Todd's Blog

Here's a (very) brief update on everything happening at Core Academy.  By some great, undeserved mercy, Core Academy was spared from the devastation of Helene.  You've no doubt seen the many reports of destruction to the east of here in the mountains, and we all here have many friends and family in the region.  Please pray earnestly with us that God would bring recovery and comfort to the people impacted by this terrible storm. Here at the office, thanks to our move in the spring, everything is high and dry.  We had a massively busy summer season, and we're looking forward to a slightly slower fall.  Here are a few highlights: In June we sponsored another round of Dino Camp here in Dayton, working in conjunction with Rhea County Academy.  We had a great time teaching kids about dinosaurs and working on cleaning real dinosaur bones.  Thanks especially to our regular volunteer Nikki E. who helped us from start to finish! My podcast host Paul Garner visit...

Tickets for Origins 2024 in St. Louis are now available at coresci.org/origins .  The conference runs from Sunday evening July 21 through Tuesday evening July 23, with an optional field trip on Wednesday morning.  We intend to finish up in time for everyone to hurry over to the Ark Encounter for the CRS conference.  Speakers at Origins include Hans Madueme, author of the new book Defending Sin , Matt McLain, president of the CBS, and my podcast partner Paul Garner. The week before Origins, here in Dayton, TN, Core Academy is presenting "Creation Together: The Fool and the Heretic" at Trinity Chapel on July 18 at 7 pm.  Darrel Falk and I will be presenting our views on creation and evolution and reflecting on our ten years striving together.  The event is FREE, but tickets are recommended.  We've already booked two thirds of the available seats, so if you want to come, you better get your free ticket quick!  (Or pay ten bucks and get a guaranteed good s...

Core Academy recently moved our offices off the campus of Rhea County Academy and out of the leaky, old portable classroom we occupied for seven years into a much larger facility in a local professional building.  We were thrilled to get that portable classroom years ago, and the Lord used that building to grow the ministry.  But as the years passed, the building's age (31 years) started to show, and we knew we needed something bigger. Now we have it.  A new office suite opened up, and the board decided to jump on it.  We spent the month of April moving into the new facility and setting up our offices.  Today, the library is mostly unpacked, and our offices are functional.  We still have a lot of unpacking and organizing to do, but that will be part time as we gear up for our busy summer. What's coming this summer?  First up, two weeks of Dinosaur Camp, which we are offering as part of a larger slate of camps from Rhea County Academy.  If you're l...

Due to the busyness of the season, the CBS board decided to extend the abstract deadline to May 15.  So if you have an idea for an abstract and no time to get it done, send it in anyway.  Visit the Creation Biology Society website for more details on submitting an abstract. Feedback? Email me at toddcharleswood [at] gmail [dot] com. If you enjoyed this article, please consider a contribution to Core Academy of Science. Thank you. Have you read my book?  You should check that out too!

I haven't posted here in months, but I did want to make sure the word is getting out about Origins 2024.  In a regular year, we would announce at the Origins conference when the next conference is going to be, but last year was ICC and quite hectic.  So we've been slow getting a venue booked and slow getting announcements out, but the conference is definitely on!   This summer, we'll be meeting in St. Louis, MO on July 21-24, and the call for abstracts has already been out a while now.  If you've been thinking about submitting something, the deadline is next week May 1!  If this is the first you're hearing about it, we do apologize, and we hope you can put something together at least summarizing your current research. As usual, we're looking for submissions on biology, geology, and/or biblical studies and theology.  Submissions can be sent to editor at creationbiology dot org.  See the call for abstracts at the CBS website . Feedback? Email me at todd...

On behalf of all of us at Core Academy, I'd like to wish you a very merry Christmas as we commemorate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. His first advent heralded the coming of the kingdom of God, which fully manifested after that baby's death and resurrection when God poured out his Spirit on the day of Pentecost.  Now we his children partake in the kingdom as we long with hope for the second advent of Jesus and the bright dawn of our own resurrection.  Today, as with all good things in this world, the celebration of Christmas ought to turn our minds to our Lord Creator and Savior.  Giving of gifts, gathering of family, and the great feast remind us of that final gathering when we will cast our crowns at the feet of Jesus, gather with the family of God, and feast at the great marriage supper of the Lamb.  Modern Christmas also offers us a contrast: Unlike our fantasies of Santa Claus, Rudolph, and Frosty, our hope in Christ is real .  The symbols of God in C...