Faith in the Cyber Age
“Laboratories are useful, but reflection for us must always start from experience.” -Pope Francis I, August, 2013 interview with Civilta Cattolica This is the Cyber Age. The world population of cell...
View Article7 Amazing Scientific Insights of Biblical Writers
We hear often about the scientific difficulties raised by the Bible, particularly the Old Testament—the six-day creation narrative, the Genesis flood, Jonah being swallowed by a whale, to name but a...
View ArticleThe Deep Theological Vision Behind The Pope’s Encyclical
Ever since Adam and Eve, mankind has been entrusted by its Creator with the care and stewardship of the created world. That simple command from Genesis 2:15—to ‘till and keep’ what is fittingly called...
View ArticleGenesis: Is Catholicism at Odds with Science?
There is a battle raging in our culture between science and faith. This battle is centuries old, as various philosophers and theologians have sought to divorce faith and reason. The Catholic Church has...
View ArticleA Brief Exploration of the Catholic Position on Evolution
There is a great misperception in the culture that Catholicism is anti-science. Many college students confront this error when they encounter reductionism, rationalism, and materialism through their...
View ArticleRemoving Obstacles to Science-Religion Dialogue
As it happens, it was Ash Wednesday when I casually flicked on an all-news radio station just in time to catch a quickie interview with a scientist. He’d written a book about the origin of the universe...
View ArticleIn the Age of Technology, Be Present to God and Others
Ever since I can remember, I have enjoyed sitting silently watching the snow fall. I can vividly remember as a child watching it fall in large, fluffy flakes outside my Montana classroom in grade...
View ArticleLeading by the Hand
What does one hope for in a teacher? Sympathy, to be sure, for it is a fearful thing to entrust oneself to another’s lead, and we do so willingly only when we believe the person to have a genuine...
View Article10 Times the Bible Mentions Technology Use
Have you ever been on a technology fast? Maybe you got tired of facebook and decided to take a couple weeks off? Or maybe you felt instagram was taking too much of your time so you erased the app off...
View ArticleA Cure For Down’s Syndrome: Fact or Fantasy?
If we could cure Down’s syndrome, should we do it? The media’s been abuzz with the question since scientists at UMass Medical School announced last month that they’d found a way to silence the...
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