Mark your calendars for March 15, 2018: that’s the deadline for the annual Christian Scholars Foundation Grant application. Two grants were awarded in 2017, so stay tuned for interviews with the recipients.Read more…
Third Week of Advent: The Incarnation (Scholar’s Compass)
The Incarnation reveals, among other things, the immense tenderness and unexpected ways of God. He who spoke the world into being decides, in order to communicate with us, to become human himself.Read more…
Teach us to number our days
What I needed to be doing was consciously and explicitly deciding on my priorities every day.Read more…
Science in Review: On the Couch with Dr. Know
J. Nathan Matias and colleagues took up the possibility of using more sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) to predict mental health outcomes for individuals.Read more…
A Poem/Prayer for Survivors of Mental Health Challenges
This poem was inspired by a Christian who suffers from Chronic Depression and other various mental health issues. There is no shame in suffering or obtaining help. Read more…
Second Week of Advent: The Hope (Scholar’s Compass)
Advent invites us to bring before God every weary and wasted place in us and around us . . . Read more…
God’s Abundance: Prioritize a Few Strategic Things, Damage Control the Rest (Time Management Series)
As a department chair, I could pick up my kids at 4:45 p.m. each day, put them to bed at 8, and then neglect my husband while I spend the next 2 to 3 hours catching up on more chair duties or grading. Occasionally, I do do this, but I try to make it once a week and not the rule.Read more…
Science in Review: Meet the New Boss, v4.8.23 of the Old Boss
I commend the whole series [on AI and Christianity] to you; the articles are brief introductions to a variety of topics in artificial intelligence and how they intersect with traditional Christian thinking and concerns, along with resources for more details.Read more…
Continuing Thanksgiving (Scholar’s Compass)
How do we practice gratitude on an ongoing basis? Read more…
Time Management (is a modern fantasy)
Don’t manage your time; manage your priorities, and make one of the top priorities taking care of yourself.Read more…
First Week of Advent: The Word (Scholar’s Compass)
Who we are, and are becoming, is subject, at least in part, to the words we hear and read, speak and write, and receive and dismiss. Read more…
Job Announcement: Westmont College – Faculty Positions in Science
Westmont College (Santa Barbara, CA) is seeking faculty in biology, computer science, experimental physics or astronomy, and kinesiology.Read more…
Job Announcement: Gordon College – Faculty Positions
Gordon College (Wenham, MA) has open faculty positions in Communication Arts, Computer Science, Education (2 positions), Global Christianity, Kinesiology, Linguistics, Music, Psychology, and Theatre.Read more…
Science Corner: My Mental Health Story
November is when advocates for mental health and suicide prevention make a push for awarenessRead more…
#GivingTuesday: Andy Crouch on the Need for ESN
The work of ESN is so essential—not just for scholars themselves, but for the university, our culture, and the church as well. — Andy CrouchRead more…
Time Management Tips: Managing a Different Sleep Schedule
First off I want to note the time this time management blog is being written; it is currently 2:35am!Read more…
Consider the Ravens (Scholar’s Compass)
If I were to sum up my last five years in one word, it would be “change”. I have lived in four different houses, worked three different jobs, lived on two continents, gotten married, gone to grad school, and had a child. Read more…
Call for Presenters: Creation Care @ the Frontiers of Mission (April 6-7)
A message from our friends in the Lausanne Movement / World Evangelical Alliance Creation Care Network. Find out about a new conference and submit a presentation idea.
Job Announcement: Biola Seeking 3 Biology Faculty Members
Biola University invites applications for full-time, tenure-track faculty positions in Biology, at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor rank, to begin August 2018.Read more…
Science Corner: Offering Thanks for Science & Technology
I’d love to hear from you about developments in science, technology, or your area of study that have you feeling thankful today.Read more…
Time Management Tips: Urgency, importance, and a tip from a professor
As the days grow colder and the to do lists grow longer, ESN is sharing a series of time management tips, interspersed with longer reflections on aspects of our relationship to time. Today’s quick tip is from graduate student KevinRead more…
Job Announcement: Computer Science Professor at Indiana Wesleyan University
Indiana Wesleyan University (located in Marion, IN, USA) is looking to fill an open position for a computer science professor (any level) in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences.Read more…
Elevator Apologetics, Part 4: Proof and Packages
Does God have to prove himself? Read more…
Time Management Tip: Reward yourself with check marks
Can colorful check marks help you get more done? Read more…