Many of you generously expressed an interest in praying for Scholar's Compass, which launches next Sunday (September 7). We'll be posting prayer requests the first Saturday of each month on the ESN blog, and we'd love for you to read them and pray for the project. We'd love to pray for you as well. Feel free to suggest general ideas for prayer that we can post (starting semesters well, finding rest, welcoming new students, campus access concerns -- California State University system's de-recognition of 23 … [Read more...] about Join Us in Praying for Scholar’s Compass
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Help Scholar’s Compass Connect to Communities
As we're launching Scholar's Compass, we'd love to connect with communities who might want to try it out and give us occasional feedback. Do you know any groups of graduate students or professors who might want to try it out? They can be campus ministry chapters, church groups, groups at one-time events like retreats, or others. Please feel free to forward our brief community survey to them. Or if it's easier, drop us a note. We'd love to hear from you! … [Read more...] about Help Scholar’s Compass Connect to Communities
Scholar’s Compass: Navigating Themes
ESN's new devotional for scholars launches September 7, and we're planning the themes or threads that it will feature across the year. In keeping with our title of Scholar's Compass, we've chosen the idea of navigation to tie these threads together. We've tried to incorporate your ideas, though some we're saving as potential names or threads if we do another devotional in future. Glance through our list, then suggest your ideas in the comments. Scholar's Compass Themes So Far Navigating Knowledge: Integrating … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: Navigating Themes
Suggest Themes for Scholar’s Compass
Scholar's Compass, ESN's new devotional by and for scholars, is taking shape. We'll be launching September 8 with posts three times weekly. We've had about 55 responses to our survey, and we're excited to talk more with each of you. If you haven't had a chance yet to respond, we'd love to hear from you. Which themes do you want Scholar's Compass to engage? We'll be exploring a number of themes and ideas as the work takes shape, and we'd love to know which ones interest you. We envision this as a collaborative … [Read more...] about Suggest Themes for Scholar’s Compass
ESN Devotional Has a Name
Thanks to everyone who commented for giving us so many great name ideas. We were impressed as always with the creativity and thoughtfulness of ESN members. We deeply appreciated your ideas, and may use some of them as theme ideas and titles within the devotional. We're also profoundly grateful for the response to the project so far. We've had nearly 50 people respond, and we're delighted for each reply. If you haven't responded, you can still fill out our survey, and we'd love to include you in the … [Read more...] about ESN Devotional Has a Name