Jasmine Obeyesekere Fernando

Curious about our book clubs with Women Scholars and Professionals? Our host Jasmine Obeyesekere gives us a taste of what happens in a meeting.

Listen in on this fall book club interview as Women Scholars and Professionals book club host Jasmine Obeyesekere conducts an online discussion with author Amy L. Sherman where they discuss vocation, spiritual engagement, and personal congruence.

Do you find it hard to discern your calling in the present, caught up either in nostalgia or hopes for the future? Gordon Smith shows us how God calls us in the "here and now" of our lives, however complex our immediate circumstances might be.

What does it look like to build a multiethnic community? Jasmine Obeyesekere offers wisdom from her personal experience in Sri Lanka.

Have our collective souls been spiritually shaped by the digital industry such that we are becoming people very different to the traditional Biblical ideas of personhood? Felicia Wu Song explores our profound attachment to the digital and gives us perspective to steward our digital habits well without giving us a set of rules to follow.

Listen in on an exclusive peek into our fall book club as Women in the Academy and Professions associate Jasmine Obeyesekere conducts an online discussion with author and theologian Dr. Vinoth Ramachandra where they discuss suffering, hope, and the Christian life.

The challenges of pandemic life may feel overwhelming, but God's presence is near — even if it is hard to find.

Listen in on our book club conversation with author and professor Dr. Christina Bieber Lake where we discuss thriving in academia — even during a pandemic.

What can the story of the Good Samaritan teach us about racial tensions today? Jasmine Obeyesekere Fernando explores the gospel story in light of our current socio-political circumstances.

Interested in leading a virtual book club? Read our guide for tips on getting started.

What can Daniel teach us about living in the reality of a pandemic? Quite a bit, as it turns out.

Listen in on an exclusive peek into our book club during the final online discussion with author and professor Kathleen Cahalan on Calling All Years Good.

Might each of our life stages be a calling? Are there multiple callings in some seasons? The authors offer a unique perspective on Vocation by suggesting Lifespan as the lens through which we can view our callings.

If you're like us, you can't resist a good list of recommended books — and you're in luck.

Jasmine Obeyesekere Fernando gives us a glimpse into what life feels like for Sri Lankans in these first days after the 2019 Easter Bombings.

Did you know that women are vulnerable to violence during their entire lifetime? Through her extensive global travel, Dr. Storkey compassionately demonstrates what gender-based violence looks like on the bruised bodies of real girls and women.

What if the beliefs of our times that we take for granted are not true after all? Dr. Ramachandra gives historical and global perspective to understanding pressing contemporary issues in their contexts.

Interested in reading a woman apologist of C.S. Lewis’s caliber and era? Uncover Dorothy Sayers’s insights on Theology and Work from selected essays and discover the clarity and confidence with which she articulates Christian doctrine.

Women in the Academy and Professions hosts an interview with author and professor Dr. Steven Garber.

What can a group of sisters born over three thousand years ago teach us about standing up to social injustice? Quite a lot, as Jasmine Obeyesekere reveals to us in this article.

Jasmine Obeyesekere Fernando describes her lifelong friendship with a Muslim family and offers some encouragement in developing cross-cultural interfaith friendships of our own.

We mourn the murder of people in Garissa, among them students from our sister movement in FOCUS Kenya — another grim reminder that in parts of the globe today, Christians are randomly killed...