Educating for Shalom, by Nicholas Wolterstorff, Grand Rapids: Wm. B Eerdmans, 2004. Summary: This collection of essays and talks written or given over a 30 year period traces Nicholas Wolterstorff's journey of thinking about Christian higher education, the integration of faith and learning, and his growing concern that education result in the pursuit of justice and shalom. Nicholas Wolterstorff is an emeritus professor of philosophical theology at Yale, having previously taught on the faculty at Calvin College, a … [Read more...] about Book Review: Educating for Shalom
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Faithful Is Successful: Learn to Discern (Scholar’s Compass)
“One does well to listen to the “quiet, still voice” of one's conscience in daily decisions. When something does not feel right, it usually is not.” ~ Soo Chuen Tan, "Investing As a Calling," Faithful Is Successful (2014) Reflection Soo Chuen Tan seems to have found what many have spent years seeking . . . not wealth nor earthly wisdom, but peace in the will of God. It has taken me a couple of decades to get to this place. I left a highly secure job as a high school teacher in a beautiful suburban setting, teaching … [Read more...] about Faithful Is Successful: Learn to Discern (Scholar’s Compass)
Living Toward Shalom
But seek the shalom of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its shalom you will find your shalom. —Jeremiah 29:7 In the last week of March, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's Graduate and Faculty Ministries (GFM) staff team will come together for our annual national staff conference. I am looking forward to this year's exploration of Living Toward Shalom. As you may guess, we have a number of significant pre-conference readings and learning assignments designed … [Read more...] about Living Toward Shalom
Finding Light in the Darkness: Reflections on Recent Decisions in Missouri and New York
Image: Christ on Gethsemane, Jesus MAFA Isaiah 61:1-3b, 8 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, 3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of … [Read more...] about Finding Light in the Darkness: Reflections on Recent Decisions in Missouri and New York
Devotions: Beatitudes (7) —God’s Peace Corps
You're blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That's when you discover who you really are, and your place in God's family. -- Matthew 5:9, The Message Perhaps no other saying from Jesus needs attention as this one in our very dangerous and destructive world. World and area events point to the need for "peacemaking." What is a peacemaker? Can the ordinary believer be a peacemaker? The answer, says Jesus, is a resounding YES! The church group to which I belong actually has … [Read more...] about Devotions: Beatitudes (7) —God’s Peace Corps