Thank-you to Amy Davis Abdallah for joining the Emerging Scholars Network's blogging team by sharing a pair of 2018 Lenten devotionals, beginning with last Sunday's challenging Do I Really Need a Sabbath? (Scholar's Compass). Follow this link to explore ESN's Lenten devotionals. To God be the glory! ~ Tom Grosh IV, Assoc. Dir., ESN … [Read more...] about Palm Sunday’s Short-Lived Praise (Scholar’s Compass)
Suffering
Survival Kit: Challenges in Life and Academia
It's great when everything rolls along smoothly in your academic work and the rest of your life. But what about those times when it doesn't? Maybe this spring, you're dealing with doubt, struggling with unjust circumstances, or grieving a loss. Or perhaps nothing huge is wrong, but you feel overwhelmed and tired out. ESN has gathered a few of our memorable posts on dealing with difficulties of different kinds. We hope the stories and insights in one or more of these posts will be an encouragement, whatever challenges … [Read more...] about Survival Kit: Challenges in Life and Academia
Book Review: A Glorious Dark, by A. J. Swoboda
A Glorious Dark: Finding Hope in the Tension Between Belief and Experience by A. J. Swoboda. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Press, 2015. Summary: An exploration of living in the tension of the glorious hope of Christian faith and the dark, unsettling realities of our lives through reflections grouped around the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the Triduum of Holy Week. A great book to read reflectively during Holy Week [April 9 - 16, 2017]. … [Read more...] about Book Review: A Glorious Dark, by A. J. Swoboda
Book Review: Prophetic Lament by Soong-Chan Rah
Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Trouble Times, Soong-Chan Rah. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2015. Summary: A commentary and exposition of the book of Lamentations that advocates for the restoration of the practice of lament as part of the worship of American churches, particularly majority culture evangelical churches. … [Read more...] about Book Review: Prophetic Lament by Soong-Chan Rah
Book Review: Silence and Beauty, by Makoto Fujimura
Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering, Makoto Fujimura (foreward by Philip Yancey). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2016. Summary: A “layered” reflection on Shusako Endo's Silence by a Japanese-American artist that explores the Christian experience of persecution in Japan, and the connections between silence, suffering, and beauty, that may draw contemporary Japanese to faith. … [Read more...] about Book Review: Silence and Beauty, by Makoto Fujimura