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Call for Science Career Questions

August 22, 2015 by ESN Announce Leave a Comment

Are you an emerging scholar in the sciences looking for someone to answer your questions about graduate school, career choices, life/work balance, and more? Members of the American Scientific Affiliation (ASA), an association of Christians in science, would love to explore your questions on the ESN blog and then continue the conversation at ASA's new Nexus Forums.  Email ESN with questions  and we'll pass them on. To get a free Student Basic membership to ASA,  click here. … [Read more...] about Call for Science Career Questions

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: career, discussion questions, questions, science, science and faith, science career

What makes a Christian academic ‘different’ (or distinct)?

November 15, 2012 by Tom Grosh IV 2 Comments

Tom Grosh IV with C.S. Lewis

A friend in InterVarsity's Graduate & Faculty Ministry (GFM) forwarded to me the "discussion starter" he used for this week's gathering of doctoral students.  In addition to reading how you address the question posed, we'd love to "get our creative juices flowing" for future topics by learning what doctoral students discuss (or desire to discuss) on your campus. Please share in the comments section below. Thank-you! ~ Tom --------------------- Dear Friends, Tomorrow when we meet our topic will be the … [Read more...] about What makes a Christian academic ‘different’ (or distinct)?

Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: calling, christian scholarship, discussion questions, vocation

What do “the righteous” look like in higher education?

January 12, 2012 by Tom Grosh IV 1 Comment

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? -- Micah 6:8 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness. -- Proverbs 11:10 What do you consider the characteristics of "the righteous," particularly in the area of vocation? How do you (as an individual and as a member of God's people) envision, glimpse, even embody "the righteous" on … [Read more...] about What do “the righteous” look like in higher education?

Filed Under: Christ, Christ and the Academy, Public Intellectuals, Vocation Tagged With: Amy Sherman, Ann Boyd, big questions, books, Center on Faith in Communities, common good, discussion questions, Head Heart Hands, higher education, IJM, Jay Sivits, justice, Kingdom Calling, n. t. wright, Prayer, righteous, Sagamore Institute for Policy Research, Sara Scheunemann, shalom, Take Time to Look at Your Life, Tim Keller, tsaddiq, Up In Out, vocation

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