Reflections

Reflections are meditations and stories, often in memoir style, of women's lives as they seek to follow Christ in the academy and professions. Reflections include insights into God's faithfulness to women in the midst of academic and professional life.

Reflections
August 16, 2012
By Angie Crea O'Neal
Believing God: Lessons from Africa

Angie Crea O'Neal didn't know about Mulenga's story when she planned her presentation for the women's conference, nor that his testimony would directly precede hers — but God did.

Reflections
July 04, 2012
By Sharon Gartland
A Fond Farewell

Sharon Gartland, National Director of InterVarsity’s Women in the Academy & Professions ministry, bids goodbye as she takes a new position.

Reflections
March 05, 2012
By Tish Harrison Warren
Lent: Emptiness, Fear, and Fullness

Tish Harrison Warren took on stillness for Lent and found when she slowed down and invited Jesus in, she was forced to face things she might usually ignore.

Reflections
February 06, 2012
By Sharon Gartland
The Art of Conversation

Sharon Gartland encourages us to be willing to listen well and process communally in this election year.

Reflections
November 27, 2011
By Sharon Gartland
Advent: God's Invitations

Calling advent “a very female season,” Sharon Gartland considers how we hear and respond to God’s invitations.

Reflections
October 23, 2011
By Nikki Toyama-Szeto
Rock Polishing

Nikki Toyama-Szeto wonders why we as Christians try to look like well-polished specimens rather than enter the rock-tumbler that might actually reveal — and heal — our flaws.

Reflections
September 30, 2011
By Angie Crea O'Neal
Opals

English professor Angie Crea O’Neal considers the mysteries of the opal, her October birthstone, in this creative non-fiction reflection for The Well.

Reflections
September 14, 2011
By Christine Jeske
I'll Be Singing

Returning to graduate school and overwhelmed with the added responsibilities of being a spouse, parent, and homeowner, Chrissy Jeske found encouragement in an unexpected place.

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