And so it is that the plays attributed to Molière have been analyzed and found to be more like his other writing than like the writings of his contemporaries.Read more…
Advent Resources for 2019
Looking for Advent resources? Here are some from ESN and others. However you choose to honor the season, we pray that Christ’s presence would be very real to you this year. – Hannah Eagleson, ESN Associate Director ESN Dwelling inRead more…
Science Corner: When Holidays Are Complex
Traveling for Thanksgiving? Need something to listen to? Allow me to suggest some podcasts that may provide both topics to discuss around the table on Thursday and some tips on how to approach those conversations.Read more…
Some Thanksgiving Reading Suggestions
Need some encouraging short readings for Thanksgiving week? Browse these posts from our archives.Read more…
Science Corner: Talking The Matrix with Mike Beidler (Pt 2)
Welcome back to our Sci-Fi Film Festival. This week, I continue my conversation with Mike Beidler about The Matrix as we chat about vocation and Christ figures.Read more…
Science Corner: Talking The Matrix with Mike Beidler (Pt 1)
Welcome back to the Emerging Scholars Network Sci-Fi Film Festival! We took a little hiatus, but we’re back to our conversations on various classic and current science fiction movies. Feel free to watch along and join the conversation. This week’s film is another 20-year-old classic from 1999: The Matrix.Read more…
A Prayer for Those Studying the Social Sciences
One major need we have found in our work with ESN: it’s often hard to find prayers and devotional material specifically addressed to the life of the Christian serving God in the university. This week we share a prayer forRead more…
Writing Invitation: Send Us a Prayer for Those in an Academic Field
Dear ESN Blog Readers, We’re seeking prayers written for and/or by those in a particular academic field. We plan to publish these in the Spring 2020 semester and beyond. We’d love to see more prayers about the particular joys andRead more…
Science Corner: Family Reunion in Botswana?
We will likely continue to find more data that help us understand our past in greater detail, but the picture emerging at present involves multiple locations across Africa, of which this region of Botswana is likely one but not the only.Read more…
Science Corner: Healthcare for All
Amidst all the conversations of how to best pay for healthcare in the United States, we also need to discuss how to best treat patients for those dollars.Read more…
Science Corner: Employees, Wash Your Hands Before Returning to the Moon
As I wrangle more conversations into a shareable format for our sci-fi film festival (thanks for your patience), let’s return to a sci-fi topic encroaching on our reality: extraterrestrial life.Read more…
Nov 19: ESN Conversations, Book Club Edition, Wolterstorff’s Religion in the University
November 19, 2019: 12 PM ET Videochat: Book Discussion on Religion in the University by Nicholas Wolterstorff. We hope you’ve been enjoying our new videochat series, ESN Conversations. For our November conversation, we’re trying something a little different. Read theRead more…
Event October 26: Engaging the University (Kingston, Ontario)
As we can, we love to share information about other ministries supporting Christian academics on campus. A friend of ESN shared this event on the Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario) campus with us. Read more…
Science Corner: Nobel Complications
Digging into the details of how this year’s Nobel-winning discoveries changed the world.Read more…
Next ESN Conversation Oct. 31: Creating Great Faith/Science Conversations
How can a thriving faith/science group help you start broader conversations with friends and colleagues, whatever their worldviews? How do you launch a faith/science small group and build community over time?Read more…
Science Corner: A Trip to ΘeoCon
There are still a number of great folks chatting with me about sci-fi films for our film festival, but those conversations are still in midstream so we’re taking a break this week. Instead, I’d like to tell you a little bit about an event I had the privilege to participate in last month: ΘeoCon.Read more…
Author Interview: James Ungureanu, Historian of Science
Science, Religion, and the Protestant Tradition: all major interests of many ESN readers. In this interview, we explore what James Ungureanu has to say about them in his new book. Read more…
Sci-Fi Film Fest: Talking I Am Mother with Sam Blair
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 alonggh and join the conversation. This week’s film isRead more…
Sci-Fi Film Fest: Talking The Phantom Menace with Mike Beidler (Pt 2)
I continue my conversation with Mike Beidler about Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace as we chat about continuity, canon, and capitalism.Read more…
Thursday Online Event Reminder: Writing Better for Academics (ESN Conversations)
Struggling with writer’s block? Wondering how to make your academic writing stronger? It’s not too late to join us online this Thursday. Andy Le Peau shares 40 years of editing experience with us in one videochat. Read more…
A Prayer for Those Studying the Humanities, Fall 2019
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…