So, to recap: I was going to take POLISCI209: Computational Political Economics, but it was cancelled. So I shifted to SOCIOL225: Economic Sociology. Both of these were on the basis that a doctoral program in the social sciences is going to want to see a successful social science course on my transcript, and next semester [...]
Living Leadings
Religious, Spiritual, and Scholarly Considerations from Robert C. Fischer
One rarely knows what is good for us and what is bad. Therefore if we knowingly put ourselves in the hands of Almighty, whatever happens must be deemed good. And I try literally to follow that precept.
Gandhi, "Letter to Francesca Standenath", April 1947
Doctoral Programs
Surrendering the Ph.D.
And Other Kierkegaardian Therapies
Venerable Father Abraham! Second Father of the race! You who were the first to feel and bear witness to the prodigious passion that disdains the terrifying battle with the raging elements and the forces of creation in order to contend with God, you who were first to know that supreme passion, the holy, pure, and [...]
What am I doing?
One of the recurring struggles that I am having is the question: “What am I doing here?” I felt a strong calling to seminary in general and then to Duke in particular, but the lack of a strong calling beyond the doors of Duke has left me really struggling to find my own way, and [...]
