This is the second of a four part series of posts in which David Williams shares some historical and theological observations on the Bible passages studied in the Urbana12 business track. The first post of the series is The Call (Luke 5:1-11). The third post is The Lost (Luke 15:1-10). The final post is The Found (Luke 19:1-10). ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director of ESN. [Read more…] about The Kingdom (Luke 10:1-24)
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Overcoming The Paternalism of The Informed: Calisto Odede on Luke 5
This is the second post in an Urbana12 series by J. Nathan Matias (@natematias), Research Assistant, MIT Media Lab Center for Civic Media. This post in original form can be found here. Thank-you Nathan! Great to have you contributing material to the ESN Blog. Your work is much appreciated. ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director of ESN.
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This weekend, I’m at Urbana, a gathering of Christian students interested in the work of the church worldwide. Over the next few days, I will be blogging two kinds of sessions. Sessions like this morning’s gathering are intended to inspire and challenge Christian students to consider international service. This afternoon, I’ll be blogging more focused seminars, where smaller groups discuss specific issues.
Today, I’ll be blogging seminars on the theology of immigration and the place for graduate students in the global church.
Last night, Calisto Odede unpacked the mission statement of made by Jesus in Luke 4. Today, we consider the story of Simon in Luke 5, who Jesus asks to leave his nets, follow Jesus, and become a “fisher of men.” *
The session begins with a musical drama based on the story of Luke 5.
Leave your boat, drop your nets, come and follow me. #u12 #artsministry instagr.am/p/TybmbAuZt3/
I love the drama team performances #u12 #picstitch instagr.am/p/TycGGKB6hc/
Next, Andy Kim, leads an “Asian-American style” set of worship songs:
Asian American-led worship set at #u12! instagr.am/p/Tycw3ssWI0/
- The Stand, by Joel Houston, Hillsong
- Reign In Us, by Starfield
Attendees responded to the sets on Twitter. Christian organisational accounts took photos and tweeted the kind of response that they hope Christian students online and in the dome will give to the worship session:
I’ll stand with arms wide open. I #surrender it all to you. I’m yours! #u12 #urbana12
“We’re offer up our lives, a living sacriface.” That is @worldimpactinc prayer for @UrbanaMissions #u12 #comediewithme
Next up, Karen Ngooi talks about an experience she had living in a slum in Thailand. “I had a choice to swallow the hardship for a summer, or admit my weakness and run to Jesus.” Watching the injustice and poverty around her, she learned that following Christ is a process– saying Yes to Jesus is just the first of many such choices. There, Karen saw that the kingdom of God belongs to the poor; she learned from the poor what it means to deny one’s self and trust in God. Looking back, she found it incredibly difficult, but she has now chosen to tie her destiny with the poor. [Read more…] about Overcoming The Paternalism of The Informed: Calisto Odede on Luke 5
Unpacking the Missions Statement of Jesus in Luke 4, Urbana 2012 Opening Session
J. Nathan Matias (@natematias), Research Assistant, MIT Media Lab Center for Civic Media, makes art, software and social processes which empower people to become more creative, more effective, and more informed. His recent projects include the Festival of Learning, research on gender representation in the news, and tablet tech for social checkups. He’s an intentional polymath and range widely across the arts, tech, charities, ideas, and education. Before MIT, he worked in UK startups SwiftKey, Dressipi, and Texperts, developing technologies used by millions of people worldwide. He also helped start the Ministry of Stories, a creative writing center in East London. He was a Davies-Jackson Scholar at the University of Cambridge from 2006-2008.
J. Nathan Matias connected with the Emerging Scholars Network via Hannah Eagleson. He has given the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) permission to re-post his series on Urbana12. This post in original form can be found here. Thank-you Nathan! Great to have you contributing material to the ESN Blog. ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director of ESN.
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I’m here in a half-stadium at the America’s Center in St. Louis for Urbana, the premier gathering of Christian students interested in the work of the church worldwide. Over the next five days, over 16,000 attendees will participate in over two hundred sessions on Christian missions, theology, social justice, international development, and the role of Christians across university and the professions.
After a brief welcome, Intervarsity Canada Geri Rodman reminds us about the Native American history of St Louis. She takes a moment to honor the region’s first inhabitants, whose remarkable city is preserved at Cahokia Mounds.
Suddenly, the band opens up, the lights snap on, and the worship experience begins.
The set ends with Hillsong’s “Worthy Is the Lamb,” in a rotating cycle of languages, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, and Mandarin, a reference to the Book of Revelation’s future vision of heaven.
Singing is replaced by a series of live drama and pre-recorded films like this one: [Read more…] about Unpacking the Missions Statement of Jesus in Luke 4, Urbana 2012 Opening Session
The Call (Luke 5:1-11)
This is the first post of a four part series of posts in which David Williams shares some historical and theological observations on the Bible passages studied in the Urbana12 business track. The second post of the series is The Kingdom (Luke 10:1-24). The third post is The Lost (Luke 15:1-10). The final post is The Found (Luke 19:1-10). ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director of ESN.
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What Books Should We Suggest at Urbana 12?
In only 15 days, ESN will be joining 18,000 of our closest friends at Urbana 12, InterVarsity’s triennial missions conference. As in years past, we’ll have an exhibitor table, and I’ll be hosting a seminar on “Serving Christ as a Professor.”
One of my favorite things about conferences is learning about new books — or, even better, old books that I somehow hadn’t known about. Most of the attendees at Urbana are undergraduates, so the conference is a great opportunity to send them away with a fresh reading list for the new year.
What books about the life of the mind, the academy, and spiritual formation should we recommend? Here are the ones we suggested at Urbana 09. Do you have any to add?
Note: Several of the books below feature links to Amazon, but we strongly recommend you order from “friend of ESN” Hearts and Minds Books or the local bookstore of your choice.Â
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