“Last December, a poll revealed something encouraging about spirituality in America. When asked if they had ever had a religious or mystical experience, more responders said yes than no. This was a first in the 47 years that the Pew Research pollsters have been asking the question. (A religious or mystical experience was defined as […]
Finding Darwin’s God
At the suggestion of Clara, one of my former students, I attended Dr. Kenneth Miller’s lecture on Finding Darwin’s God and Only a Theory (referring to Intelligent Design) last night at St. Kate’s in St. Paul. Amazing talk. Wow, if you’ve never heard him speak, do so. He talked for almost an hour and a […]
Evolution and Charles Darwin
Dan and I and little L. have recently flown to a faraway tropical island. On the plane I tried to catch up on my Speaking of Faith podcasts. One in particular, that I’d been eager to listen to, was “Evolution and Wonder: Understanding Charles Darwin.” You’d think that since my training was in the biological […]
The Creation Order
For some of you, this post will be blasphemy, so read no further. For others of you, it might be laughable. But for right now, if you can suspend judgment for a few moments, you might crack open your mind just slightly, to allow your thinking neurons to fire in different ways. [Remember, doubt is […]