How does change happen? Fast, slow, locally, everywhere, smoothly or in leaps and bounds? Of course the answer can be all of the above, depending on the change and the circumstances. Still, it's a question that came to mind as I thought about advent this year. We are rehearsing the wait for one of the most profound changes the world has experienced. We have the benefit of knowing how long we will wait and what we are waiting for, and yet the nature of the change still has multiple facets to consider. … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Making Change
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Gender, Calling, and Courage: Lessons from Christian Women in Academia
How can Christian women find the courage to follow the call of academia, and what does that life look like? At the Urbana 2015 conference, a panel of women in academia share insights into how they find life as Christians and women in the university setting. 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 Christians from across North America and the world. This post was co-written by … [Read more...] about Gender, Calling, and Courage: Lessons from Christian Women in Academia
Addressing Loneliness in 2014
The Innovation of Loneliness from Shimi Cohen on Vimeo. Yes, I posted The Innovation of Loneliness in Reclaiming Conversations (9/12/2013) when considering some of the work of Sherry Turkle and offering Transformative Conversations as a resource. But the recent attention given to Saving the Lost Art of Conversation: In a fast-paced digital age, an MIT psychologist tries to slow us down (Megan Garber. The Atlantic. 12/22/2013), an extensive amount of time on-line in the midst of the holidays[1], a lengthy … [Read more...] about Addressing Loneliness in 2014
Reclaiming Conversations?
"Reclaiming conversations, that's the next frontier." -- Sherry Turkle's [1] concluding line to her TEDxUIUC 2011 presentation Alone Together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtLVCpZIiNs This morning David O'Hara's Can I Ask Questions In Church? [2] spurred me to read Jaweed Kaleem's Keeping Alive The Big Questions [3]. In Kaleem's resource rich article I once again came across Sherry Turkle, Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, … [Read more...] about Reclaiming Conversations?
Henri Nouwen: A Creative Response (from Loneliness to Solitude)
I'm concluding my series on Henri Nouwen's book Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life with the final chapter from his first section, which deals with the movement from loneliness to solitude. For several days before I began reading this chapter, I had not responded well to events at home, such as my children acting like children, for goodness' sake. Nouwen's words at the beginning of this chapter (entitled "A Creative Response") caught me up short: As long as we are trying to run away from loneliness … [Read more...] about Henri Nouwen: A Creative Response (from Loneliness to Solitude)