“'Love the Lord your god with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'” —Mark 12:30 … [Read more...] about Flaky Mind, Undivided Heart (Scholar’s Compass)
Scholar's Compass
Stone Soup, Scarcity, and the Kingdom of God (Scholar’s Compass)
Quote The story of stone soup (below). … [Read more...] about Stone Soup, Scarcity, and the Kingdom of God (Scholar’s Compass)
What Are You Waiting For? (Scholar’s Compass)
Reading “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalm 27:14 Reflection As academics, we are frequently waiting. In graduate school, we wait in hallways to learn if we passed our defenses. On the job market, we wait to hear from departments that, like our high school crushes, all too often do not call. As junior faculty members, we wait to learn if we will be promoted to tenure. At all career stages, we wait to learn if we received the grant, if our article will be published, if our paper … [Read more...] about What Are You Waiting For? (Scholar’s Compass)
Seeing Anew This Year
For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ. –Romans 5:17 As we ring in the New Year, much ink will be spilled, again, on New Year's resolutions and promises. Frankly, I gave up on New Year's resolutions long ago, as I realized that they didn't make much difference in my life anyway. I was never very serious about them. On the other … [Read more...] about Seeing Anew This Year
Listen: Suffering, Part 5
Mark Eckel concludes his series on suffering. Visit Part 4, Part 3, Part 2, or the series introduction and Part 1. Quotation “If you listen to the patient, he is telling you the diagnosis. A lot of people look at a specialist like me as a technician. They come to you for a procedure. And there is no doubt that procedures are important, or that the specialized technology we have these days is vital in caring for a patient. But I believe that this technology also has taken us away from the patient's story. And … [Read more...] about Listen: Suffering, Part 5