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Articles and Blogs
Hope and Optimism
Hope and optimism are often lumped together (as we have done here), but they are not precise synonyms. In church, most of our attention is on hope, a central aspect of the Gospel message. For scientists, the attention is reversed as optimism is an easier concept to define and study experimentally. So what are scientists discovering?
Billy Graham on Science
Billy Graham is known for proclaiming the Gospel and saving souls, not for science. Yet, he did engage with scientific themes from time to time.
Should Christians Care about Earth Day?
Southern Baptist leader Russell Moore takes on creation care in this short essay.
Books
Why Science and Faith Need Each Other
After decades of analyzing the religious perspectives of scientists and the views religous people have about science, Elaine Howard Ecklund has now written a book for the church. In it, she offers eight shared values that can help advance the conversaton about science in our churches.
Creation Care by Drs. Douglas and Jonathan Moo
In their 2018 book, Creation Care, father and son team Douglas and Jonathan Moo invite readers to engage scripture through the lens of God’s purposes and love for the natural world. The book follows the contours of the bibilical story demonstrating that God’s compassion for creation is woven throughout all of scripture.
Finding Jesus in the Storm: The Spiritual Lives of Christians with Mental Health Challenges
The church can and should be a place of refuge for those who experience mental illness. But many in our churches—from pastors to lay-leaders to the average person in the pews—feel poorly equipped to journey alongside those who live with such illnesses. Enter John Swinton’s 2020 book, Finding Jesus in the Storm.
COVID-19 Resources
How Vaccines and the Immune System Work
Are you curious about how vaccines and the immune system work together to stop you from getting sick?
Should I take the COVID-19 vaccine?
If you or someone in your community is struggling to make a decision about the COVID vaccine, this article from Christianity Today addresses three key ethical questions many of us are asking.
The Science of Facemasks
Here’s a review from Nature about where the science stands on facemasks.
Podcasts
Disciple Science
Disciple Science is an organization dedicated to creating quality videos that would “reach those who feel forced to choose between science and Christianity and invite them to follow Jesus, know creation, and grow in faith.”
Krista Tippett On Science
Since the beginning of her Peabody Award-winning program, Krista Tippett has conducted dozens of interviews with scientists for all sorts digging into questions of faith, meaning, and purpose.
Christianity and Science: Current Disputes among the Faithful
In 2014, University of Wisconsin zoologist Jeff Hardin spoke on faith and science at the Faith Angle Forum. This interview is rich with insights and understanding.
Race & Science
Humans and Race
Race continues to be an issue for American culture and the church. This 3-minute video, developed for use in religous settings, introduces some of the relevant science and can complement the work we are doing in the church to increase understanding about race and racism.
SftC Event: Science, Race, & the Church
American Christians have a complex relationship with two of the dominant conversations in American society: science and race. This is especially true when many Christians have compromised their...
Why does human skin color vary so much?
This video is a great tutorial on the biology of race. Why does human skin color vary so much? Anthropologist Dr. Nina Jablonski explains the evoluntionary trade-offs of our varied melanin.
Videos
Humans and Race
Race continues to be an issue for American culture and the church. This 3-minute video, developed for use in religous settings, introduces some of the relevant science and can complement the work we are doing in the church to increase understanding about race and racism.
Is the Universe Purposeful?
In this 8-minute video, Catholic biologist Dan Kuebler makes a case for purpose in biology. He describes how chance and order work in the process of convergence which for him suggests a fundamental purpose in nature.
Disciple Science
Disciple Science is an organization dedicated to creating quality videos that would “reach those who feel forced to choose between science and Christianity and invite them to follow Jesus, know creation, and grow in faith.”
Websites
Denominational and Ecumenical Creation Care Resources
Are you curious what your denomination is doing when it comes to caring for creation? Or perhaps you’d like to connect with a local ecumenical or interfaith group committed to this work. Or maybe you want to see what other faith-based groups are doing to take care of the environment so that you can share some ideas with your home church. Creation Justice Ministries has put together a nice list of links representing several traditions.
Evangelicals of All Ages for Creation Care
The Evangelical Environmental Network seeks to inspire, equip, educate, and mobilize evangelical Christians to love God and others by rediscovering and reclaiming the Biblical mandate to care for creation and working toward a stable climate and a healthy, pollution-free world. They also work closely with the Young Evangelicals for Climate Action who have their own set of resources for younger disciples of Christ who care deeply for God’s creation.
A Rocha International’s Creation Care Resources for your Church
This website is perhaps the largest collection of creation care materials designed for the church. It includes articles, videos, music, prayers, and more designed to help with worship, sermons, Bible studies, and children’s ministry.