Dear Friend,
ASA 2024 is now in the history books and with fall in full swing, our members and team have been busy with lots of exciting projects and programs! Janel and Vicki are heading for the Pacific Northwest in a few weeks and we are already anticipating a wonderful Winter Symposium coming up in January. Please take some time to review the highlights below. We always love to hear from our members; so please make it a point to be in touch and be sure to complete our new member survey. Joyfully in Christ, The ASA Team
|  | | ASA 2025 – Science & Technology as Worship We hope you will plan to join us for ASA 2025, July 18-21, 2025, at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, Colorado. Watch for more detailed information here. |
|  | | ASA 2024 – Check It Out! Audio and/or video links for ASA 2024 presentations can be found on our website here. If you were not able to attend, we would encourage you to watch the State of the ASA presentation here. To see highlights of ASA 2024, you can watch a wonderful photo montage here. |
 | | Janel and Vicki's Pacific Northwest Trip Vicki and Janel will be in the Pacific Northwest meeting with ASA members and partner organizations from September 28 until October 6, 2024. We hope to see you when we're in your area! Monday, September 30 at 4:00 pm
George Fox University, Edwards Holman Science Bldg.
Faculty and students welcome.
Wednesday, October 2 at 12 pm
Seattle Pacific University, Eaton Hall 305
Faculty and students welcome. Thursday, October 3 at 12 pm
Regent College, basement of nearby University Chapel
Lunchtime Panel, "Leading for Sustainability, Environment, Economic, and Theological Perspectives" co-sponsored by CSCA and Regent's MALTS program. Thursday, October 3 at 7 pm
Trinity Western University (room TBD)
Public lecture co-sponsored by CSCA and TWU's Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, "Sustainability and Biblical Creation Care." Saturday, October 5 at 11 am
Pacific Rim Institute, Whidbey Island with ASA Fellow Joe Sheldon
Registration required for this event here. |
|  | | Winter Symposium – Save the Date! The ASA 2025 Winter Symposium will be on Saturday, January 25, 2025, at 1:00 pm ET. The topic will be "AI and Christianity" with featured speakers Joanna Ng and Rosalind Picard. Find more information including registration and speaker bios here. |
|  | | Member Corner Congratulations to ASA member Beth Madison on the release of her newest book Well Grounded: Cultivating Intimacy with God. To purchase this book from Amazon, click here. |
|  | | Movers and Shakers Congratulations to ASA member Jim Stump on the publication of his new book The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to Deeper Faith. To purchase this book from Amazon, click here. |
|  | | Congratulations Congratulations to ASA member Alice Linsley on the publication of her book The First Lords of the Earth: An Anthropological Study. To purchase this book from Amazon, click here. |
|  | | Member Highlight Congratulations to ASA member Newton Babu who was was featured for his participation in TRINICY's Online Mentorship Program in the May 2024 TRINICY newsletter. You can read the article here! |
|  | | Member Memoir Congratulations to ASA Fellow Edwin Yamauchi on the publication of his memoir An Asian American Ancient Historian and Biblical Scholar! To purchase this book through our virtual bookstore, click here. |
|  | | STEM Opportunity To help drive community STEM interest, the Guy R. Hawkins Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics is urgently seeking to video interview STEM practitioners, academics, (graduate) students, and event STEM hobbyists via Zoom, or live on camera if you're in the Greater DC Metro area. Guy Hawkins, US Army Veteran, and Gideon, was a biochemist at the National Institutes of Health. The finished products will be posted on YouTube. Please contact ASA member Lawrence Hawkins at lawrenceghawkins@gmail.com for more information. |
|  | | Are You Heading to the Lausanne Congress? ASA Fellow Josh Swamidass and ASA member Joanna Ng will both be at the Lausanne Congress in Seoul and would love to connect! If you would like to connect with ASA friends, contact Josh at swamidass@gmail.com. Also, check out Josh's CT cover story about the Lausanne Covenant. You can read "A Theological Monument to Unity amid Diversity" here. |
|  | | Coming Soon! Congratulations to ASA Fellow Ted Davis on the publication of Protestant Modernist Pamphlets: Science and Religion in the Scopes Era on October 8, 2024. To pre-order this book from the publisher, click here. |
 | | ASA Part-time Employment Opportunity Are you tech savvy? Do you love social media?
Come join the ASA team as a social media manager and help us spread the good news about the ASA! If interested, please contact Becky at becky@asa3.org. |
 | | Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith Highlight The September 2024 issue of the journal is now available for members online here. Among the informative articles included, don't miss, "Contemporary Challenges to the Pursuit of Truth" by Keith B. Miller. |
 | | Upcoming Events ASA Event on Whidbey Island
Saturday, October 5, 2024, at 11:00 am PT
For more information, click here. Boston and Gordon College Chapter co-sponsored with First Congregational Church of Hamilton
Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 6:30 pm ET
"Climate Change: What God's Creation Is Telling Us and What We Can Do" with Jessica Moerman
For more information, click here.
Diving Deeper Discussions
Saturday, October 12, 2024, at 2:00 pm ET
"Toward a Theology of Sustainable Aquaculture: Wisely Producing Safe Abundant Seafood While Enhancing Fruitfulness of Aquatic Creatures"
For more information, click here. Northeastern Seminary and The Canadian-American Theological Association
"Creation Care and Justice" Theology Conference
Friday, October 18 – Saturday, October 19, 2024
Rochester, NY
For more information, click here. Affiliation of Christian Biologists (ACB) & Affiliation of Ministers, Theologians, and Pastors (AMTaP)
Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at 7:30 pm ET
"Neural or Sacred? Minds, Souls, and Humans" with Joel Green
For more information, click here. Affiliation of Christian Entrepreneurs (ACE) Kick-off Event
Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at 7:30 pm ET
For more information, click here. Diving Deeper Discussions
Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 2:00 pm ET
Book review of On the Edge of Eternity: The Antiquity of the Earth in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
For more information, click here. Affiliation of Christian Biologists (ACB) & Affiliation of Ministers, Theologians, and Pastors (AMTaP)
Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 7:30 pm ET
"Souls and Bodies: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives" with Dean Zimmerman
For more information, click here. North Star Chapter
Monday, November 25, 2024, at 6:00 pm CT
"Providential Evolution for Drug Discovery"
For more information, click here. |
|  | | ASA Prayer Committee
The ASA prayer committee is holding their quarterly prayer meeting on Thursday, December 5, 2024, at 3:00 pm ET. 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 ASA virtual bookstore. |
|  | | See You on Social! Connect with ASA members on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube. 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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