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 Hospitality (Scholar’s Compass)
If you ever wonder whether all that housework and hosting matters, Brandon Spun’s reflection provides a picture of joyful hope for all that hospitality can give. This reading is also on our list of Fall 2019 weekly readings for grad students and faculty.
Continuing Thanksgiving (Scholar’s Compass)
Tamarie Macon explores how to grow in habits of thankfulness that will continue with us beyond the holiday. This reading is also on our list of Fall 2019 weekly readings for faculty.
Prayer for the End of the Semester
If you find yourself thinking about the work still to do in this academic term as you celebrate, we hope this prayer will encourage you.
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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 know they are not alone. Today, ESN author 
