And so we have a hero who saw the vast gulf of experience and communication between himself and other living creatures and decided to build a bridge.Read more…
A Prayer for Christian Academics This Summer
Give us pure hearts that find our satisfaction in You at all times. Help us to be constantly breaking down the ‘idol factories’ of our hearts. Let us hold nothing back from You. Read more…
Faith and Reason, Part 1
The work of the Holy Spirit and a reasoned case often go hand in hand in Scripture. Read more…
Science Corner: Science, Ho!
This story about citizen scientists contributing their time at sea to science caught my eye.Read more…
ESN Local Boston: Hear Francis Collins at ASA 2018
Local to Boston? ASA wants to make it easy for you to hear Francis Collins and connect with ESN on July 28. Read more…
A Sower Went Out to Sow. . . . Again
By challenging the hearer as to whether they will “hear” and follow the teacher, the Parable of the Sower and the Soils (Matthew 13:1-9) offers a larger framework for considering parables as part of the Master Teacher’s toolkit.Read more…
Hear Francis Collins at ASA 2018 ($300 Travel Scholarships Available)
Want to hear Francis Collins? Connect with ESN in person? Go to a faith/science conference on the beautiful grounds of Gordon College, near Boston? Read more…
How can Christians in science support science literacy among believers? (STEAM Grant Series)
In short, scientists must become disciplemakers and reproduce disciples who will also become scientists.Read more…
Science Corner: Ashes to Ashes, But What of Synthetic Dinosaurs?
This reflection on the themes of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom avoids spoilers, but as always feel free to wait until you’ve seen the movie if you want to know nothing about it when watching. It is widely reported that anRead more…
Investing in a Renaissance in ESN’s Ministry
This fiscal year, we hope to reach thousands of aspiring Christian academics by building on what we’ve learned. Our greatest need right now is to expand Dr. Eagleson’s work to coordinate our online network and strengthen our national collaborations. . . . Would you consider becoming a regular donor or giving a special gift today?Read more…
Seeking the Perfect Job?
Recently, I was speaking to undergrad students about careers when someone asked, “Were you able to find a position that matched your area of special interest?”Read more…
5 Ways ESN Wants to Support You This Academic Year
From Scholar’s Compass to conference funding to Urbana 18, how we hope to support you this year. Read more…
Science Corner: Lightning in a Novel
In essence, modern biology has grown up alongside Frankenstein and the science fiction genre.Read more…
People of Color, Outward Appearances, and Academia: Lessons from 80s Pop Culture
In the late 1980s, there was a popular television show called 21 Jump Street. Johnny Depp and friends portrayed cops in their twenties. Because they were too young looking to be taken seriously, they went undercover in high schools to take down drug dealers, gangs, etc.Read more…
Summer Book Suggestion: Strange Survivors by Oné Pagán
You are all but guaranteed to learn something new about God’s creativity as expressed through nature’s endless forms and to enjoy a chuckle in the process.Read more…
A Sower Went Out to Sow. . . .
Today’s post on the Parable of the Sower and the Soils is the second in a series exploring Parables Jesus Told. The first post, Entrusted . . ., considered the Parable of the Three Servants, or, The Talents (Matthew 25:14-30), blog.emergingscholars.org/2018/05/entrusted/.Read more…
How should Christians in the sciences choose an epistemology? (STEAM Grant Series)
I used to teach a college course called “Epistemology” but the name scared off too many potential students, so we changed it to “Theories of Knowledge.”Read more…
Science in Review: A Droid in Every Garage
What it does with ships, Solo also does for droids, taking a ubiquitous feature of the setting and giving them their day in the twin suns.Read more…
Three Questions for Lectio Vocatio
I encourage you to take a few minutes this week to give these 3 questions prayerful consideration. Read more…
Adam, Where are You? (STEAM Grant Series)
How much have you read about different models of human origin, from either a scientific or theological perspective?Read more…
Science in Review: Just Gotta Get Right Outta Here
For Han Solo, spaceships mean the freedom to go anywhere but here.Read more…
Summer Book Suggestion: Every Job a Parable by John Van Sloten
The purpose of “Every Job a Parable” is to help kindle a new kind of vocational imagination, to help you experience God at work
more, and to help you read the parable that is your job.Read more…
Entrusted . . .
In the Parable of the Three Servants, or, The Talents, Jesus calls his disciples to be ready. They have been entrusted with the Lord’s work, the very Kingdom of God.Read more…
How did God Create? Different Views Christians Hold (STEAM Grant Series)
The perspective from which we view the evidence determines what we see and what is hidden. Read more…