Scripture Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning, for in you I put my trust. Teach me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. -- Psalm 143:8 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. -- Lamentations 3:22-23 Reflection I have a love-hate relationship with deadlines. I am a procrastinator. I'm sure many of you can relate. I don't procrastinate because I'm lazy or because I don't want to work hard. It's … [Read more...] about On Submitting Academic Work (Scholar’s Compass)
Psalms
Scholar’s Compass: Sharing the Wonder
Great are the works of the Lord; they are pondered by all who delight in them. - Ps 111:2 (NIV) Reflection Psalm 111 has been called the ‘research scientist's Psalm' for reasons that are hopefully obvious. Scientists have the privilege of being paid to ponder God's creative works every day. In fact, their pondering can become so intense that their field of study might focus in on a single detail. … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: Sharing the Wonder
Poetry of Grief (Scholar’s Compass)
It started the day after I stepped off the plane in JFK. Twenty-four hours after my return to my home after twelve months away. It didn't waste anytime. It was Grieving. It surprised me like the black ice on Pennsylvania sidewalks. Step. Slip. Down. I had been with Grief before. We'd held hands, walked the rooms of my childhood home, hidden in towns far away from the damage, cried with our faces turned towards the bedroom wall, cried in public with no warning. This was New. My parents separated my senior … [Read more...] about Poetry of Grief (Scholar’s Compass)
Scholar’s Compass: Fostering Thoughtful Integration of Faith and Subject within Christian Academic Communities
“How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity! . . . For there the LORD bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.” Psalm 133:1, 3b (NIV) “For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” Matthew 18:20 (NIV) “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews 10: 24-25 (NIV) … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: Fostering Thoughtful Integration of Faith and Subject within Christian Academic Communities
Scholar’s Compass: A Journey of Thanksgiving
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! Psalm 95:2 (ESV) Reflection A journey. A place to leave from. A destination you are going to. There is preparation, and there is a time of traveling by faith with the hope to arrive safely at the destination. As students who vacillate between leaving the security of post doc work to employment, or from employment to reentering the world of academia, there is anticipation and fear mostly because we … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: A Journey of Thanksgiving