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First Week of Advent: The Word (Scholar’s Compass)
Scripture Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly. Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, that...
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The Baptism of the Lord (Scholar’s Compass)
Today, we’re delighted to welcome guest writer and previous ESN Associate Director Micheal Hickerson. Micheal did a great deal to grow ESN. Although he’s moved on to different career commitments, we’re...
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Lent: Public and Private Healing
Photo by Ian W Scott Heather Walker Peterson begins ESN’s 2018 Lenten reflections with a two part series on Lent as Healing Time. Her earlier contributions to ESN, i.e., Giving Thanks, Releasing the...
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Lenten Healing in the Psalms
Heather Walker Peterson began ESN’s 2018 Lenten devotionals with Lent: Public and Private Healing. For Heather’s earlier contributions to ESN, i.e., Giving Thanks, Releasing the Helm, Time Management,...
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Healing
Photo by sasint Heather Walker Peterson began ESN’s 2018 Lenten devotionals with reflections on Lent as Healing Time. Today Mark Eckel shares a story of healing. To God be the glory! Note: For ESN’s...
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The Tension of Passion and People
Photo by geralt Thank-you to Tatyana Clayton for joining the Emerging Scholars Network’s blogging team by sharing a pair of 2018 Lenten devotionals. Looking forward to next Sunday’s piece: The Hope of...
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The Hope of Eternity
Photo by pixel2013 Thank-you to Tatyana Claytor for following up to The Tension of Passion and People with a second Lenten devotional. What a privilege to have you share your gifts with the Emerging...
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Do I Really Need a Sabbath? (Scholar’s Compass)
Photo by Big Grey Mare Thank-you to Amy Davis for joining the Emerging Scholars Network’s blogging team by sharing a pair of 2018 Lenten devotionals, looking forward to next week’s Palm Sunday’s...
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Palm Sunday’s Short-Lived Praise (Scholar’s Compass)
Photo by Leonard J Matthews Thank-you to Amy Davis 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...
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The Day of Resurrection
The Day of Resurrection The day of resurrection! Earth, tell it out abroad; the passover of gladness, the passover of God. From death to life eternal, from earth unto the sky, our Christ hath brought...
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A Prayer for Those Finishing a Semester
The staff and volunteers of ESN seek to be attuned to the rhythms of the academic year and the spiritual rhythms of our lives with God. One of the main goals in how we set up our blog content is to...
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Living Mid-Story (Lent 2019)
Run with the Horses: The Quest for Life at Its Best by Eugene H. Peterson (InterVarsity Press). “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you...
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The One Thing Needful (Lent 2019)
Sunrise at The Listening Rock on Pond Mountain. Photo by ionntag Run with the Horses: The Quest for Life at Its Best by Eugene H. Peterson (InterVarsity Press). Here, then, is the clue to our erratic...
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Entering One Holy Week
Thank you to Kirsten Wagenius, a colleague with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship / USA’s Graduate & Faculty Ministries, for sharing “ONE HOLY WEEK: an Easter journey from palms to persecution to...
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Healing…Fiction…Connectedness [Balm in Gilead / Summer Read…Quote…Reflect]
Balm in Gilead: A Theological Dialogue with Marilynne Robinson, edited by Timothy Larsen and Keith L. Johnson (InterVarsity Press, 2019). All that Gilead puts to us is the plain reminder goodness is...
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The praise that pours forth from the lips of . . . [Balm in Gilead / Summer...
Balm in Gilead: A Theological Dialogue with Marilynne Robinson, edited by Timothy Larsen and Keith L. Johnson (InterVarsity Press, 2019). The praise that pours forth from the lips of [John] Ames and...
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Great Theology, Teachableness, & John Calvin [Balm in Gilead / Summer...
Balm in Gilead: A Theological Dialogue with Marilynne Robinson, edited by Timothy Larsen and Keith L. Johnson (InterVarsity Press, 2019). In an essay on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, [Marilynne] Robinson...
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Come Home [Balm in Gilead / Summer Read…Quote…Reflect]
Balm in Gilead: A Theological Dialogue with Marilynne Robinson, edited by Timothy Larsen and Keith L. Johnson (InterVarsity Press, 2019). Marilynne Robinson’s novels are meant to become transparent as...
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Lenten Reflections: Resisting Racism
Gotta Be Worth It at Pexels This is the fifth in a series of weekly reflections through the season of Lent, written by Bobby Gross, who contributed the reflections for this past Advent Season. The...
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Lenten Reflections: Examining our Allegiance
Photo by Brady Leavell on Unsplash This is the sixth in a series of weekly reflections through the season of Lent, written by Bobby Gross, who contributed the reflections for this past Advent Season....
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