A Hard Question from Scientists in our Churches
What is needed for the Standard Model to work is trust between church leaders and scientists and then between them as a group and the wider congregation. Building trust is hard in this day and age, but begin by sharing your love for Christ and for your church.
Do You Mind?: A Sermon From Greg
When Greg’s recent sermons weave in some science, we want to share them with you as examples of how preaching with science can work.
“I Was Made to Do This.”
“All vocations are intended by God to manifest His love in the world.”… The purpose to our vocations, to how we use our God-given abilities and passions, is love. So when we talk about science as a Christian vocation, we are talking about how Christians in the sciences labor in order to help others experience God’s love.
Flourish Through Your Work: An Interview with Luke Bobo
“I often get the question: What’s the relationship between ministry and engineering? Well first, curiosity. And there’s always a people element. We have to communicate in both fields—oral and written. Communicating respect and dignity to other human beings is a leadership principle that transcends race or socio-economic status. It transcends the field of engineering. Those principles should be universal.”
Christians in Science (CiS)
Begun as a network of Christians working in various scientific fields, Christians in Science (CiS) is a membership-based organization of scientific professionals, clergy, theologians, students and others interested in faith and science. Two resources may be of particular use to churches…
On Being a Scientist as a Christian
BioLogos has collected an excellent series of interviews with scientists who love God, follow Jesus, and serve the church.
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.
Called to Science
On the Called to Science website, scientists share their stories of what it means to follow Jesus faithfully in the field, in industry, and in academia.
Scientists Matter to the Church
Not only are these STEM professionals in our churches, but their knowledge and skills—the way they poke at things—should matter to the church. They should not have to hide.
Scientists, Your Work Matters to God
In preparation for this newsletter, I emailed a good friend who’s a biologist. I posed a fairly simple question, expecting a succinct response. Instead, he poured out his heart in a long email, which started with this: “How was I treated in the church as a scientist? Man, that’s a trigger question for me…”