This week, our subject is Chapter 9 of Welcoming the Stranger, “Immigration and the Church Today.” Read more…
Thanksgiving for Domestic Hospitality (Scholar’s Compass)
During my own graduate days, there is no kindness for which I am more thankful than that of being welcomed into the homes of my peers and instructors.Read more…
Summer Snapshot: The Discipline of Simplicity
Two years ago, my husband and I packed our two-bedroom townhouse into my parents’ garage and flew to the U.K. with two bags each. During our postgraduate studies, we lived in a 300 sq. ft. apartment and shared one three-feet-wide closet for a whole year. Aside from traveling and making friends from around the world, we learned a few unexpected lessons which we are trying to integrate into our lives this summer.Read more…
Abundance (Scholar’s Compass)
The first time I saw a passionflower I very nearly tripped over my own astonishment. There was something unaccountable about that firework of purple— an unnatural, extravagant beauty. It was the only bloom in an otherwise untended scratch of dirt, and it seemed to be staging a cheerful rebellion against its uninspired surroundings, as if enjoying the irrational pleasure of hurling splendor into the world.Read more…
Navigating Beginnings: Student’s Bolognese
How can I extend welcome to newcomers in my university and neighborhood?Read more…
Scholar’s Compass Navigating Beginnings: Relying on God’s Strength and Blessing Others
I remember struggling with staying connected during my second year of graduate school.Read more…
Scholar’s Compass Navigating Beginnings: Learning Scholarly Virtues from the Iliad
Bethany Bear loves teaching the Iliad because it depicts the play and conflict of so many fundamental human values: friendship, fame, and more. Read about the scholarly virtues she learns from the Iliad.
Welcoming internationals to your university
Welcoming internationals to your university is very straightforward. Everyone wants a friend, and that’s just an easy first step.Read more…
Three Things Christian Scholars Can Learn from Glen East
The virtues, disciplines, and choices of faithful art-making are often similar to the things that sustain faithful scholarship.Read more…
ESN’s Peek of the week
Introduction The past several weeks have been rich with prayer, conversation, and even some planning regarding next steps for the Emerging Scholars Network. One particular piece of feedback has been the desire to renew the Week in Review. As thisRead more…
Selection Bias: Statistical Integrity in Christian Community
One day a number of concerned mothers met with the minister to express their frustration and anger over the unseemly conduct of a particular boy in Sunday School. They did not want their children exposed to this child and fearedRead more…
On Transitions (Part III) -or- Some Thoughts on Hospitality
The Scriptures say: practice hospitality.Read more…
How Did You Celebrate Easter?
How did you celebrate Easter yesterday? Do you see celebration as a spiritual discipline? Read more…
Hospitality in Higher Education
How have you come to know, understand, feel, and define hospitality? Do you consider hospitality a necessary part of the fabric of Higher Education (e.g., community, discussion of ideas, relationships with the other) or not? How have you experienced and/orRead more…
Seeking tips for international students
On Friday, I led an International Discussion Forum on Randy’s Last Lecture at U. of Pennsylvania, sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, the Penn Graduate Christian Fellowship, and Intercultural Friends. Note: Discussion questions posted here in PDF. Afterward, there was an opportunity for participants to offer suggestionsRead more…