While we don’t have evidence of plant intelligence here on Earth, we may still have underestimated our local flora and overlooked their capacity to communicate.Read more…
ESN News: A Leadership Transition
With both sorrow and joy, we announce that Tom Grosh IV will be transitioning to a new role as an area director with CMDA (Christian Medical and Dental Association) in South Central Pennsylvania, and I will be carrying on the vision and mission of ESN. Sorrow, because Tom is an amazing colleague who has grown ESN into a vibrant ministry with a strong model, and I will miss him immensely. Joy, because Tom is moving on to another wonderful opportunity to serve Christ and still plans to do some volunteer writing with ESN, and joy also because I am deeply excited to grow the vision, mission, and model Tom has built at ESN.Read more…
Equipping Christian Scholars at Urbana 18: The ESN Urbana Fellows Program
One of my [Hannah] most vivid memories of Urbana 15: sitting at a table of emerging scholars passionately discussing what it means to be missional in a humanities field, as the loudspeaker above blared regular announcements such as, “Those in the green area, you should be finishing your salad now. Those in the red area, you should be clearing your tables now.”Read more…
Living in relationships with immigrants, refugees, and other low-income people . . .
What is my main takeaway for those of us in the context of higher ed? Royce’s conclusion summarizes the book’s call to prayer, knowing and learning from immigrant neighbors, serving, giving, educating our churches and communities/advocacy, and addressing the root issues. Read more…
Science Corner: Watching the Special Features
…understanding the chemical and physiological reactions that generate emotions can enrich rather than impoverish my relationship to music and art.Read more…
2018’s Most Visited ESN Blog Posts
1. Science in Review: Thor, Thanos and Theology by Andy Walsh 2. A Prayer for Those Finishing a Semester by Hannah Eagleson 3. How should Christians in the sciences choose an epistemology? (STEAM Grant Series) by Jim Stump. . . .Read more…
Walking the Campus (Growing Spiritually in the Academic Life Series)
What might it mean to see the campus as a crossroads? As a place of intersection where the church and academia meet? Read more…
Restless is our heart . . .
Inspired by lengthy conversations at Urbana Student Missions Conference (12/27-31) regarding resources on/practices in faithful witness and my family returning with a suitcase full of books, I am launching Read…Quote…Reflect.Read more…
Science Corner: Hacking your Donor List
If your experience is anything like mine, your 2018 wrapped up with a blitz of requests for end-of-year charitable contributions.Read more…
Scholar’s Compass: Starting with the Kingdom in Mind
Today, we’re happy to welcome Alexis Grant in her first post for Scholar’s Compass, our devotional for academics. For more of Scholar’s Compass, explore our archives here. To read more of Alexis Grant’s work, visit her personal blog, Wonders ofRead more…
Announcing the 2019 Christian Scholars Foundation Grant
The Christian Scholars Foundation offers one grant of $7500 this year to a member of the Emerging Scholars Network at the junior faculty level.Read more…
Science Corner: Christmas Reading
If you have some extra time for a holiday or winter break and are looking for something to read, allow me to remind you of the books we’ve discussed over the past year.Read more…
Merry Christmas from Emerging Scholars Network
During this Christmas season, we pray that you would find joy in Christ, the light of the world. We thought this ancient hymn [Of the Father’s Love Begotten] would be a helpful reflection for the last Sunday of Advent and for Christmas a few days later. May God bless you richly in this season! – The ESN TeamRead more…
Job Opportunity at Anselm House: Associate Director of University Engagement
Anselm House, a Christian study center at the University of Minnesota, is seeking a full-time Associate Director of University Engagement. Read more…
Duke Divinity Scholarships for Fellowship in Theology, Medicine, and Culture
Applications are open for The Fellowship in Theology, Medicine, and Culture! Since 2015, we [Duke Divinity School] have provided scholarship support for those called to healthcare for 1-2 years of theological study and spiritual formation. Starting in 2019, we are offering THREE FULL-TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS for students on a 2-year track.Read more…
Science Corner: Star Signs in the Space Age
The grandest ambitions of the human race require always more, and so we imagine living out among the stars, or at the very least on other planets.Read more…
Connect with ESN/GFM at Urbana
Going to Urbana? Connect with ESN and all of InterVarsity’s Graduate and Faculty Ministries in the following ways.Read more…
Faculty Openings at Westmont
In our goal of supporting early career Christian academics, we like to share faculty opportunities passed on to us by professors and departments. Read on for tenure-track opportunities at Westmont in a number of fields. Read more…
Science Corner: The Advent and the Apocalypse
We are imperfect creators, and so not everything about our new world is good. We may still have the ability to mitigate some of the imperfections, but to do so we first need the humility to accept our limitations as creators.Read more…
Faith and Reason Part 4: Locke
An important part to Locke’s project concerned epistemology, a branch of philosophy that defines knowledge. Epistemology deals with questions such as “What is knowledge, and how do we know when we have it?”Read more…
Science Corner: The Future, Fast and Slow
When Jesus was born as the Son of God incarnate, the future arrived in a very tangible way.Read more…
Resources for Advent
A list of Advent resources you may find helpful this year, including some from our archives.Read more…
Science Corner: A Bumper Crop of Science
Some weeks it can be tricky to find a way into the science news that might be of interest to those outside the specific community of investigation. But not this week.Read more…
Thanksgiving . . . Facing A Task Unfinished
Thank You, Lord, for _______________, who prayed with me to receive Jesus as my Lord & Savior. In Facing A Task Unfinished, Keith & Kristyn Getty remind us of the call before us, one engaged in the daily grind [of higher education] and in the next steps ahead of us. Read more…