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Vote: Round 2 ESN March Madness ’14 closes at midnight
What is the most pressing issue for the Christian to engage when journeying in higher ed? Let the games begin! The second round of ESN March Madness ’14 will close at midnight tonight (3/14). If you...
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NY Times: Colleges and Evangelicals Collide on Bias Policy
Colleges and Evangelicals Collide on Bias Policy by Michael Paulson (NY Times, 6/10/2014). Note: Article screen shot. In the print copy, the article began in text in the middle of the front page....
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The End of Higher Ed — Update #1
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as...
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Time to “Uncover”
InterVarsity Alum: Dr. Lendol Calder on “Uncoverage” is an apt video for us as we begin a new term, asking ourselves how we dialog (dare I even say provide a framework for studies in a particular...
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Peace, Beauty, Relationships: Teenage reflections on the MidWest Faculty...
Sunset at Cedar Campus It’s about time for a follow-up to The End of Higher Ed — Update #1 and what a joy to have one of my talented teenage daughters looking for the opportunity :) If you have a story...
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Five Things I’ve Learned from Writing a Dissertation, Part 1
Over the past six years, I’ve been enrolled in a Ph.D. program in the Graduate Department of Religion at Vanderbilt University, studying church history. For the past three years, I’ve been trying to...
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Five Things I’ve Learned from Writing a Dissertation, Part 2
Boston Public Library Last time I explored how important it is to have a supportive community while writing. Here I move on to lessons 2 and 3 from my dissertation process: 2) Be realistic about how...
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Five Things I’ve Learned from Writing a Dissertation, Part 3
Photo by anna_bencze Jonathan Warren shares the last in a three part series. Explore Part 1 here and Part 2 here. As I wrap up this series, two more things I learned from my dissertation come to mind:...
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Engaging Social Media
A taste of the resources I’ve been engaging for the upcoming “Social Media Workshop: Communications and Community” (Post Graduate & Faculty Ministries Staff Team Mtgs, 3/27/2015). Pray for workshop...
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Five Things I’ve Learned from Writing a Dissertation Series
Jonathan Warren, who recently finished his Ph.D. in the History of Christianity at Vanderbilt University, reflects upon what he learned from writing his dissertation. Thank-you Jonathan! View the story...
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The University Today: Challenges and Opportunities (Video)
Earlier Bob Trube, Senior Area Director, IVCF/USA shared the transcript (with minor edits) of The University Today: Challenges and Opportunities, a presentation he gave at the IFES World Assembly...
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Loving Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 1 (Urbana preview)
As preparation for Urbana, we’ll be sharing encouragement from speakers who are giving seminars, and possibly others involved in Urbana as well. Today Rick Mattson, InterVarsity staff and author of...
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Loving Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 2 (Urbana preview)
Photo by vasta Rick Mattson, InterVarsity staff and author of How Faith Is Like Skydiving: And Other Memorable Images for Dialogue with Seekers and Skeptics(InterVarsity Press, 2014), continues his...
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Love Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 3 (Urbana Preview)
Photo by Taekwonweirdo Picture: University of Michigan Law School Reading Room Rick Mattson, InterVarsity staff and author of How Faith Is Like Skydiving: And Other Memorable Images for Dialogue with...
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Loving Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 4 (Urbana Preview)
Photo by ‘PixelPlacebo’ Image: “Neighbors,” by PixelPlacebo In Part 3 I noted that using a “cumulative case” approach is a powerful (but lengthy) way to communicate the claims of the Christian...
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“Your crooked heart”: Literary Study and Spiritual Formation (Scholar’s Call)
John Runciman, King Lear in the Storm, 1767 Act III of Shakespeare’s King Lear gets to me every time. Lear, spectacularly blinded by pride and bereft of power in his old age, having foolishly exiled...
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Book Review: Reengineering the University, by William F. Massey
Reengineering the University. William F. Massy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016 (expected publication date February 11, 2016). Reengineering the University. William F. Massy. Baltimore:...
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Processing your PhD: a further meditation on done-ness
What’s it actually like when you finally finish a PhD? Recent PhD grad Will Mari continues his series on life after graduate school, Processing Your PhD. See his first post here, and his second here....
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Summer Snapshot: Taste, See, and Obey
Angelo connected with the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) through the Urbana15 pilot ESN Scholars Program, which connected emerging scholars with mentors and peers in small groups before, after, and...
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Processing your PhD: on next-ness
What’s it actually like when you finally finish a PhD? Recent PhD grad Will Mari wraps up his series on life after graduate school, Processing Your PhD. See posts on finishing here, teaching here, and...
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