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Palm Sunday’s Short-Lived Praise (Scholar’s Compass)

March 25, 2018 by Amy Davis Abdallah No Comments

Palm Branch

Human praise is short-lived. Whether it’s my students, the conference organizers, or publishers, praise is not always on their lips. And we see the same happening for Jesus.

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Filed Under: Devotional, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: lent, Lent 2018, Palm Sunday, Praise, Scholar's Compass, Suffering

Survival Kit: Challenges in Life and Academia

March 31, 2017 by ESN Announce No Comments

It’s great when everything rolls along smoothly in your academic 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.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Survival Kit Tagged With: disappointment, doubt, grief, repetition, Suffering, Survival Kit, Survival Kit: Challenges in Life and Academia

Book Review: A Glorious Dark, by A. J. Swoboda

March 6, 2017 by Bob Trube No Comments

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].

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion Tagged With: A. J. Swoboda, Book Review, easter, evil, good friday, holy, Holy Saturday, Holy Week, hope, Suffering, Triduum

Book Review: Prophetic Lament by Soong-Chan Rah

November 8, 2016 by Bob Trube No Comments

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.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: American Evangelicalism, Evangelicalism, intervarsity press, lament, lamentations, Soong-Chan Rah, Suffering, triumphalism

Book Review: Silence and Beauty, by Makoto Fujimura

October 16, 2016 by Bob Trube No Comments

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.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion Tagged With: faith, Fumi-e, Ground Zero, intervarsity press, Makoto-Fujimura, Nihonga, Shusako Endo, silence, Suffering

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