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Faithful is Successful

Interruption Is Calling (Scholar’s Compass)

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Interruptibility frees me to be cehccessible and to relate to specific people in the path of my day, not hoarding my attention and energy for building only those linkages I may have defined as professionally strategic. How willing am I to view this interrupting situation as potentially more important work than what I had scheduled and planned for this hour, this day, or this season of life? On a broader scale, how willing am I to set aside my predetermined professional aspirations to be with people who have experienced … [Read more...] about Interruption Is Calling (Scholar’s Compass)

Ambition and Identity: Interview with Bruce Huber

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ESN continues its series of interviews with authors of  Faithful Is Successful,  with Mark Hansard  interviewing Bruce Huber.  You can read a  post on Bruce's  chapter in  Faithful Is Successful here  and a follow up post here.  Bruce Huber is an Associate Professor of Law at the Notre Dame Law School in South Bend, Indiana, where he and his wife, Sarah, are raising their four children. He earned a B.A. in Political Science at Stanford University and a J.D. and Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of California … [Read more...] about Ambition and Identity: Interview with Bruce Huber

Serving the Church through Scholarly Ambition (Scholar’s Compass)

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Are you a high-achiever? Employ your gifts as best you can—and develop them wholly—to the good of the people of God. As you grow and mature you will become more free, not less, to serve the body of Christ. – Bruce Huber, “Fitting Faith and Ambition,” Faithful is Successful, p. 141 … [Read more...] about Serving the Church through Scholarly Ambition (Scholar’s Compass)

Listening to our colleagues: Muslim, secular, Christian. Interview with David Vishanoff

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ESN continues its series of interviews with authors of  Faithful Is Successful,  with  Oliver Marjot  interviewing David Vishanoff.  You can read Oliver's  previous post on David's  chapter in  Faithful Is Successful  here.  David Vishanoff is an associate professor in the Religious Studies program at the University of Oklahoma, where he strives to put his theory of sacrificial listening into practice in both teaching and scholarship.His research is principally concerned with how religious people interpret and … [Read more...] about Listening to our colleagues: Muslim, secular, Christian. Interview with David Vishanoff