Drawing on her experience as lecturer and head of the Mission department at West Africa Theological Seminary in Lagos, Nigeria, Chinyere Priest contributes to our Lent justice series with a reflection on pursuing justice as a Christian academic. She shares a story from a forthcoming paper, "Why Nigerian Christians Accuse People of Witchcraft," then meditates on God's justice as a theological scholar. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he … [Read more...] about Navigating Justice: Defender of the Accused (Scholar’s Compass)
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Scholar’s Compass: God Was the First to Cry, Part 2
In the second of her two part series, Lauri Swann reflects on Navigating Justice for the Scholar's Compass Lent series. “God was the first to cry.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma [H]e will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away. - Revelation 21:4, NRSV Reflection Yes, God was the first to cry. Just like God was the first to set His face upon evil to (Leviticus 20:6); to stretch out his hand (Isaiah 23:11), … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: God Was the First to Cry, Part 2
Scholar’s Compass: God Was the First To Cry, Part 1
In this two part series, Lauri Swann reflects on Navigating Justice for the Scholar's Compass Lent series. “God was the first to cry.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma Reflection In the movie Selma, Martin Luther King, Jr. is seen consoling Mr. Cager Lee, an 82 year old man, who is in the morgue identifying the body of his grandson, Jimmy Lee Jackson. Jimmy, killed in 1965 during a peaceful protest in Selma, Alabama by a state trooper, was only 27 years old. With no other words worthy enough to … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: God Was the First To Cry, Part 1
Justice and Righteousness are the Foundations of His Throne (Scholar’s Compass)
During Lent, ESN will be publishing a series of posts on navigating issues of justice as Christians in academic life. This pursuit takes a variety of shapes, and we'll be sharing the words of academics from a wide range of disciplinary commitments and personal experiences. Scholar Mary Poplin starts off the series. God does not call everyone to work with the poor, like He called us. And God does not call everyone to live among the poor or to live like the poor, like He has called us. But God does call everyone to … [Read more...] about Justice and Righteousness are the Foundations of His Throne (Scholar’s Compass)
Prayers for Chapel Hill
Last Tuesday afternoon, reports began to emerge of a shooting in the Finley Forest condominiums in Chapel Hill. I immediately thought of the several graduate students in the graduate IVCF chapter who live there and called one to check on their safety. They were just returning home from class and were greeted by parked police cars surrounding one of the condos. That was the first they had heard of the shooting which happened less than an hour before. It was only the previous Friday that our graduate InterVarsity … [Read more...] about Prayers for Chapel Hill