How the Body of Christ Talks by C. Christopher Smith is an invitation to deeper conversation for Christian congregations, although organizations of all sorts will likely find value in Smith’s observations and advice.Read more…
Entering One Holy Week
Thank you to Kirsten Wagenius for sharing “ONE HOLY WEEK: an Easter journey from palms to persecution to praise” with the Emerging Scholars Network!Read more…
Science Corner: Adding to the Conversation
Highlights from Francis Su’s webinar “The Integration of Faith and the Academic Calling.”Read more…
Spiritual Life As An Academic: The Perpetual Student
Part of the challenge in academia is that my success seems tied to my ‘expertise.’ Read more…
Science Corner: 2019 BioLogos Conference Recap
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the BioLogos conference in Baltimore, MD. Although there is a healthy dose of science, their conferences have a different feel than American Scientific Affiliation meetings, or at least the one I attended.Read more…
American Scientific Affiliation Annual Meeting
The American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) annual faith/science conference is coming up July 19-22. The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) and ASA have partnered to expand student/early career presence greatly in the last few years, and this time we would love to connect with even more emerging scholars and more experienced mentors.Read more…
Science Corner: The Prizes are in Bloom
[Karen Uhlenbeck’s] work laid the foundation for a whole new branch of mathematics, geometric analysis, and she also provided mathematical physicists critical tools for working with the Yang-Mills equations which are central to the Standard Model of particle physics.Read more…
The One Thing Needful (Lent 2019)
The mark of a certain kind of genius is the ability and energy to keep returning to the same task relentlessly, imaginatively, curiously, for a lifetime. – Eugene H. Peterson, Run with the HorsesRead more…
North Park University Job Opening: Visiting Professor of Human Anatomy and Physiology
One way we support Christian academics at ESN is to share faculty job openings at Christian colleges and other institutions interested in receiving applications from those in the InterVarsity network. Read on for information on a North Park University visitingRead more…
Science Corner: The Luck of the Streptomyces
Having just observed St. Patrick’s Day, I thought it fitting to discuss some science news from Ireland.Read more…
Spiritual Disciplines for Graduate School
In my role as a campus minister over the last 15 years, I’ve had the privilege of helping students embrace the value of simple, flexible, and defined spiritual disciplines.Read more…
Science Corner: Subtraction by Addition
Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park was in the science news last week, which caught my eye because I had recently read Sean B. Carroll’s The Serengeti Rules. (Scientist/authors are rare, and yet biologist Sean B. Carroll must distinguish himself from physicistRead more…
Living Mid-Story (Lent 2019)
If we are going to live appropriately, we must be aware that we are living in the middle of a story that was begun and will be concluded by another. And this other is God. – Eugene H. Peterson, Run with the HorsesRead more…
April 1: Christians in Chemistry Meetup at ACS in Orlando
Christians in Chemistry will gather again informally at the semi-annual meeting of the American Chemical Society, in Orlando, Florida. Read more…
Science Corner: Lent 2019
Since [Pope Francis] is a scientist and a theologian, I thought he would be a good point of reference [on Lenten practice].Read more…
Awe and Humility (Growing Spiritually in the Academic Life Series)
Humble awe brings us back to the original reason we chose to be academics in the first place—an amazing God and an amazing world of knowledge.Read more…
Science Corner: “It was easier to know it than to explain why I know it.”
“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth”–surely a familiar quote to anyone who has spent time with Sherlock Holmes.Read more…
Science Corner: When All Else Fails, Quote a British Prime Minister
Listening to the recent debate between human debating champion Harish Natarajan and IBM’s Watson-derived Project Debater, I was amused to hear the AI conclude her remarks with a Benjamin Disraeli quote.Read more…
Discipled by One’s Discipline While Growing in Faith
The deeper one gets involved in one’s academic discipline, the more one is shaped by that discipline and discipled into a certain way of being and thinking.Read more…
Heading to Grad School in 2019? Join ESN Connect
Heading to grad school in Fall 2019? Know someone who is? Invite them to our ESN Connect program for connections to local Christian grad school groups, tips on making a strong transition, and a special videochat on how to choose a school and prepare once you’re accepted.Read more…
Science Book Review: The Revolutionary Genius of Plants Ch 7-9
We’re on our final week discussing the English translation of Stefano Mancuso’s The Revolutionary Genius of Plants, a colorful and wide-ranging survey of recent developments in our understanding of plant biology. Mancuso is particularly interested in what sets plants apartRead more…
Faculty and Administrative Job Openings at Trinity Western University
Faculty openings in English, chemistry, political studies, mathematics and computer science, and more. Read more…
Science Book Review: The Revolutionary Genius of Plants Ch 4-6
In chapter 4, [Mancuso] brings up what I thought was the most intriguing difference: plants stay put. OK, maybe that’s obvious, but what’s intriguing are the implications Mancuso teases out from it.Read more…
Cultivating Humility (Growing Spiritually in the Academic Life Series)
A major “spiritual occupational hazard” for an academic is thinking too much of yourself. This can show itself as pride and arrogance . . .Read more…