannah also wrote a brief … [Read more...] about A Prayer for Those Finishing a Semester
Lenten Healing in the Psalms
Heather Walker Peterson began ESN's 2018 Lenten devotionals with Lent: Public and Private Healing. For Heather's earlier contributions to ESN, i.e., Giving Thanks, Releasing the Helm, Time Management, Writing as a Spiritual Discipline, click here. Follow this link to explore ESN's previous Lenten devotionals. Lord, who can dwell in your tent? Who can live on your holy mountain? The one who lives blamelessly, practices righteousness, and acknowledges the truth in his heart —Psalm 15:1-2, CSB … [Read more...] about Lenten Healing in the Psalms
Lent: Public and Private Healing
Heather Walker Peterson begins ESN's 2018 Lenten reflections with a two part series on Lent as Healing Time. Her earlier contributions to ESN, i.e., Giving Thanks, Releasing the Helm, Time Management, Writing as a Spiritual Discipline, can be found here. Thank you Heather! Note: Follow this link to explore ESN's previous Lenten devotionals. … [Read more...] about Lent: Public and Private Healing