Dear Friend,
The ASA Team is fast at work and getting ready to warmly welcome you to ASA 2022 right around the corner on July 29 – August 1. We sincerely hope you will invite a friend and join us in beautiful San Diego. After a challenging two years, it will be a welcome homecoming for the ASA community. Our travel schedule is gradually returning to normal, and it has been a joy to re-engage with more of our members in person. We plan to be in southern California next week. Please note our meeting schedule below, and if you are in the area, we welcome you to join us at a gathering. Please enjoy this NewsNote and the exciting happenings taking place around North America. Joyfully in Christ, The ASA Leadership: John & Vicki
|  | | ASA 2022 – WHAT IS A HUMAN? Flourishing as a Person We hope you will plan to join us for ASA 2022, at Point Loma Nazarene University in sunny San Diego, CA! The meeting will start on Friday, July 29 and run through noon on Monday, August 1. Watch for registration to open around May 1. Detailed information can be found here. Watch our website for more information as registration draws nearer. |
|  | | The Brown Bag Lunch is back! Our next Brown Bag Lunch is scheduled for Thursday, March 24 at 1:00 pm ET/10:00 am PT. Please join us for a video presentation and live Q&A on "The Health Benefits of Forgiveness: Integrating Medicine and Faith for Human Flourishing" by ASA Fellow Mark Strand. This talk was originally presented at the ASA 2021 virtual meeting. Faculty, bring your students! More information and a link to join can be found here. |
 | | John and Vicki's Travel Schedule We hope to see you when we're in your area! Friday, March 25 – Saturday, March 26
BioLogos Conference, Liberty Station, San Diego Saturday, March 26 at 6:30 pm
Join us for dinner at a local San Diego restaurant. Please contact Ken Martin (kmartin@pointloma.edu) for more information.
Monday, March 28 at 8:30 am
Point Loma Nazarene University
Please email Vicki (vicki@asa3.org) for more information. Monday, March 28 at 2 pm
California Baptist University
Faculty and students welcome. Please contact Tom Ferko (tferko@calbaptist.edu) for more information. Tuesday, March 29 at 10 am
Biola University Common Grounds
Please email Vicki (vicki@asa3.org) for more information. Tuesday, March 29 at 5 pm
Azusa Pacific University
Faculty and students welcome. Please contact Louise Huang (lhuang@apu.edu) for more information. |
|  | | Member Corner ASA Member Terry DeFoe has authored Evolving Certainties: Resolving Conflict at the Intersection of Faith and Science. Both the paperback and Kindle version can be purchased on Amazon here.
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|  | | Members in Action ASA Member Denis Alexander was awarded the Trotter Prize in Information, Complexity, and Inference by Texas A&M University in 2020, but his prize lecture was delayed for pandemic reasons. He will now be giving his lecture by Zoom at Texas A&M on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The Trotter Prize is awarded annually for pioneering contributions to the understanding of the role of information, complexity, and inference in illuminating the mechanisms and wonder of nature. Denis's lecture is entitled, "Are We Slaves to Our Genes?," as is the title of his 2020 Cambridge University Press book available from the Faraday online shop at a reduced price. |
|  | | Member Highlight ASA student member, Christian Women in Science (CWiS) Coordinator and graduate student Loryn Phillips was recently interviewed by BioLogos about being a Christian woman in science. Check out the interview here! Loryn and the CWiS Leadership team look for ways to partner with other organizations to fulfill the CWiS mission. One example is the upcoming event with Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) and Women in the Academy & Professions (WAP) on Friday, April 22. You can find out more information about that event here. |
 | | Annual Fund Update Goal $260,000
Gifts received $245,000
Left to fundraise $ 15,000 Thank you so much to the many who have generously given. With just $15,000 needed to meet our $260,000 goal, we would appreciate your prayerful consideration of a first-time or additional gift by March 31, 2022! |
|  | | Diving Deeper Discussions The next Diving Deeper Discussion is scheduled for Saturday, April 9 at 2 pm ET. Patrick Franklin will join us to discuss his article "Theodicy and the Historical Adam: Questioning a Central Assumption Motivating Historicist Readings" published in the March 2022 issue of PSCF. For more information about Diving Deeper Discussions including how to join the meeting, click here.
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 | | Upcoming Chapter & Affiliate Events
Boston & Gordon College Student Chapters
Friday, March 18, 7 pm ET
"Natural and Moral Evil and the Mythology of J.R.R. Tolkien" presented by Keith Miller. For more information or to join this event, click here. Science and Faith Symposium
Saturday, March 19, 9:30 am CT
"In Him All Things Hold Together: Integrating Knowledge, Pursuing Vocation, Building Up the Body" in a full day of sessions including Josh Reeves, Nyasha Gondora, Keith Fox. For more information on this event, click here. The Faith & Science Conference - BioLogos
Thursday, March 24 thru Saturday, March 26
For more information on this event, click here. Wheaton College Science Symposium 2022
Wednesday March 30 thru Thursday, March 31
"Science, Imagination and Wonder"
For more information, click here. Saturday, April 9, 5:30 – 9 pm
Washington DC chapter spring social
Join the Washington, DC chapter at the Beidler home for a social event. For more information, click here. Vicki Best and Janel Curry will be in town and they will be joining this chapter gathering. Emerging Scholars Network Conversation
Friday, April 22, 12:00 pm ET
"A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers" is being co-sponsored by the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN), Christian Women in Science (CWiS) and Women in the Academy & Professions. For more information or to register, click here. |
|  | | ASA Prayer Committee
The ASA prayer committee is holding their quarterly prayer meeting on June 2, 2022. Please feel free to submit prayer requests at prayer@asa3.org. If you want to join the prayer committee
and pray for your fellow members,
click here. |
|  | | Virtual Bookstore Check out our online bookstore in partnership with Christianbook.com. This bookstore expands our available online resources, gives our website greater visibility, and allows us to offer books recommended by ASA readers at a discount to members and visitors alike. And the best part is the ASA receives a 10% sales commission on all purchases made through the Christianbook.com virtual bookstore. |
|  | | See You on Social! Connect with ASA members on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. We would love to see you there. Like our page and
you will find many interesting and educational posts in your newsfeed.
Each is an opportunity to interact with
other ASA members. |
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