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Some Thanksgiving Reading Suggestions

November 26, 2019 by Hannah Eagleson Leave a Comment

Need some encouraging short readings for Thanksgiving week? Browse these posts from our archives: Housework Is Anything But Ordinary (Scholar's Compass online devotional for academics) Many of our readers are doing a lot of prep work for Thanksgiving or other holidays. You may appreciate Mark Eckel's reflection on how the act of housekeeping fits into our spiritual lives, letting us enter into many of the same modes of experience Christian scholars often seek in humanities study. Thanksgiving for Domestic … [Read more...] about Some Thanksgiving Reading Suggestions

Filed Under: Prayer, Science Corner Tagged With: gratitude, thankfulness, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving 2019

A Poem/Prayer for Survivors of Mental Health Challenges

December 12, 2017 by Kateri Collins 6 Comments

Anyone can face mental health challenges. For all the blessings of the academic life, there are also many struggles, including stresses to mental health. Several writers in the ESN community shared reflections on mental health with us in the last few weeks, so we are sharing their stories as a way to encourage others in this stressful time of the semester. The stigma against asking for help can be strong in both Christian circles and academic ones, and we want to encourage readers to seek help when they need it and to … [Read more...] about A Poem/Prayer for Survivors of Mental Health Challenges

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: depression, gratitude, mental health, suicide

Continuing Thanksgiving (Scholar’s Compass)

December 5, 2017 by Tamarie Macon Leave a Comment

Tamarie Macon shares some post-Thanksgiving (the holiday) thoughts on thanksgiving, the hopefully ongoing practice in our lives. To read other posts by Tamarie, click here.   Scripture "Because a loveless world," said Jesus, "is a sightless world.” John 14:23 (The Message) Reflection Practicing gratitude has become popular these days. At least it's widely embraced to say that's what you do.   … [Read more...] about Continuing Thanksgiving (Scholar’s Compass)

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: gratitude, Scholar's Compass, Thanksgiving

Inhabiting Transitional Time Well

August 16, 2016 by Kateri Collins Leave a Comment

  Image by Kateri Collins Here at ESN, we love to share accounts of how emerging scholars discover new things about their vocation at every step of their careers. Kateri Collins participated in ESN events at Urbana 15 while in her graduate school application  process, and shared about that application process here. Here, she shares  some of the things she found most helpful while in transition between undergraduate and graduate studies.   … [Read more...] about Inhabiting Transitional Time Well

Filed Under: Advice for Entering Graduate School, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: black scholars and professionals, BSAP, calling, Clinical Psychology, college transition, Expressive Art Therapy, grad school, graduate school, gratitude, healthcare, mentors, transition, vocation

Gratefulness and the (No Longer) New Graduate Student

April 28, 2016 by Monica Greenwood Leave a Comment

Dear (No Longer) New Graduate Student, You have responded and poked at my parting words from my most recent letter. How in the world, you ask, could you be expected to be grateful for the illness-inducing amount of stress and expectations that graduate school is presently forcing upon you? … [Read more...] about Gratefulness and the (No Longer) New Graduate Student

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: Advice for New Grad Students, depression, gratitude, letter to a new grad student series, supervisor, vocation

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