Oh Lord, We ask that You would gift those studying the humanities this fall with Your wisdom, Your courage, and Your joy. We ask Your wisdom, oh Holy Spirit! Many students and scholars explore the humanities with the hope ofRead more…
Sci-Fi Film Fest: Talking The Phantom Menace with Mike Beidler (Pt 1)
Welcome to the first Emerging Scholars Network Sci-Fi Film Festival! I’ll be having a conversation here on the blog on various classic and current science fiction movies. Feel free to watch along and join the conversation. This week’s film is 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.Read more…
Science Corner: Math Goes Sci-Fi & A Blog Film Festival
In the ten-day window when the dates are all palindromes (9 10 19, 9 11 19, etc.), let’s have some math news.Read more…
A Journey of Vocation: ESN Weekly Readings for Grad Students, Fall 2019
Whether you just started graduate school or are almost finished, our weekly fall readings are designed to help you grow in your sense of calling in the university. Read more…
Answering God’s Call: ESN Weekly Readings for Faculty, Fall 2019
Renew your sense of calling with our fall 2019 weekly readings, designed for individuals and small groups.Read more…
Beginning Fall 2019: A Letter from ESN Director Bob Trube
How is God inviting you into His story this year? Read more…
September Events: Avengers, Vocation, Writing Better, Faith/Science Guide Review Opportunity
There’s a lot happening this fall for ESN and friends! Events online and in person, one time and ongoing. Read more…
Science Corner: The Skinny on Genes
Biology is not fully reducible to genetics, and behavior is not fully reducible to biology. I’ve found myself using that adage more often in conversation, so I thought perhaps it would be helpful to mention and unpack here. As farRead more…
Science Book Review: Vessel
The setup is that astronaut Catherine Wells has returned to Earth after a nine year absence, the sole survivor of a interstellar mission written off as a complete loss years earlier. She has no recollection of the critical portions of her journey, and thus cannot explain where her crewmates are, why she was gone for so long, and how she got back.Read more…
Science Corner: In Case You Missed It (ASA 2019)
An invitation to explore the archive of talks from the recent ASA annual meeting.Read more…
Science Corner: The Patience of Science
I have a lot of respect for the Japanese team that spent 12 years culturing bacteria from a group called Lokiarchaea.Read more…
New Details for Christians in Chemistry Meetup: August 26 (ACS San Diego Meeting)
Read on for finalized details on the upcoming Christians in Chemistry meetup at the ACS San Diego Meeting. In our goal of connecting Christian academics to the communities they need, we often publicize meetups of Christians at various conferences. TheRead more…
ESN News & Welcome: Bob Trube Appointed ESN Director
I am delighted to welcome Bob Trube as the new Director of InterVarsity’s Emerging Scholars Network, and I very much look forward to working as assistant director with him to grow ESN. In his 43 years with InterVarsity, Bob isRead more…
Science Corner: Trust the Scientist, Not the Science?
[A]ccording to the latest Pew survey results, public trust in scientists to act in our best interests is up in the United States.Read more…
Science Book Review: Slime – How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us
Since I’m at the beach this week, it seems like a good time to leave you with a review of Ruth Kassinger’s Slime, a broad survey of all the ways scientists and entrepreneurs are solving problems with algae.Read more…
Highlighting Community: Harvard Grad Fellowship Collaborates with ASA Local Chapter
In our Highlighting Community feature, we share stories of how God is working in various communities of Christian academics. We’re happy to share that our national collaboration with the American Scientific Affiliation conference also led to a great local collaborationRead more…
Science Corner: Seeing is Believing
Twenty nineteen has been a banner year for glimpses at the elusive and previously unseen.Read more…
Come Home [Balm in Gilead / Summer Read…Quote…Reflect]
What novel or series of novels provides “windows” to your life, family, community / communities, and / or vocation? Have you (and / or some of your friends) been invited by the Lord to “come home” through a novelist? What is unique about a novel written through the lens of a well-developed Christian perspective on daily life?Read more…
Order ESN’s Faith & Science Discussion Guide
If you could mine the brains of thoughtful Christians who specialize in various scientific fields, what would you ask? Whether you’re a student, a professor, an interested Christian, or a curious scientist, this book offers itself as the perfect conversation starter.Read more…
Science Corner: All That You Can’t Leave Behind
While I am convinced astronauts really did make the quarter-million mile journey [to the moon], I’ve found myself thinking about the sense in which they did not fully depart the Earth.Read more…
ESN Connect: Find Local Community for Fall 2019 + Online Resources + Chance of Coffee
As we prepare for the semester, are you looking for local Christian groups for grad students, postdocs, or faculty? InterVarsity would love to help you find one, and we’ll also share some of our best online resources and a chance to win some free coffee. Read more…
Connect with ESN at ASA This Week
Local to Chicago, or attending the ASA conference from elsewhere? Join us to hear from a biotech company founder, talk with a citizen science expert, and enjoy Chicago deep dish pizza and a talk by a science advisor to PBS. Read more…
Great Theology, Teachableness, & John Calvin [Balm in Gilead / Summer Read…Quote…Reflect]
In an essay on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, [Marilynne] Robinson declared that “great theology is always a kind of giant and intricate poetry, like epic or saga. . . .”Read more…
New Info for Christians in Chemistry Meetup: August 26 (ACS San Diego Meeting)
New details on the upcoming Christians in Chemistry meetup, at the ACS San Diego Meeting.Read more…