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A Prayer for Graduate Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

June 22, 2021 by Rebecca Gerdes No Comments

We appear to be emerging from the pandemic. But we are still living with its effects on our lives and work and plenty of uncertainty about our future. We are grateful to Rebecca Gerdes for sharing this prayer for us. We hope this prayer might be a helpful guide to prayer for grad students and […]

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Filed Under: Scholar's Compass Tagged With: Pandemic, Prayer, Scholar's Compass

Prayer for the End of A Challenging Semester

May 3, 2021 by Hannah Eagleson 3 Comments

Oh Lord, You know what it is to be weary. You understand what it means to endure in hard circumstances. You carry our burdens as Your own.

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Filed Under: Love Your Campus, Prayer, Prayer Tagged With: End of Semester Prayer, Prayer, Prayer for Challenging Moments

A Prayer for Those Studying the Social Sciences

November 10, 2019 by Jessy Price 1 Comment

One major need we have found in our work with ESN: it’s often hard to find prayers and devotional material specifically addressed to the life of the Christian serving God in the university. This week we share a prayer for those studying the social sciences by PhD student Jessica Price. Do you want to write […]

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Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Christ and the Academy, Prayer, Science Corner Tagged With: Prayer, social sciences

Cultivating Humility (Growing Spiritually in the Academic Life Series)

February 3, 2019 by Johnny Wei-Bing Lin No Comments

A major “spiritual occupational hazard” for an academic is thinking too much of yourself. This can show itself as pride and arrogance . . .

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Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: C. S. Lewis, conference, humility, Love, mystery, Prayer, sabbath-keeping, self-centered, tips for the academic's spiritual life

This is not our final destination. . . .

January 18, 2019 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

“While we should enjoy God’s good creation, and while we should make the most of our time here, this is not our final destination.” — Paul Louis Metzger, The Gospel of John: When Love Comes to Town 

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Filed Under: Books, Christian Thought and Practice, Quotes Tagged With: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Apostle John, Gospel of John, intervarsity press, John, Paul Louis Metzger, Prayer, Read...Quote...Reflect, story

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