Recently, I reviewed the Hero Central Science Leader, which is published by Cokesbury as part of its VBS curriculum Hero Central. I had heard good things about this curriculum from my friend and science colleague, Sy Garte (www.bookofworks.com), who participated… Continue Reading →
I was blessed to be part of the Convocation on Faith, Science, & Ministry hosted by Bishop Sharma Lewis of the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. Here are a few resources I recommended to get started on the… Continue Reading →
What Mike McHargue’s 2016 Autobiography Can Tell Us About Christian Faith Formation Here is a brief summation of a dialogue that took place a few weeks ago in the Sunday morning K-2 small group that I facilitate: Student A, a… Continue Reading →
As a Christian trained in evolutionary biology, I’ve been blessed that both faith and science always felt natural to me. I never felt like I had to choose between them. But, during graduate school, I started getting a lot of… Continue Reading →
Did you know that your ‘matter’ is billions of years old? According to most astrophysicists, the building blocks of all the matter found in the universe today—the quarks and electrons of which we are all made—formed in the early ‘moments’… Continue Reading →
Mommy, how does God hold the wind and the rain in His hands? This was the question my son, Jack, asked me just after his 4th birthday. One of his presents was a wooden puzzle of the U.S. When he… Continue Reading →
It probably won’t surprise you to learn that the Bible does not have one, simple answer to the question “How does God hold the wind and the rain in his hands?” There are Hebrew Scriptures (aka Old Testament) that suggest… Continue Reading →
Children begin learning science at very early ages. In the preschool setting, the first practice with science often comes in the form of dressing the weather bear. This science activity involves making observations—is the weather warm/cold? sunny/rainy?—then making a prediction… Continue Reading →
The recent eclipse was reportedly the most viewed and photographed of all time, witnessed by millions of Americans who interrupted their busy lives to participate in a collective moment of awe and wonder. Our guest post at The Book of… Continue Reading →
Two of the top reasons that 60% of young Christians will disconnect from the church and faith after age 15 are their perceptions that the church is antagonistic to science and feels unfriendly to those who doubt.1 But, what might… Continue Reading →
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