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Book Review: Educating for Shalom

April 25, 2015 by Bob Trube No Comments

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 […]

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: academic calling, Educating for Shalom, faith and learning, justice, nicholas wolterstorff, shalom, virtue, vocation

Faithful Is Successful: Learn to Discern (Scholar’s Compass)

April 14, 2015 by Chelsea Foster No Comments

I left a highly secure job as a high school teacher in a beautiful suburban setting, teaching subjects that I loved most to share. Life was ideal and my income was strong. Yet, God had other plans. Within five years, my husband and I had four children and in the sixth year my mother had a paralyzing stroke the month before my husband was to start graduate school.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: discernment, Faithful is Successful, family, marriage, Scholar's Compass, shalom

Living Toward Shalom

February 28, 2015 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

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 […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries, nicholas wolterstorff, shalom

Finding Light in the Darkness: Reflections on Recent Decisions in Missouri and New York

January 23, 2015 by Alice Brown-Collins 4 Comments

The notion that God is a God of justice, as well as grace and love, allows oppressed people to have hope. When wrong is acknowledged and hope springs forth, it is possible to receive justice even when the system may let you down.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: BSAP, Ferguson, grace, justice, shalom, trauma

Devotions: Beatitudes (7) — God’s Peace Corps

August 3, 2014 by Carl Shank No Comments

Can the ordinary believer be a peacemaker? The answer, says Jesus, is a resounding YES!

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