Introduction Thank-you to Dwight Schwartz, Ph.D., for sharing a glimpse of his academic/vocational journey through Candidate for What? A few questions for the reader as we wrap up the series with Part 5 (Click here for Part 1 on Pre-collegiate chemistry, here for Part 2 - 3 on Collegiate Chemistry, and here for Part 4 on his Postdoctoral Puzzle): How do you understand the purpose/value of academic studies? What do Emerging Scholars have to offer not only to the academic community, but also to other … [Read more...] about Candidate for What? — InterVarsity staff
InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries
Embracing InterVarsity’s Graduate and Faculty Ministries
Many times in today's self-focused culture, gatherings of people (even in shared ministry) are little more than a room full of franchises trying to sustain their own local agendas in the midst of significant internal and external hardship. But by God's grace at our annual gathering, InterVarsity's Graduate and Faculty Ministries (GFM) once again returned to the roots of our shared mission, i.e., the call of God discerned through worship, prayer, digging into the Word of God, mutual encouragement/conversation (in the … [Read more...] about Embracing InterVarsity’s Graduate and Faculty Ministries
Praying for InterVarsity’s Graduate and Faculty Ministries
This year InterVarsity's Graduate & Faculty Ministries (GFM) will not only celebrate 25 years of serving God on campus, but also step into another year of serving the Lord with head, heart, and hands. I asked Carrie Bare, GFM South Central Region Assoc Regional Dir., who is serving as the Meeting Prayer Coord. for our national staff gatherings (March 18 - 20), to share a few prayer requests with the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN). Below is what I received from Carrie. The focus of this year's gathering in … [Read more...] about Praying for InterVarsity’s Graduate and Faculty Ministries
Joyful Lips in Higher Education
O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry & weary land where there is no water. -- Psalm 63:1 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's Graduate and Faculty Ministries desires to see you flourish as you follow Christ and pursue the academic or professional vocation to which God has called you. As you may remember this is in the context of InterVarsity's larger vision to see students and faculty transformed, campuses renewed, and world changers … [Read more...] about Joyful Lips in Higher Education