Dear Friend,
We are rejoicing in the response to Saturday's Winter Symposium on "AI & Christianity." There were over 500 registrants from 22 countries and 13 watch parties/discussion groups across North America participating in this important discussion. Check out the recording linked below. Now our focus turns to preparing for ASA 2025 July 18–21 in at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, CO. Watch for some new session formats and if you are interested in presenting, please submit an abstract soon! We always love to hear from our members; so please make it a point to be in touch. 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 found here. |
|  | | Janel and Vicki's Travels Portland, OR
Vicki and Janel will be traveling to Portland, OR, meeting with ASA members and partner organizations.
Monday, February 10 at 12:00 pm
George Fox University
Edwards Holman Science Building 102
"Christian Views of the Environment" with Janel Curry
Faculty and students welcome Tuesday & Wednesday, February 11–12
Murdock Foundation Leadership Now Conference
Vancouver, WA Nashville, TN
Vicki and Janel will be traveling to Nashville, TN, meeting with ASA members and partner organizations. Tuesday, March 18 at 11:00 am
Union University, Grant Center, Salon 3
Faculty and students welcome Wednesday, March 19 at 10:00 am
Trevecca University, Great House Science Building, Room 101
Faculty and students welcome Thursday, March 20
Lipscomb University
Faith & Science chapel for STEM students — 10:55 am
McClure Center lunch — 12:00 pm
McFarland Science building dinner — 6 pm
Faculty and students welcome We hope to see you while we're in your area! |
|  | | The Road To Wisdom The ASA has purchased 250 copies of Francis Collins' book, The Road to Wisdom. We are making these available to ASA members who organize reading groups at a cost of $5 per book. Our goal is to encourage discussion in churches, chapters, and homes around the topic of the book: truth, science, faith, and trust. Details on how to organize a group can be found here. |
 | | Join the ASA at AAAS DoSER 2025 Annual Meeting The AAAS Annual meeting will be held in Boston, MA, February 13–15, 2025. The schedule and registration for a free basic pass can be found here. Join ASA members and friends for dinner at 7 pm at California Pizza Kitchen, Prudential Center. RSVP to Vicki at vicki@asa3.org. |
 | | Speaker & Regional Event Funding We are delighted to support ASA members, local chapters, and affiliates through small grants (up to $750) for expenses related to speaker events. The goal of this funding is to encourage members, local chapters, and affiliates to partner with other groups or institutions in a region around an in-person speaker in order to reach larger audiences, leverage resources, and build collaborations. Details and application for this funding can be found here. |
 | | Member Corner Congratulations to ASA member Veronica Frans on her first single author paper on science communication, "It Takes a Village to Raise a Science Communicator." She discusses her story as a PhD student, reflecting on the people, organizations, and resources that formed her as a science communicator to faith-based communities. You can read Veronica's paper here.
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 | | Member Highlight Congratulations to ASA/CSCA member Nyasha Gondora for receiving Canada's Top 100 Black Women to Watch award! You can read about Nyasha's award here.
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 | | Movers and Shakers ASA Fellow Craig Story, Professor of Biology at Gordon College was profiled along with his students in Christianity Today for their work in cancer research. You can read the story here. |
 | | Check it out! Watch member ASA Lawrence Hawkins' interview with ASA Fellow and Board Chair Mike Beidler on "The Hawkins STEM Chronicles: Listen to the STEM story of Mike, a Veteran of the US Navy" here. |
 | | Have books to donate? If you have books on science and Christianity that you would like to put in the hands of students in the global South, consider donating them to Theological Book Network (now a program of Scholar Leaders). They will ensure your books receive a second life, an opportunity to enliven the imagination of Christian leaders in the Majority World. Since its founding in 2004, Theological Book Network has shipped over 2 million books to more than 2,000 schools in 96 countries. For more information, click here or email the Director of Acquisitions, Scott Watson (swatson@scholarleaders.org) for more details. |
 | | God and Nature Highlight Check out the Fall 2024 issue of God and Nature available online now. The issue includes, "The Questions We Ask AI" by Tony Mitchell. |
 | | Institutional Memberships We are delighted to introduce our new institutional membership packages that include a combination of 5 or 10 memberships as well as benefits such as job postings on our career center and organizational advertising. This is a great way to target ASA membership to those who would find it most beneficial — leaders, early career, faculty, etc. More information can be found here. |
 | | Did you miss the 2025 Winter Symposium? If you missed the 2025 Winter Symposium on "AI & Christianity" featuring Joanna Ng and Rosalind Picard facilitated by ASA Fellow Derek Schuurman, you can watch the video here. We encourage you to share the video with friends, family members, colleagues, students, pastors, or others in your sphere of influence. Here is a link to the discussion questions that can be used with small groups in your church or elsewhere. |
 | | Upcoming Events Diving Deeper Discussions
Saturday, February 8, 2025, at 2 pm ET
David Myers, HOW DO WE KNOW OURSELVES? Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind reviewed by Malcom Gold in the December 2024 issue of PSCF
For more information, click here. Red River Valley Chapter
Saturday, February 22, 2025, at 8:30 am CT
"Science and Christian Faith: Match made in heaven?"
For more information, click here. Diving Deeper Discussions
Saturday, March 8, 2025, at 2 pm ET
"C.S. Lewis on Science and Technology" by Hal Poe from the December 2024 issue of PSCF
For more information, click here.
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 | | ASA Part-time Employment Opportunities The ASA is looking for a part-time Communications and Marketing Coordinator in Topsfield, MA. If you know someone who may be interested, feel free to share the job description. If interested, please contact Vicki at vicki@asa3.org The ASA is also seeking a volunteer host for Diving Deeper Discussions, our monthly Zoom series exploring science and Christian Faith. More information can be found here. If interested, please contact Janel at janel@asa3.org. |
|  | | ASA Prayer Committee
The ASA prayer committee is holding their quarterly prayer meeting on March 6, 2025, 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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