New for Advent 2023: The Isaiah Advent Calendar
More about A World from Dust: How the Periodic Table Shaped Life
Christian Scholar’s Review blog essays
Church Life Journal essays
The Underlying Unity of Creation
The Science of Medieval Glass and the Play of Light in Dante
Writing about Gala Bent, illustrator for A World from Dust:
“Science Inspires Visual Art” in The Falcon Online
“Wrestling Between Dimensions: Q&A with Gala Bent” at NewAmericanPaintings.com
Other writing and presentations by Ben McFarland:
Where it began (the 2010 Weter Lecture): “The Chemical Constraints on Creation” [pdf] [video] [video in iTunes]
“The Trees of Life.” Chapter 16 in Faith Seeking Understanding: Essays in Memory of Paul Brand and Ralph D. Winter, edited by David Marshall. William Carey Library (Pasadena, CA)
“Trees of Life: From Cholera to Tolkien to Urzymes.” Day of Common Learning lecture, Seattle Pacific University.
“The Sounds of New Creation.” 4th annual lecture in the “Last Lecture” series sponsored by Ivy Honorary, Seattle Pacific University
“Built with Words: What Chemists and Poets Have in Common” in Response magazine
2010 Response Word Play Sphingolipids article in Response magazine
“Exploring Chemistry and Creation” in Response magazine, about the 2010 Weter Lecture
“The Chemicals Pour Forth Speech: Teaching Origins with a Biogeochemical Narrative.” Audio of 2010 American Scientific Affiliation meeting at Catholic University, Washington DC
“What Good is Evolution?: A Biochemical Appreciation of Darwin’s Theory.” Panelist for Exploring Darwin and Evolutionary Theory in the 21st Century: Biological Sciences, Seattle Pacific University
“Streams in the Martian Desert” on the BioLogos blog
“On Being Wrong in Science” on the BioLogos blog
“Living Water: How a Remarkable Chemical Shaped the Land and Life of Earth” on the BioLogos blog
Older posts:
On my blog, Arrow Through the Sun, I have written updates to A World From Dust. These describe recent findings that relate to the chemical narrative described in the book.
This is Water, and the Answer is 20 [swim motion convergence]
How Oxygen Stress Steers a Protein [biochemical constraints from Reactive Oxygen Species]
As Predictable as a Warm-Blooded Fish [predictable rete mirabile structures evolved multiple times]
Why Pepto-Bismol Kills Bacteria but not Humans [human cells are protected from bismuth’s stickiness with a sulfur shield]
The Higher the Level, the More Repeatable the Evolution [experimental evolution of bacteria is more parallel in a complicated environment]
This is Water, Part 2: Water Swims Around Worms [behavior is explained not by neurochemistry but fluid dynamics]
Should the White Rot Story Change? [uncertainty in lignin evolution]
How Calcium May Turn DNA Into an Antimicrobial Net [neutrophils use chemistry to catch germs