The Faith and Science Podcast

Nov 18 2024 370 ep. 25 mins 8
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A place where Christian Faith and Science come together. Each week we take the Revised Common Lectionary and try finding a science connection or tie in into these texts.

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11-24-24 - Missing the Gorilla: Finding God in Life's Blind Spots

Nov 18 2024 26 mins  
The readings for this week for Reign of Christ or Christ the King Sunday are: 2 Samuel 23:1-7 and Psalm 132:1-12, (13-18), or Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 and Psalm 93, with Revelation 1:4b-8, and John 18:33-37. This week we look at how we often can not see the whole picture of what is going on. God calls us to take a moment and breathe and reflect on life and yet we struggle to let oursel

11-17-24 - Tearing Down Temples

Nov 11 2024 29 mins  
The readings for this week for 26th Sunday after Pentecost are: 1 Samuel 1:4-20, with 1 Samuel 2:1-10, or Daniel 12:1-3, with Psalm 16, and Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25, and Mark 13:1-8. This week we look at Bredt's Rule in Organic Chemistry and how this is a good thing in science even when it is difficult. Are we allowing ourselves to do the same thing in our faith? Without ac

11-10-24 - The Gift of Giving It All

Nov 04 2024 29 mins  
The readings for this week for 25th Sunday after Pentecost are: Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17, and Psalm 127, or 1 Kings 17:8-16 and Psalm 146, with Hebrews 9:24-28, and Mark 12:38-44. This week we look at Marie Curie and what dedication she had to the sciences and helping all of us better understand the world around us. Are we as people willing to do the same thing? Are we willing to be tha

11-3-24 - Wisdom, Ethics, and De-extinction

Oct 28 2024 29 mins  
The readings for this week for the All Saints Day are Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9 or Isaiah 25:6-9, with Psalm 24, Revelation 21:1-6a, and John 11:32-44 The readings for this week for 24th Sunday after Pentecost are: Jeremiah 31:31-34, Psalm 46, Romans 3:19-28, and John 8:31-36. This week we discuss how with where we have gotten with gene editing and expression that we are now confront

10-27-24 - Vultures that bring Life!

Oct 21 2024 29 mins  
The readings for this week for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost are Job 42:1-6, 10-17 and Psalm 34:1-8, (19-22), or Jeremiah 31:7-9 and Psalm 126, with Hebrews 7:23-28, and Mark 10:46-52. The readings for this week for Reformation Sunday are: Jeremiah 31:31-34, Psalm 46, Romans 3:19-28, and John 8:31-36. This week we discuss how important it is for us to overlook different parts of

10-20-24 - Questions and Observations

Oct 14 2024 29 mins  
The readings for this week are Job 38:1-7, (34-41) and Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35c, or Isaiah 53:4-12 and Psalm 91:9-16, with Hebrews 5:1-10 and, Mark 10:35-45. This week we discuss how asking the right question, and making the right observations is very important in science and in faith. Without these, it is quite easy for us to get misled and have been led astray. With asking the righ

10-13-24 - Embracing Change

Oct 07 2024 28 mins  
The readings for this week are Job 23:1-9, 16-17 and Psalm 22:1-15, or Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 and Psalm 90:12-17, with Hebrews 4:12-16, and Mark 10:17-31. This week we discuss how our bodies have different things that wear out and cause aging. In this, there are ways that we can do preventative care, but there is also the acceptance of the gifts that we have been given and embracing tha

10-6-24 - Acknowledging the Unseen

Sep 30 2024 28 mins  
The readings for this week are Job 1:1, 2:1-10 and Psalm 26, or Genesis 2:18-24 and Psalm 8, with Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12, and Mark 10:2-16. This week we discuss how important different scientific assistants have made a significant impact on many of these discoveries for the people they helped. Without these assistants, many of these discoveries wouldn't not have happened. We all can

9-29-24 - The Perils of Pride and Persecution

Sep 23 2024 29 mins  
The readings for this week are Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 and Psalm 124, or Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 and Psalm 19:7-14, with James 5:13-20, and Mark 9:38-50. This week we see how pride and fear often lead to the suppression of new ideas or persecution of individuals. Yet, when Jesus is given an opportunity to be prideful, he chooses to be humble instead and make sure his pride

9-22-24 - Exploring Selfless Faith of Commensalism

Sep 16 2024 28 mins  
The readings for this week are Proverbs 31:10-31 and Psalm 1, or Wisdom of Solomon 1:16-2:1, 12-22 or Jeremiah 11:18-20 and Psalm 54, James 3:13 – 4:3, 7-8a, and Mark 9:30-37. This week we discuss the different types of symbiotic relationships. Often the one that gets looked over is Commensalism, because it seems so one sided which it is. We also must remember that much of our re