In Focus

In Focus articles are thoughtful and practical writings addressing the unique challenges and joys of women in the academy and professions. Topics include those dealing with the academy, professions, relationships, singleness, career decisions, and child-bearing and child-raising in the context of study and work.

In Focus
March 24, 2011
By Emily Dolan
Compulsive Comparisons

Comparing oneself to others can reach new heights when the comparison is based on the progress of a dissertation.

In Focus
March 24, 2011
By Sarah Pechan
Investment Values

Sarah Pechan calls readers to not contribute to poverty production with their funding and gives resources for socially responsible investing.

In Focus
March 21, 2011
By Christine Jeske
God Said "No"

With her own experience in mind, author Chrissy Jeske rejects self-pity and bitterness and considers the window God provides.

In Focus
February 27, 2011
By Jamie Noyd
Finding Life In-between

Jamie Noyd gives examples from literature, the Bible, and her own work of lives changing in “liminal” moments.

In Focus
February 20, 2011
By Jayme M. Yeo
Broken For You

When Jamie Yeo is asked to serve communion at her church, she is terrified of being called out, “Hey, who let you in? What do you think you’re doing?” until her thought is claimed by another idea.

In Focus
January 29, 2011
By Jenn Anderson
The Gift of Discipline

Graduate student Jenn Anderson finds in her new discipline of running, lessons for engagement and challenge in all areas of her life.

In Focus
January 22, 2011
By Eugenia Brown
Clinker Bricks

A professor of the history of Christianity learns to tell the truth about the giants of the faith and about herself.

In Focus
January 20, 2011
By Sandra L. Glahn
Finding God in Literature

Though living hundreds of years apart, T. S. Elliot and Julian of Norwich both affirmed that in Christ, “all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.”

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