by Susan Barreto | Dec 11, 2019 | Commentary
Photo by Frank V. via Unsplash Alexa seems to know what I want to watch and when, Google search seems to know my wishes too when I search for my favorite restaurant online and perhaps even more interesting is that even the success of my 401(k) investments will...
by Susan Barreto | Nov 7, 2019 | Commentary
Photo by Greg Razoky via Unsplash As many Covalence readers already know, our theological editor George Murphy is not only a frequent contributor to this newsletter but uniquely wears two hats — one of pastor and another of physicist. While I have watched him jot down...
by Bruce Booher | Oct 17, 2019 | Commentary
Photo by Chromatograph via Unsplash From time to time, someone will say something like “One of these days, science will be able to explain everything and we won’t need religion.” This idea badly misunderstands both science and religion. Let’s examine what this idea...
by Susan Barreto | Jul 12, 2019 | Commentary
Photo by N. Manginas via The Echumenical Patriarchate As the song goes, so it is in today’s world. But that doesn’t mean theologians, seminarians and churchwide organizations are not up to the task of “greening” how they do what they do in the faith...
by George L. Murphy | Jun 7, 2019 | Commentary
Photo by Marija Zaric on Unsplash [Editor’s note: This month we are re-running one of our most popular commentary pieces from our Theological Editor George Murphy. This essay originally ran in October 2015.] Several years ago we had a display for the Lutheran Alliance...
by Susan Barreto | May 8, 2019 | Commentary
At the ERT meeting/Credit: Susan Barreto So whenever two or more church folk are gathered these days there is not only typically coffee, but there is often a sense of anxiety. Putting a name to that source of anxiety is difficult at best and nearly impossible to voice...
