{"id":502,"date":"2020-03-31T12:07:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T16:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/?p=502"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:08:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:08:47","slug":"ambition-and-the-academic-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/2020\/ambition-and-the-academic-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambition and the Academic Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"502\" class=\"elementor elementor-502\" 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-77759ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77759ed\" data-element_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-793f6fa\" data-id=\"793f6fa\" data-element_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-95fb338 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95fb338\" data-element_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>Matthew 6:32-33: For the pagans run after all these things [food, drink, clothes], and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.<\/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-d9862cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9862cd\" data-element_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-24a07e5\" data-id=\"24a07e5\" data-element_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-7c8c80f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c8c80f\" data-element_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>Professional ambition has been one of the great challenges of my academic life.<\/p><p>When I was a graduate student, I rejoiced in meeting Jesus in the process of research and writing. I felt I was in His presence when I pursued those activities. I lifted each article and project up to God; the effort to do better research or produce more outputs felt worshipful.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Yet, over time, I observed a negative cycle.<\/p><p>Though I started in a place of pursuing God, I would slide into chasing professional success. Soon, instead of submitting my work to God in worship of Him, I was asking God to help my professional ambitions so that I could worship my work. God, in His graciousness, would not let this stand. Inevitably, the successes would dry up, despite my continual prayers for more professional achievement. Finally, I would repent and God would end the drought he had created. Academic success would resume \u2013 until my heart again slipped into idolizing professional accomplishments.&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-87316af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87316af\" data-element_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-c3a422c\" data-id=\"c3a422c\" data-element_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-2bc084a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2bc084a\" data-element_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\">Eventually, I realized that two factors were at work. <\/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-0bde0a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0bde0a0\" data-element_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-0ce682f\" data-id=\"0ce682f\" data-element_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-2cbe462 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cbe462\" data-element_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>First, I had ignored how God\u2019s plans for my professional life had evolved.<\/p><p>His purposes for me expanded as I became a professor. They included loving students and colleagues and embracing the justice-building elements of my work \u2013 not simply growing my CV. I had missed the point where God\u2019s purposes and my professional ambition diverged..<\/p><p>The second factor was fear and self-reliance.<\/p><p>I knew, intellectually, that my academic career was a gift from God and each accomplishment came from Him. Yet, I still worried about the future \u2013 about tenure and future jobs and my standing with colleagues and my next annual review. Professional outputs were a source of security and I was struggling to let that go.&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-61c3af6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61c3af6\" data-element_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-d765cb8\" data-id=\"d765cb8\" data-element_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-d619e39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d619e39\" data-element_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\">Seeking First His Kingdom<\/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-e22995c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e22995c\" data-element_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-ed06623\" data-id=\"ed06623\" data-element_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-b7218c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7218c7\" data-element_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>God confronted me not long after I got my first tenure-track job. I was worshiping in church and had a vision of myself armored in my professional accomplishments. I saw God removing that armor, but it was attached to me like a shell. It had to be peeled away, leaving behind pink and vulnerable skin.&nbsp;<\/p><p>For almost two years, I wrestled with that image, asking God to help me love the campus, choosing to make time to pursue His kingdom, and entrusting to Him my professional security. The process was slow, but God was faithful. As I entrusted more of my security to Him, I had both more joy and success. One semester I took partial paternity leave and worked fewer hours than ever before, but had more professional success than in any previous semester.&nbsp;<\/p><p>To be clear, I am not espousing a doctrine of \u2018health and wealth.\u2019 Rather, amid the performance pressures of the academy, I want to testify to the truth of Matthew 6. Despite the pressures the academy tries to place on us, we are free to pursue His kingdom first because we can be confident that, as we seek Him, He provides for us.<\/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-83c641e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"83c641e\" data-element_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-a40afea\" data-id=\"a40afea\" data-element_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-033c82c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"033c82c\" data-element_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>Christopher Pallas<\/b><br>Kennesaw State<\/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>Matthew 6:32-33: For the pagans run after all these things [food, drink, clothes], and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 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