Take some time to consider "What I Wish My Pastor Knew About... The Life of a Scientist"
Posted by tom | Jan 20, 2012In addition to my own appreciation of the below article, I've noted several women with whom I'm connected in ministry (and called by God to offer their gifts by research in the sciences) sharing their appreciation. As such I feel compelled to pass it along for your prayerful consideration and the stimulation of brainstorming, conversation, action in your local assembly . . .
What I Wish My Pastor Knew About... The Life of a Scientistby Andy Crouch, award-winning author of Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling. He is special assistant to the president of Christianity Today International. Andy is married to Catherine Crouch, an associate professor in the Department of Physics at Swarthmore College and a contributor to The Biologus Forum. They have two children.Note: InterVarsity's The Well is a virtual gathering place for graduate and professional women to receive wisdom, care, challenge, and inspiration as they seek to follow Christ in the academic or work world.
A little of my background . . .
- Andy Crouch kicked off the Christian Scholar Series, hosted by Elizabethtown Brethren in Christ Church, with an exploration of Culture Making. I first had the opportunity to be blessed by Andy's ministry when he was part of the Urbana 96 worship team. He's excellent on keyboard/piano! "O For a Thousand Tongues" rang out as I entered the hall of ~ 20,000 with my biology and engineering friends from Grove City College.
- Coming alongside the 'irreducibly complex' nature of scientists has been a passion of mine since 6th grade. After completing my biology studies at Grove City College, serving with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Carnegie Mellon U and now PSU-Hershey Medical Center has been a blast . . . let alone what one finds in the Emerging Scholars Network!
- In the fall Elizabethtown Brethren in Christ Church had a stimulating adult elective/Sunday School based upon "In His Likeness" and "The Gift of Pain" by Paul Brand & Philip Yancey (for a glimpse of their work click here) . . . Yes, future Emerging Scholars Network Blog posts in the works :)
- Final confession for this post: I'm a son of dentist and grew up in a dental office, http://groshlink.net/archives/2005/07/22/confessions_of_a_dentists_son ;)
