creation

In the face of unprecedented assaults on planet Earth, what good is poetry?

The Still Pilgrim—seemingly Angela Alaimo O'Donnell's alter ego—reflects joy and longing. 

Norman Wirzba views theology and ecology through 1 John 4:8, "Whoever does not love does not know God."

Faith is formed in us by the Spirit and the life of the church. It renews our elemental confidence and creates our disposition toward the world.

People do not float through life in the bubble that is their skin. We are grounded, dependent beings that live through the lives and deaths of others.

Modern cosmology indicates that the universe cannot have been created without any constraints. So where do we find the elusive nihilo?

Ian McFarland's book on the doctrine of creation is a book about nothing. It has a lot to say about it.

What is it called when we complete a sermon, art, poetry, song or writing, and there is a bit of our soul that takes form and shape? Wisdom takes on paint. Beauty becomes clothed in letters. Depths of emotion become suffused in photos. When something ephemeral inside of us takes on a concrete quality that can be shared. When our art lives on after we have departed. What is it called?

That Ken Ham guy is pretty slick with words. This was clear before his evolution v. creation debate with Bill Nye last night, including in his preamble at CNN.

We don’t know which experiences specify our humanity. But the Abrahamic faiths agree that we are made of dust and ashes, a bit of clay or a mere clot.

I'm always happy to see MSM articles that challenge assumptions about conservative evangelicals, the religious community in which I grew up. Particularly when they aren't just about electoral politics.

This post by David Wheeler highlights a group a lot of people probably haven't considered: evangelical homeschoolers whose reasons for opting out of the school system have nothing to do with objecting to the teaching of evolution.

Why does antiscience sentiment gain such traction in America? Conservatives deserve some blame, but so does the scientific community.

WTF, Evolution? is the most enjoyable Tumblr I've come across this side of the unassailable, if a tad nichier, Every Day I'm Pastorin'. Basically it's pictures of ridiculous-looking animals and then commentary, often in the form of a dialogue between evolution and a bewildered observer.

We might still pray for rain, but we can account for thunder without invoking bowling gods. Is there still a place for God?

What is it about Western culture that makes it so difficult to taste God? Why would we rather prove propositions than experience the holy?

I cherish Thanksgiving for its cultural institutionalization of the practice of gratitude. And because there are no gifts and few cards.

The same week the European Organization for Nuclear Research announced the discovery of a new sub-atomic particle—which may be the missing puzzle piece for physics’ theory of everything—we also learned that some 46 percent of poll respondents hold “creationist views of human origins.” I might not be as incensed as Katha Pollitt is, but I’m distressed by this poll.

Reconciliation requires relocation. To see the effects of our food choices, we have to get close to the land.

What might God have to say about the creatures most people don’t think of as lovable?

Is John 1 a midrash on the creation story and the song of creative Wisdom? If so, its writer has infused it with profoundest joy.