Wonder
Aurora borealis, Joshua Strang, public domain. When I ask scientists about the positive interaction between science and faith, awe and wonder nearly always play a large part in the conversation. Awe is...
View ArticleEcological Hope
© Ruth Bancewicz Human activity on our planet continues to cause wide scale ecological havoc at such a rate that it can be tempting to give up hope, sit back, and let things unfold however they will....
View ArticleWhat is the world for? Creation, purpose, and hope in difficult times
Why should we explore the world? According to Jonathan Moo, a Biblical scholar who is currently based at the Faraday Institute, creation is not just valuable for what we get from it. In today’s...
View ArticleReal Science: Untimely Deaths, the Necessity of Hope, and Struggles with Tin...
By Evan-Amos (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsSometimes, it can be nice to remember that scientists are people too. That author of a cutting-edge paper about multiverse models might...
View ArticleBecome Inspired, Leave Empowered #EarthOptimism
Cropped from BLM 2016 Making a Difference National Volunteer Awards. By Bureau of Land Management. Flickr. (CC BY 2.0) Is it sometimes ok to dance in the midst of mourning? Is there time to laugh, or...
View ArticleCreation Groans, but God Hears
Panther by Marco Luttenberg, freeimages.com Visitors to London Zoo last autumn stood enthralled, watching the family dynamics of the critically endangered Sumatran tiger playing out before them. The...
View ArticleHumility, Hope and Holiness: A Christian psychologist explores character...
Pixabay When Roger Bretherton worked as a clinical psychologist he would ask the question, “What skill is missing here?” What does this patient need to develop so they can, for example, be kinder to...
View ArticleGuest Post: Called to Care for the Oceans
Humanity is affecting the ocean in profound ways. In this post, I will briefly explore two of those impacts from the perspective of a professional oceanographer. First, the effects of human use of...
View ArticleGuest Post: Hope in the Resurrection
Dominik Matus, Catacombs of Saint Gennaro, similar to those in Rome, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International Early Christian hope On the outskirts of the city of Rome, you will find...
View ArticleThe Future of Life on Earth
© Gilderm, http://www.sxc.hu The Christian church is not always the first place environmentalists run to when faced with a potentially global catastrophe. Nevertheless, Christian theology provides a...
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