Author name: Jennifer Secki Shields

This weekend our nation celebrates the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Most of us remember Dr. King for his leadership in the civil rights movement, particularly his philosophy of nonviolent resistance and noncooperation. You may be surprised that Dr. King also had much to say about the relationship between science and Christian

What to do with the creation story found in Genesis 1? It is an ancient text and obviously was not written as a science text. Its placement as the first book of the Bible indicates it is a foundational, sacred text, so reducing it to “metaphor” also seems unsatisfying. Surely, there is deep, profound biblical

You can’t see it with your naked eye, but as you read this you are surrounded by the remnant light left over from the Big Bang, the advent of our universe nearly 14 billion years ago. This microwave radiation fills the universe and can be detected everywhere. Were it visible to the human eye, “the

Our culture tends to focus so myopically on the perceived conflicts between faith and science that it misses when the two bring their respective gifts together for good. One such story is told in the latest PBS documentary, Mayo Clinic: Faith – Hope – Science. What many consider to be the greatest medical center in