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 this week I will be engaged in InterVarsity's Graduate & Faculty Ministries (GFM) Staff Team Meetings (March 18-20), I offer you a Peek of the Week. But before you choose various links (below) to follow (and possibly share, comment upon, add to the collection of . . .), pray … [Read more...] about ESN’s Peek of the week
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Selection Bias: Statistical Integrity in Christian Community
One day a num ber of con cerned moth ers met with the min is ter to express their frus tra tion and anger over the unseemly con duct of a par tic u lar boy in Sun day School. They did not want their chil dren exposed to this child and feared what he rep re sented. For it seemed that this boy was mod el ing “bad behav ior” – ver bal out bursts that some times involved pro fan ity, a lack of sen si tiv ity to other children's per sonal space (occa sion ally bit ing them when irri tated or … [Read more...] about Selection Bias: Statistical Integrity in Christian Community
On Transitions (Part III) -or- Some Thoughts on Hospitality
The last two Thursdays I have focused on how to think about life when you're in the midst of transition and some things you can do to weather transition well. I'd like to direct this final post in the series at those of you who are not in transition, but find yourselves in a place (like, say, the University setting!) where there are new folks around on a pretty regular basis, particularly during this time of the year. For seven years, we attended a church in Cambridge, MA that was situated between Harvard and … [Read more...] about On Transitions (Part III) -or- Some Thoughts on Hospitality
How Did You Celebrate Easter?
Do you think of worship, hospitality, or celebration as spiritual disciplines? If you're like me, you associate the idea of "discipline" with things that are hard, like fasting, daily prayer, intense Bible study, and so on. But if a discipline is something that trains us to live and think rightly, then what better response to the resurrection can there be than over-the-top celebration? In fact, celebration holds a place of honor in both of my top two books on spiritual disciplines. Richard Foster, in Celebration of … [Read more...] about How Did You Celebrate Easter?
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/or extended hospitality on campus as individual or as part of a community of believers? Looking forward to reading your thoughts/experiences. Please share them with grace, truth, and charity. What brings this topic to my mind at this time? On Monday and … [Read more...] about Hospitality in Higher Education