As we engage 2018, I thought that it would be of benefit for the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) to offer a series of short posts reviewing some of where the blog has been, what continues to serve as “must reads,” and where we are headed in the coming months. Shout-out to Andy for getting the ball rolling with Science Corner: 2017 in Review and Science Corner: Looking Back to Move Forward! Yesterday I posted Most Visited ESN Blog Posts in 2017.
I was not surprised to find ESN’s Most Visited Blog Posts in 2017 to be “classics” and as such not the same as the Most Visited Blog Posts of 2017. So what posts written in 2017 received the most visits?
- Apply for the 2017 Christian Scholars Foundation Grant: Deadline March 15, 2017
- A junior faculty? Then don’t miss the opportunity to apply for the 2018 Christian Scholars Foundation Grant (Deadline of March 15, 2018). To learn more about the Christian Scholars Foundation Grant, click here. For an interview of the 2016 Christian Scholars’ Foundation Grant Recipient Carrie Bredow, click here.
- How Can Christians in Science Respond to Claims that Faith Is Irrational? (STEAM Grant Series March Question) by Neil Shenvi
- Other posts in the STEAM Grant Series:
- Faith and Science: Sharing My Questions (STEAM Grant Series Intro)
- Is God Relevant in an Age of Science? (STEAM Grant Series November Question) by Andy Walsh
- How Does Science Enhance Faith? (STEAM Grant Series December Question) by Ruth Bancewicz
- How is Our Knowledge of the Natural World Similar to/Different from Our Knowledge of God? (STEAM Grant Series February Question) by Ciara Reyes
- Does the Bible support discovery of God’s creation through scientific method/inquiry? (STEAM Grant Series April Question) by Greg Cootsona
- Does the Bible support discovery of God’s creation through scientific method/inquiry? (STEAM Grant Series April Question, Post 2) by Garrett League
- Note: Stay tuned as more posts are scheduled for Spring 2018 as we prepare publication of a Faith / Science curriculum for young adult small groups. This project was made possible through the support of an award from the Science and Theology for Emerging Adult Ministries project at Fuller Theological Seminary. Thank-you!
- Other posts in the STEAM Grant Series:
- What Is the Emerging Scholars Network?
- In 2017 our blog’s “about” page received more attention than expected. In the fall I made some revisions, in 2018 I intend to improve this page. If you have suggestions, please let me know. Thank-you!
- Faith and Doubt in Emily Dickinson’s “This World is not Conclusion” by Mark Hansard is part of Scholar’s Compass.
- Leaving Academia, Part 1 by Joshua Wu begins an practical series.
- Letter to My Self, Starting Graduate School by Ryan Wilkinson
- Letters have been an appreciated style for blog posts. I hope to have more published in 2018.
So that’s another quick glimpse of the Emerging Scholars Network’s blog! Stay tuned for Resources for the New Year and A New Year at ESN. If you missed the material we wrote / highlighted during the month of December, visit ESN Review 🙂
To God be the glory!
Tom enjoys daily conversations regarding living out the Biblical Story with his wife Theresa and their four girls, around the block, at Elizabethtown Brethren in Christ Church (where he teaches adult electives and co-leads a small group), among healthcare professionals as the Northeast Regional Director for the Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA), and in higher ed as a volunteer with the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN). For a number of years, the Christian Medical Society / CMDA at Penn State College of Medicine was the hub of his ministry with CMDA. Note: Tom served with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship / USA for 20+ years, including 6+ years as the Associate Director of ESN. He has written for the ESN blog from its launch in August 2008. He has studied Biology (B.S.), Higher Education (M.A.), Spiritual Direction (Certificate), Spiritual Formation (M.A.R.), Ministry to Emerging Generations (D.Min.). To God be the glory!