The Faith and Science Podcast

The readings for this week are Acts 17:22-31, Psalm 66:8-20, 1 Peter 3:13-22, and John 14:15-21. This week look at the Holy Spirit as a catalyst.  Through looking through this lens, we see how the Holy Spirit helps guide us into a deeper relationship with God  Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful. Remember to answer this week's quest...

The readings for this week are Acts 7:55-60, Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16, 1 Peter 2:2-10, and John 14:1-14. This week look at migrating birds and how they have to have faith that both of there "homes" will be there.  We can then look at how we as people have come together to help make sure that this happens by better understanding the needs that these birds need for there homes.  Thanks again for taking t...

The readings for this week are Acts 2:42-47, Psalm 23, 1 Peter 2:19-25, and John 10:1-10. This week look at how we are born into this world recognizing voices and quickly learning voices.  Are we giving enough time to listening to the voice that knit us together in our mother's womb?  Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful. Remember to...

The readings for this week are Acts 2:14a, 36-41, Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19, 1 Peter 1:17-23, and Luke 24:13-35. This week look at the how we are all on a journey in faith.  This is very similar to the journey that all scientific discovery goes through; in both circumstances, we have to be patient.  Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful. R...

The readings for this week are Acts 2:14a, 22-32, Psalm 16, 1 Peter 1:3-9, and John 20:19-31. This week look at the how the transformation is always hard but is part of life.  We can see it in a butterfly to how nature is responding to our world's current crisis.  Yet, like Christ, it continues to change and transform.  We need to learn to accept it. Thanks again for taking the time out to listen...

The readings for this week are Acts 10:34-43, Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24, Colossians 3:1-4, and Matthew 28:1-10 (or John 20:1-18). This week look at the how the hope that American Robins have in the winter is comparable to the amazingly deep hope and faith of Mary Magdalene (and the other Mary depending on your gospel). Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool tha...

The readings for this week are Isaiah 50:4-9a, Psalm 31:9-16, Philippians 2:5-11, and Matthew 27:11-54 (or Matthew 21:1-11). This week look at the hypothesis that the people of Jerusalem had about Jesus and were completely wrong.  Does this help inform our faith today? Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful. Remember to answer this wee...

The readings for this week are Ezekiel 37:1-14, Psalm 130, Romans 8:6-11, and John 11:1-45. This week we look how Jesus asks for Lazarus to unbound.  As humans, we are unbound hundreds if not millions of times a day within our DNA.  This help us realize that this may have been hinting at something larger. Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you fin...

The readings for this week are 1 Samuel 16:1-13, Psalm 23, Ephesians 5:8-14, and John 9:1-41. This week we look at the how people within the science community have at times been rejected to quickly with their ideas also.  This can be seen in the person who tried to make hand washing in hospitals a thing in the 1840's.  Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a too...

The readings for this week are Exodus 17:1-7, Psalm 95, Romans 5:1-11, and John 4:5-42. This week we look at COVID-19 and how there are ways that we can see God in this crisis.  One of the big ways is in the relationships especially in science as we look for a vaccine to help with this virus.  Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.  ...

The readings for this week are Genesis 12:1-4a, Psalm 121, Romans 4:1-5, 13-17, and John 3:1-17. This week we look at the faith and the faith that it takes to be a migrating bird and a tree.  Is this part of the Spirit of God that we miss that is embedded within all of creation?  Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.   Remember to an...

The readings for this week are Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7, Psalm 32, Romans 5:12-19, and Matthew 4:1-11. This week we look at the sin and how it can cause us to be less sustainable for profit now.  This then raises the question of are we living up the ethics we have for ourselves and comparing it the ethnics that we fight within the science community. Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to...

The readings for this week are Exodus 24:12-18, Psalm 2, 2 Peter 1:16-21, and Matthew 17:1-9. This week we look at the transfiguration of our Lord.  It begs to me when looking at that and comparing it to metamorphosis, what are we moving toward as individuals and as a community. Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.   Remember to ans...

The readings for this week are Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Psalm 119:1-8, 1 Corinthians 3:1-9, and Matthew 5:21-37. This week we look at how we all have to be okay with taking a leap of faith into something new.  Growth only comes from God and taking the leap of faith. Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.   Remember to answer this week's...

The readings for this week are Isaiah 58:1-9a [9b-12], Psalm 112:1-9 [10], 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 [13-16], and Matthew 5:13-20. This week we look at we need to be the people God calls us to be.  This includes being the light and the salt that we and others need. Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.   Remember to answer this week's que...

Hello Everyone, I hope you enjoy this week's podcast and I would enjoy hearing your thoughts about it. The podcast will be the bottom link at the bottom of the email.  The readings for this week for the Presentation of our Lord are Malachi 3:1-4, Psalm 84, Hebrews 2:14-18, and Luke 2:22-40.  The readings for this week for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany are Micah 6:1-8, Psalm 15, 1 Corinthians 1:...

The readings for this week are Isaiah 9:1-4, Psalm 27:1, 4-9, 1 Corinthians 1:10-18, and Matthew 4:12-23.  This week we look at how God calls us to use our gifts and sometimes it is not in the ways we expect. Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.     Please note that I misspoke in the podcast. The author is Ched Myers.  His book will...

The readings for this week are Isaiah 49:1-7, Psalm 40:1-11, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, and John 1:29-42.  This week we look how difficult it can be to be the person to proclaim.  How do we cut through the noise to find who the true prophets are?  This is a difficult task for all of us. Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.   Remember to a...

The readings for this week are Isaiah 42:1-9, Psalm 29, Acts 10:34-43, and Matthew 3:13-17.  This week we look how we are qualified even when we don't feel qualified.  John the Baptist didn't feel qualified to baptize Jesus but Jesus disagreed.  Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.   Remember to answer this week's question: Have you...

The readings for this week are Jeremiah 31:7-14, Psalm 147:12-20, Ephesians 1:3-14, and John 1:(1-9), 10-18.  This week we look how John's use of light to describe Jesus is one of the best examples we could possibly get.  This is due to how easy it is for us to understand today. Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.   Remember to ans...

The readings for this week are Isaiah 63:7-9, Psalm 148, Hebrews 2:10-18, and Matthew 2:13-23.  This week we look at one of the most human experience that we get of Jesus; Jesus as a refugee.  This is something that has happened quite frequently in history that people, especially scientists, have to flee to continue doing what they are doing.  We also see this in nature in something called migrati...

The readings for this week are Isaiah 7:10-16, Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19, Romans 1:1-7, and Matthew 1:18-25.  This week we look at adaption.  Adaption isn't unique to humans but it also helps us understand some of the core of who we are as people while understanding a site of the Jesus' birth story that doesn't get talked about often. Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope thi...

The readings for this week are Isaiah 35:1-10, Psalm 146:5-10, James 5:7-10, and Matthew 11:2-11.  This week we look at assumptions.  We as people like thinking we have an idea of what things do, should look like or the like and often find that God has other plans. Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.   Remember to answer this week'...

The readings for this week are Isaiah 11:1-10, Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19, Romans 15:4-13, and Matthew 3:1-12.  This week we look at how prepared we are to hear a message that changes everything.  We can look back and see how that has happened to the world around us, but have we kept up with our faith? Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful....

The readings for this week are Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122, Romans 13:11-14, and Matthew 24:36-44.  This week we look at how preparation has benefited humanity plenty of times before.  Why don't we do this more for our faith?  Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.   Remember to answer this week's question: How can I prepare... for Christ...