For too many people today, the meeting of science and faith causes perceptions of conflict and an inability to reconcile these two ways of knowing and experiencing the world. In our corporate life together, the resulting cognitive dissonance manifests as… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
I confess—when I first picked up “When God Made Light” I was expecting yet another children’s book about Genesis 1 or God’s creation whose language, tone, and general message would make it unfriendly to or unreconcilable with science. Instead, I… Continue Reading →
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:… Continue Reading →
I have a saying: “I believe in Jesus; everyone else is required to provide evidence.” As a science-trained Christian, I fully understand that faith is exactly that—”the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1)…. Continue Reading →
There are almost no children’s books on the market today that bring faith and science together in positive and scientifically accurate ways, but the children’s book, Eek! Said Amy, has done exactly that and addressed a serious mental health issue… Continue Reading →
As I write, the Kilauea Volcano is erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island, an event that is neither mysterious nor surprising. But, for Christians who hold an evolutionary understanding of God’s creation, this event evokes both scientific wonder and a sense… 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 →
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