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Connect with ESN/GFM at Urbana

December 16, 2018 by ESN Announce No Comments

Urbana ESN / GFM Lounge

Going to Urbana? Connect with ESN and all of InterVarsity’s Graduate and Faculty Ministries in the following ways.

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Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice, Urbana18 Tagged With: missions, secular university, urbana, urbana lounge, urbana seminar, Urbana18

Summer Snapshot: Research, Teaching, Missions

July 11, 2016 by Meagan Medley No Comments

While many picture summer as a time of beaches, pools and binge watching the latest drama, God’s plans for me this summer involve a juggle of research, teaching, and coordinating mission teams coming to New Orleans.

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Filed Under: Vocational Snapshot Tagged With: Faculty, missions, professor, research, short term missions, Summer Snapshot, teaching

Book Review: Brendan: A Novel, by Frederick Buechner

June 24, 2016 by Bob Trube No Comments

Summary: This is a fictional account of the life of St. Brendan, often known as the Navigator. Buechner traces his life from being taking by St. Erc at one through his early years, the establishment of his leadership in founding Clonfert and in making kings, and most of all his marathon journeys, one lasting seven years.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion Tagged With: Book Review, Brendan, Christian mission, Clonferst, Frederick Buechner, journey, missions, St. Brendan, The Navigator, Ti’r na nO’g, voyages

Book Response: Foolishness to the Greeks, by Lesslie Newbigin

April 19, 2016 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

The book’s theme remains one of my primary life concerns, “What would be involved in a missionary encounter between the gospel and this whole way of perceiving, thinking, and living that we call ‘modern Western culture’”? (1)

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christian Thought and Practice, Ministry to Emerging Generations Tagged With: Book Review, Bringing Home the Gospel, culture, Foolishness to the Greeks, gospel, Lesslie Newbigin, ministry to emerging generations, ministry to emerging generations series, missions, Western missionaries

Book Response: Transforming Worldviews, by Paul Hiebert

January 25, 2016 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

Although I have read a lot of material on worldview, I do not remember the “garbled” missionary message and responses–behavior, beliefs, and worldview in the context of a community–receiving proper attention.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christian Thought and Practice, Ministry to Emerging Generations Tagged With: Book Review, culture, glocal, ministry to emerging generations, ministry to emerging generations series, missions, Paul Hiebert, Transforming Worldviews, urbana, Western missionaries, worldview

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