{"id":1609,"date":"2013-10-01T12:10:56","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T16:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/?p=1609"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:11:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:11:05","slug":"seated-at-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/2013\/seated-at-the-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Seated at the Table"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1609\" class=\"elementor elementor-1609\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7136bb3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7136bb3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19fa469\" data-id=\"19fa469\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7eac6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7eac6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For most of my life, I\u2019ve been fighting for a seat at the table. One day I&#8217;d sit with the top English Literature scholars in my field; I would earn the Ph.D., secure a tenure-track job, earn tenure, publish prolifically, and then finally have my place at the table I\u2019ve been waiting for all my life.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2191289 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2191289\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc68c3e\" data-id=\"cc68c3e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2501707 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2501707\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>But fighting for this seat nearly destroyed me.<\/p><p>Fortunately, God reminded me that this economy of ranking, comparison, and superiority imprisoned me in a state of acute self-consciousness and self-absorption.&nbsp; Slowly I began to recognize how easily academia had me toggling between feelings of superiority or inferiority (often within the same afternoon!) as I fought to belong.<\/p><p>I actually wrote my dissertation on shame and narcissism as a result.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1efb81 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1efb81\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c870c8\" data-id=\"6c870c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1d9170 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b1d9170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Comparing<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d126922 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d126922\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f279a9\" data-id=\"7f279a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c888d6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c888d6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now, ten years later, I still battle the tendency to self-evaluate and compare myself to others in my department. It doesn\u2019t stop there; I measure myself against other writers, other mothers, and other wives. Almost daily, I still need God&#8217;s perspective.\u00a0 Recently, God used Ephesians 2 to remind me that I already have a seat at the greatest table the world has ever known.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>In Ephesians 2:6, Paul announces that \u201cGod raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.\u201d I\u2019ve built up an arsenal of verbs to remind me of my identity in Christ, but seated has never been one of them.\u00a0<\/p><p>Justified, redeemed, chosen, and forgiven, yes, but seated?\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18b5507 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18b5507\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9a90aa\" data-id=\"d9a90aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d528082 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d528082\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Changed Perspective<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6457ef2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6457ef2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-829349b\" data-id=\"829349b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccd3805 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ccd3805\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Suddenly, I see myself called by a Great King to my seat at the table.<\/p><p>In my imagination, it plays out like Arthurian Legend: King Arthur calls the Knights of Camelot to the Round Table. Here, nobody is inferior or superior to anyone else. The knights take their seats. Each one has his own place, his own talents, and his own assignments. They sit battle ready, uniquely equipped, devoted to the kingdom, and interdependent.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac975fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac975fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af53eb4\" data-id=\"af53eb4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-586998b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"586998b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Seated and Called<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51513dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51513dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ae9075\" data-id=\"8ae9075\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a958a2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a958a2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When I see myself this way\u2014as already seated and called to complete the tasks God assigns me\u2014I stop working so hard for acceptance. I stop caring about prestige. I no longer need to make a name for myself. I cease measuring myself against any other person. Why would I? I have my own seat, my own calling, and my own tasks.\u00a0<\/p><p>This realization has changed how I approach my teaching, writing, and ministry assignments. When I live as if I\u2019m already seated, I\u2019m finding that it purifies my motivations in my work and ministry. I\u2019m motivated by Christ\u2019s love and not the need to belong somewhere, earn a title, or feel superior in some way.\u00a0 I have my place at the table. Whether I fail or succeed against some arbitrary standard no longer matters.<\/p><p><b>I am already seated.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ada9d98 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ada9d98\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d47b9e\" data-id=\"9d47b9e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c8b587 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c8b587\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Heather Holleman<\/b><br>Department of English<br>Penn State University<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For most of my life, I\u2019ve been fighting for a seat at the table. 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