ESN Blog Posts - update
Posted by tom | Sep 25, 2009Have I mentioned how much I love to blog for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's Emerging Scholars Network? Probably not. If I have, it has not been often enough or with proper zeal! It's such a blast to think, ramble, and write about following Christ in higher education with my friend Mike. What a mission to be about regularly exploring a number of topics with our readers, but giving special attention to Academic vocation and calling, The role of faith and theology in specific academic disciplines, and Spiritual formation in the academy. And then to hit campuses and conferences with all these articles, ideas and books at my finger tips ;-)
In case you haven't been keeping track, here's a few posts which I've written or contributed to in September. Take a quick link over and enjoy a piece or two ...
- Week in Review: Revolutions -- just posted this morning! Tags include: digital revolution, postmodern stalinism, reading, seven deadly sins, study abroad, workspaces, writing.
- The Rural Brain Drain: Below's is a quote from The Rural Brain Drain (Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas, Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/19/2009).
Ultimately, with a plan and a vision the undoing of Middle America is not preordained. The rural crisis has been ignored for far too long, but, we believe, it isn’t too late to start paying attention. The residents of rural America must embrace the fact that to survive, the world they knew and cherished must change. And, on a national level, rural development must be more closely linked to national economic growth priorities, and policies must be created to help these communities prepare for a future that is already here.
- Week in Review: Ethics Tags include: ethics, faculty, ghost writing, humility, maimonides, norman borlaug, teaching, writing.
- Humility as essential to faculty success
- Keys of Thriving (Not Just Surviving!)
- An Obituary for the “Warfare” View of Science and Religion
