by Ted Peters | Feb 16, 2019 | Features
Editor’s note: This is the first of two articles on astrotheology. Next time, we will explore the ethics involved in dealing with our space neighbors. How big is God’s creation? The size of our nation? Our planet? Our galaxy? Or, the entire 94 billion...
by George L. Murphy | Dec 6, 2018 | Features
By Aaron Burden/Public domain via Unsplash “Teaching Faith and Science” was one of the areas for which papers were invited for the annual meeting of American Scientific Affiliation this past summer. I gave one of the papers, as well as being a reviewer of others that...
by Susan Barreto | Nov 2, 2018 | Features
Images of a volcanic eruption, stars in the universe and even a scientist working in the lab fed into a special service where the congregation was led to ponder how faith and science interact. On September 23, 2018, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Champaign, Illinois...
by Paul Arveson and Sophie Brock Lyman | Oct 1, 2018 | Features
When physicist Paul Arveson retired, he looked for a place where his previous scientific training and his Christian faith could be harnessed for some humanitarian purpose. He also wanted to find a mission that was not already being done by many others. He found one:...
by Susan Barreto | Sep 5, 2018 | Features
Students entering a campus church for the first time may be drawn to finding those answers to life’s big questions. Others may be seeking community. Increasingly, though, campus congregations have been exploring the tough questions about science and how they relate to...
by Susan Barreto | Aug 3, 2018 | Features
Whether it was looking for the planets in a shrunken down version of the solar system, completing science experiments on the fly or learning how to design rockets, youth attending the 2018 ELCA Youth Gathering in Houston had plenty of opportunities to engage with...
