Emerging Scholars Network

Registration is still open for the 2026 ESN Summer Cohort: Sacred Calling of Scholarship. If you or you know someone who will be starting graduate school this fall, check it out and sign up (bit.ly/SummerCohort26)today to prepare for grad school in community and with a focus on seeing scholarship as a calling form God.

O Lord, you who set the oppressed free, increase in us a love of justice this day, we pray, that we might love it as you love it, upholding the cause of the poor, defening the weak, rescuing the needy, and speaking out for the oppressed, no matter what the cost, so that we might gladly fulfill the law of love. We pray this in the liberating name of Jesus. Amen.

Prayers for the Pilgrimage, W. David O. Taylor

American Scientific Affiliation Annual Meeting

SCIENCE FAITH SYNERGY:
Glorifying God and Serving the World
Annual Meeting | July 24 - 27, 2026 | Gordon College | Wenham, MA

Register: https://network.asa3.org/mpage/ASA2026

O Lord, you who know me inside and out, every bone in my body, how I was sculpted from nothing into something, grant me the grace, I pray, to make the best of this day, so that I might work in a non-anxious manner and accomplish your good purposes for me, no more and no less. I pray this in the name of the One who breathes new life into dry bones. Amen.

Prayers for the Pilgrimage, W. David O. Taylor

Black Scholars and Professionals

This summer, we’re coming together twice a month to read Nailing It by Nicole Massie Martin—a book that speaks powerfully to the joys and challenges of pursuing purpose in spaces where our presence is both needed and prophetic. To bless our community, the first 15 people who sign up will receive a complimentary copy (book or e‑book). https://bit.ly/summerbookclub26
Date: Wednesdays June 17, July 1, July 15, July 29, August 12
Time: 7:30 PM EST
Register: https://bit.ly/summerbookclub26

Check out the online gatherings InterVarsity's Faculty Ministry, Emerging Scholars Network, and Women Scholars and Professionals is hosting this summer at https://mailchi.mp/4d94c0a4caed/fm-summer-series-2026-2.

O Spirit of God, you who sest the diciples aflame with the fire of God, put a fire in our bones, we pray, so that we, in Jesus' name and for his sake, might preach the good news to the poor, heal the brokenhearted, proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, and set the oppressed free. We pray this in the life-giving name of Jesus. Amen.

- Prayers for the Pilgrimage, W. David O. Taylor

As summer begins, what does your rhythm look like for this change in season? Are you overly optimistic about what you will accomplish? Have you planned time to rest? https://blog.emergingscholars.org/2026/05/summer-rhythms/

Are you preparing to start graduate school this fall? Join ESN in our 2026 Summer Cohort.

Register here: https://bit.ly/SummerCohort26

O Spirit of God, you who turned the chaos of Babel into the harmony of Penecost, take the many discordant parts of Christ's body this day, we pray, and make them one, so that a watching world may see and believe in the One who holds all things together. We pray this in the name of Jesus, the One who ever prays that we might be one. Amen.

- Prayers for the Pilgrimage, W. David O. Taylor