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Scholar’s Compass: Stories for Life

May 1, 2016 by Beth Madison Leave a Comment

Quotation Mark 4:2 (ICB):  Jesus used many stories to teach them. … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: Stories for Life

Filed Under: Love Your Campus, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: listening, Love Your Campus, Scholar's Compass, science, story, The Four Loves

Loving Your Spouse, Kids (And Anyone, Really) While You’re Still In School—Part 4

April 24, 2016 by Bryan Stoudt Leave a Comment

Bryan wraps up his series with practical tips for loving others in grad school.  See Part 1 here,  Part 2 here, and Part 3 here.   Part 4: More  Ways to Love  Your Family and Others … [Read more...] about Loving Your Spouse, Kids (And Anyone, Really) While You’re Still In School—Part 4

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: family, listening, Loving while you are still in school series, Scholar's Compass, work

Journalism Notes: When Words are Unwise

April 12, 2016 by Jeff Neely Leave a Comment

The Columbia Journalism Review runs a regular weekly section called The Lower Case, in which they highlight “headlines editors probably wish they could take back.” These humorous examples of unintended meaning and odd juxtaposition make for a fun, quick chuckle at how sometimes things don't quite come across the way we mean them to. … [Read more...] about Journalism Notes: When Words are Unwise

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: forgiveness, journalism notes, listening

How can Privileged Christians Work Strategically for Equality?

December 30, 2015 by Vivian Chen Leave a Comment

What privileges do we have as Christians? Whatever our situation, we have more privilege than we think we do. What makes us believe in the phenomenon that we believe that we are marginalized when we really are very privileged? How can we model after Jesus and use this privilege to advocate for, minister to, and serve the disenfranchised? From Dec 27 - Jan 1, volunteers with our network of early career Christian academics are liveblogging seminars at the Urbana conference, a mission-focused student gathering of 16,000 … [Read more...] about How can Privileged Christians Work Strategically for Equality?

Filed Under: Urbana2015 Tagged With: christian privilege, equality, identity, individualism, kenosis, listening, meritocracy, Moms in Touch International, racism

Listen: Suffering, Part 5

December 17, 2015 by Mark Eckel Leave a Comment

Mark Eckel concludes  his series on suffering. Visit  Part 4,  Part 3,  Part 2, or  the series introduction and Part 1.   Quotation “If you listen to the patient, he is telling you the diagnosis. A lot of people look at a specialist like me as a technician. They come to you for a procedure. And there is no doubt that procedures are important, or that the specialized technology we have these days is vital in caring for a patient. But I believe that this technology also has taken us away from the patient's story. And … [Read more...] about Listen: Suffering, Part 5

Filed Under: Scholar's Compass Tagged With: hurt, Job, listening, Pain, Prayer, Scholar's Compass, series on suffering, Suffering

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