As we enter a new week seeking to fulfill our call as Christ followers in the milieu of higher ed, may our thoughts, words and lives bless the Lord.Read more…
Book Review: Embracing the Body
Summary: An invitation to move beyond guilt and shame around our embodied selves to discover the goodness of our bodies and how God made us, meets us, and works through our bodied lives.Read more…
Flaky Mind, Undivided Heart (Scholar’s Compass)
Many of us academics invest an inordinate amount of time organizing and goal-setting in order to achieve certain objectives and earn favorable evaluations from students and supervisors. We want to earn positive labels and avoid negative descriptions like “flaky.”Read more…
Movement and the Graduate Life (Scholar’s Compass)
People say the combination of physics Ph.D. student and ballroom is an odd one. They say that it’s unusual to find the artist and the scientist in one body. But Robbie Fraleigh manages it without any conflict. He says that he doesn’t know how to do grad school without the dancing.Read more…
The Samurai Number (Scholar’s Compass)
When you look up this number online, you’ll find it associated with a business model and manager structures. But I first heard this ratio from a dancer.Read more…
Work-life balance
A just balance and scales are the Lord’s; all the weights in the bag are his work. — Proverbs 16:11 Thank-you to my colleague James for bringing Thoughts on Law Prof Work-Life Imbalance From Those Left Behind” by Paul Caron, Pepperdine University School ofRead more…
Education of the Heart and Mind — Santa Ono
Education of the Heart and Mind. Santa Ono at TEDxEmory (20 min, 30 sec) In this TEDxTalk, Santa Ono, Ph.D., provides a glimpse of his perspective on Education of the Heart and Mind. On Saturday, March 1, the Canadian-American biologist who nowRead more…
Jim Sire on “Finding common ground with someone radically different.” Part II
James W. Sire digs deeper into Micheal Hickerson‘s Worldview question: How can we find common ground when someone has a radically different worldview from our own? In the previous blog post, I argued that as Christians we know that weRead more…
Deploying Vocational Power: Four Pathways
Amy Sherman begins her exploration of power in chapter 8 of Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good with a bang!Read more…
What do “the righteous” look like in higher education?
What do you consider the characteristics of the righteous, particularly in the area of vocation? How do you envision, glimpse, even embody righteousness on campus?Read more…
Top Read Posts of 2011
Periodically, we like to look back to see what our most popular posts have been. We did this in 2009, in July 2010, and again last December. You can also see a running log of our top posts. Popularity isn’tRead more…
Kingdom Calling in the New Year
In kicking off a new year, let’s prayerfully consider, discuss, work toward, learn to embrace (& even be embraced by) Kingdom Calling.Read more…
Would You Support ESN With An End-of-the-Year Gift?
If you’re an official member of the Emerging Scholars Network, then you’ve received my recent end-of-the-year emails. (If you aren’t an ESN member, then why not join right now?) These updates share the good news of ESN’s recent activities and inviteRead more…
An invitation to discuss “Finding Calcutta” by Mary Poplin
With our limited time, energy, finances, blog attention spans, why focus on Mary Poplin’s “Finding Calcutta: What Mother Teresa Taught Me About Meaningful Work and Service” (IVP. 2008)?Read more…
Head, Heart and Hands Together: Implications and Challenges
Questions How would you summarize how the overemphasis on or neglect of either the head, hearts or hands dimension of one’s faith (or the faith of one’s faith community) causes one to be less than what God envisions for usRead more…
Head, Heart and Hands Together: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Has the balance/relationship of head, heart and hands been explored/discussed in some manner in your field? If so, what has been the conversation? If not, how might you propose research and writing on the balance/relationship of head, heart and hands in your field?Read more…
Head, Heart and Hands Together: The Biblical Case
How would you present the biblical case for a faith with well-developed and balanced dimensions of head, heart, and hands?Read more…
Head, Heart and Hands Together: Pandita Ramabai
Inspired by Heading East: Kami in India and our place in “Head, Heart & Hands: Bringing Together Christian Thought, Passion and Action,” let’s briefly consider the life and testimony of Pandita Ramabai (1858 – 1922).Read more…
Head, Heart & Hands: Distortion of the Hands
Ever found the “hands” dimension of one’s faith or the faith of the larger Body of Christ distorted? How does God draw us back to a balanced faith expression of head, heart, hands?Read more…
Head, Heart & Hands: Christian Faith and the Hands
How do you define the “hands” of the Christian faith? How do you understand the “hands” working in relationship to the “head” & the “heart” in one’s Christian faith?Read more…
Head, Heart & Hands: Distortions of the Heart
Ever found the “heart” dimension of one’s faith or the faith of the larger Body of Christ distorted? How does God draw us back to a balanced faith expression between head, heart, and hands?Read more…
Head, Heart & Hands: Christian Faith and the Heart
How do you define the “heart” . . . understand the “heart” working in relationship to the “head” in one’s Christian faith . . . perceive/articulate the role your “heart” played in your conversion to faith in Christ?Read more…
Head, Heart & Hands: Distortions of the Head
What “Distortions of the Head” have been particularly difficult for you and the communities in which you are involved? How have you (and the communities in which you are involved) sought to address these issues in relationship to loving God? Read more…
Head, Heart & Hands: Christian Faith and the Head
Where has the use of your mind, reason, and knowledge been most important as a follower of Christ? How has your mind been part of coming to Christ, growing in faith, and engaging the world?Read more…