{"id":452,"date":"2013-12-18T11:12:08","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T19:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/?page_id=452"},"modified":"2022-11-17T15:13:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T23:13:10","slug":"personal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/faculty-staff\/vosburg\/personal\/","title":{"rendered":"David A. Vosburg Personal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/04\/Vosburgs2019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/04\/Vosburgs2019.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo of the Vosburg family\" class=\"wp-image-5155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/04\/Vosburgs2019.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/04\/Vosburgs2019-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My family celebrating Mexico&#8217;s Independence Day in Guanajuato, Mexico<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kate and I wrote a book on science and faith, which can be found at <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/Jesus-Beginnings-Science-Guide-Conversation\/dp\/0996991514\/\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2013\/12\/Vosburg-cover-Jesus-Beginnings-Science-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2013\/12\/Vosburg-cover-Jesus-Beginnings-Science-scaled-1-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of Jesus, Beginnings, and Science.\" class=\"wp-image-4181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2013\/12\/Vosburg-cover-Jesus-Beginnings-Science-scaled-1-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2013\/12\/Vosburg-cover-Jesus-Beginnings-Science-scaled-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2013\/12\/Vosburg-cover-Jesus-Beginnings-Science-scaled-1-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2013\/12\/Vosburg-cover-Jesus-Beginnings-Science-scaled-1-1536x1149.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2013\/12\/Vosburg-cover-Jesus-Beginnings-Science-scaled-1-2048x1532.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/university-of-cambridge\/john-polkinghorne-talks-to-david-vosburg-about-science-and-christianity\">podcast where I discussed science &amp; Christianity<\/a> with <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Polkinghorne\">Sir John Polkinghorne<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a title=\"InterVarsity\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intervarsity.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">InterVarsity<\/a><br><a title=\"IV Grad &amp; Faculty Ministries\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intervarsity.org\/gfm\/\">InterVarsity grad\/faculty ministries<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.emergingscholars.org\/\">Emerging Scholars Network<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.veritas.org\/\">The Veritas Forum<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/0B0_9afx8k61PS0ZCaElCMG5hcDg?resourcekey=0-mXIFOOAADfQiUTf9z-wdpw&amp;usp=sharing\">Science and faith talks<\/a> I&#8217;ve given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a title=\"The BioLogos Foundation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biologos.org\/\">The BioLogos Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/biologos.org\/resources\/from-the-dust-conversations-in-creation\"><em>From the Dust: Conversations in Creation<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recommended Books<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a title=\"Language of God\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Language-God-Scientist-Presents\/dp\/0743286391\"><em>The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief<\/em><\/a> by Francis Collins, director of the NIH<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivpress.com\/coming-to-peace-with-science\"><em>Coming to Peace with Sc<\/em><em>ience: Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and Biology<\/em><\/a> by Darrel Falk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivpress.com\/the-lost-world-of-genesis-one\"><em>The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate<\/em><\/a> by John Walton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivpress.com\/the-language-of-science-and-faith\"><em>The Language of Science and Faith: Straight Answers to Genuine Questions<\/em><\/a> by Francis Collins and Karl Giberson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/Origins-Christian-Perspectives-Evolution-Intelligent\/dp\/159255573X\"><em>Origins: Christian Perspectives on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design<\/em><\/a> by Deborah and Loren Haarsma<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/Finding-Darwins-God-Scientists-Evolution\/dp\/0061233501\/\"><em>Finding Darwin&#8217;s God: A Scientist&#8217;s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution<\/em><\/a> by Ken Miller<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1894667328\/\">Paradigms on Pilgrimage<\/a><\/em> by Stephen Godfrey and Chris Smith<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivpress.com\/professors-who-believe\"><em>Professors Who Believe: The Spiritual Journeys of Christian Faculty<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/Finding-God-Harvard-Spiritual-Christians\/dp\/0830834338\/\"><em>Finding God at Harvard: Spiritual Journeys of Thinking Christians<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/Gospel-Reloaded-Exploring-Spirituality-Matrix\/dp\/1576834786\/\"><em>The Gospel Reloaded: Exploring Spirituality and Faith in the Matrix<\/em><\/a> by Chris Seay and Greg Garrett<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Following Gandalf\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Following-Gandalf-Battles-Moral-Victory\/dp\/1587430851\"><em>Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings<\/em><\/a> by Matthew Dickerson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivpress.com\/socrates-meets-jesus\"><em>Socrates Meets Jesus: History&#8217;s Greatest Questioner Confronts the Claims of Christ<\/em><\/a> by Peter Kreeft<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/Reason-God-Belief-Age-Skepticism\/dp\/1594483493\/\"><em>The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism<\/em><\/a> by Timothy Keller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Yet the making of things is in my heart from my own making by thee; and the child of little understanding that makes a play of the deeds of his father may do so without thought of mockery, but because he is the son of his father.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Aul\u00eb to Il\u00favatar, J. R. R. Tolkien,<em>The Silmarillion<\/em>(1977), p. 43<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;for a scientist who occasionally is given the remarkable privilege of discovering something not previously known by man, there is a special kind of joy associated with such flashes of insight. Having perceived a glimmer of scientific truth, I find at once both a sense of satisfaction and a longing to understand some even greater Truth. In such a moment, science becomes more than a process of discovery. It transports the scientist into an experience that defies a completely naturalistic explanation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Francis Collins,<em>The Language of God<\/em>(2006), p. 36<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If evolution is a correct description of how life emerged and developed on earth, denying it doesn&#8217;t make it false, any more than denying God renders him nonexistent. Moreover, if the evidence for evolution is accurate, as science attests, and nature bears witness to the handiwork of God, then rejecting evolution becomes, in effect, a rejection of God. This is my worry. More than worrying that evolution jeopardizes Christian faith, I worry that rejecting evolution truncates Christian faith. Again, for faith to matter, it needs to correspond to the way things actually are, rather than how I want things to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Harrell,<em>Nature&#8217;s Witness: How Evolution Can Inspire Faith<\/em>(2008), p. 132<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate and I wrote a book on science and faith, which can be found at Amazon. 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