This series offers the opportunity to learn from Black faculty, researchers, and graduate students, as they share their scholarship in their areas of teaching, research or practice.

How do you find time to connect with God during the busy years of graduate school? Pastor and InterVarsity staff, Howard Chang, shares how spiritual disciplines have provided the rhythms and space to stay connected to God as a branch is to a vine (John 15:6)."

We all want community. Real community. Jesus is all about creating the kind of community that goes beyond just being known—how we live and love each other will change the world around us.

We'd like to commend to you an article by Scott Santibañez, Boots on the Ground: Faith and Public Health in Action, published on the Public Health, Religion, and Spirituality Network website.

The ESN blog has partnered with Emerging Scholars as writers of content for and by graduate students and faculty. The material these writers have shared with the Emerging Scholars Network has been such an encouragement. Hannah Eagleson, an editor and writer for ESN collected some of the best resources for your reference as you plan events for your chapter, fellowship, small group, or prayer meetings. We are so grateful to the ESN Blog writers for these contributions.

Check out these podcasts featuring great encouragement, inspiration and information for those interested in missional medicine.

This guided reflection will help you invest in your own self-care before, during, and after serving as a small group leader.

We are happy to share BSAP’s online Meet the Author Event with: Ms. Skip McDonald, R.N.,BSN, Th.B., who wrote the Anxiety Bible Study Guide. Join us to hear Ms. Skip McDonald talk about anxiety, share key points from her bible study guide, and entertain questions from Black scholars in attendance. She worked extensively as a mental health nurse and she serves InterVarsity as a Regional Resource Specialist focusing on mental health and spiritual formation. We are so grateful to have this time with her. Peace be with you.

Why is everyone so angry online? The internet seems to have brought the world together only so we can tear each other apart. Social media platforms have become toxic and polarizing environments.