InterVarsity's Emerging Scholars Network
Thank You, Lord, for _______________, who prayed with me to receive Jesus as my Lord & Savior. In Facing A Task Unfinished, Keith & Kristyn Getty remind us of the call before us, one engaged in the daily grind [of higher education] and in the next steps ahead of us. Read more…
May today’s celebration remind us to live lives filled with thankfulness.Read more…
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the United States, a time for gratitude and community. Intangible qualities like these challenge science, since they don’t lend themselves as readily to quantifying or to controlled investigation.Read more…
Life in the university promises a chance to think about the big questions in life, to reflect on who we are and what we’re learning. But all too often, life as an academic seems so busy as to overwhelm anyRead more…
This final chapter is a call to action, recommending several possible ways you as a Christian can become involved in the immigration dilemma.Read more…
Our Father, whose sabbath rest is eternal and perfect, you have ordained a time and season for every task, and work, and problem.Read more…
Lord, teach us how to be an instrument of your peace among our colleagues during the coming year . . .Read more…
Direct us, O Lord, in all our doings with your most gracious favor, and further us with your continual help . . .Read more…
Our father in heaven, let us honour you in all our plans, all our toil, and all our achievements. . . .Read more…
Dear Father, Thank You so much for another academic year gone by and getting us past the finish line! And thanks so much for the Summer, for these months between last year’s sprint and the sprint to come. . . .Read more…
Father God, Over these summer months, may our trust in you be strengthened and renewed, as we take time to recharge from our normal rhythms.Read more…
O Lord, you have brought us through the spring term to the summer break. This is our chance to recover from stressful course work, teaching, and engaging with students, faculty, and staff involved in the tasks of the semester or quarter. Read more…
Give us pure hearts that find our satisfaction in You at all times. Help us to be constantly breaking down the ‘idol factories’ of our hearts. Let us hold nothing back from You. Read more…
One end of semester day during my own PhD study years, I went down to my local coffee shop and ordered a latte. The barista took one look at me and said, “An extra shot, then?”Read more…
I didn’t expect ice cream to be such an important part of the most recent conference I attended. Read more…
The Easter season is a natural time for Christians to reflect on miracles, as the resurrection of Jesus is the central miracle of our tradition.Read more…
Dear LORD. May we remember your marvels throughout creation and in all nations. May Your people continue to look for the awesome things You will do with us. Amen. (A prayer based on Exodus 34:10)Read more…
Healing occurs because we are directed to dependence on Christ.Read more…
Lent is a time of healing.Read more…
For more than twenty years, I have enjoyed teaching a variety of ages and stages from pre-school to college.Read more…
Let us pray as we engage the coming week on campus and as we consider next steps for the Emerging Scholars Network.Read more…
As we start July, would you pray with us at ESN?Read more…
Three years ago, I had no idea how to obtain a mentor or how you would go about finding one. Through God’s grace, I’ve actually found three mentors since then in different ways.Read more…
No, the king is not responding to another rejected journal article submission or to a reminder about his impending student loan payment. He is not unfurling the scroll version of the Chronicle of Higher Education decrying the lack of jobs for PhDs in the Humanities in the 8th century B.C.E.Read more…