What is Time? Part IV: Relativity and Time
In this piece, I’ll explain why relativity changes our view of time from an absolute dimension to one that depends on how we’re moving and where we are.
Made in His Image: the Social Synapse and the Neurobiology of Connection
The data is in: we are hardwired for connection and social interactions. Not a surprise—for God is a community of love, and we are made in His image.
Made in God’s Image; or Are We?
Should the idea of our being “made in the image of God” should be set aside since it has been disproved by science? Dr. Marie George answers.
Challenging Heliocentrism: The 'Great Debate' of 1920
At the turn of the last century, a little remembered but dramatic debate took place between prominent astronomers Harlow Shapely and Heber Curtis.
Leader of the Human Genome Project Receives 2020 Templeton Prize
This year's Templeton Prize was awarded to the scientist who led Human Genome Project and whose work testifies to the haromony between faith and science.
What is Time? Part III—Entropy, Time’s Arrow
This post discusses entropy—how change from order to disorder is measured as an increase in entropy and thus, how entropy is shown as "the arrow of time."
Hidden Figures in the Story of DNA
If someone asked you who discovered DNA, what answer would you give? The correct answer: all of the above contributed in some way—and many others!
Easter and the Science of Hope
After I talk on science and faith, the most asked questions touch on the issue of natural evil and the possibility of miracles. Both painfully topical.
What is Time? Part II—How We Perceive Time
In this second article on the series of how we perceive time, we focus on three perceptions: St. Augustine of Hippo, William James, and Oliver Sacks.
Einstein, Science, and Religion: Was the Great Scientist Religious?
Why do people care what Einstein thought about religion and God? Are we looking for his help in mysteries like “Does God exist?” and “Do we need religion?”
What is Time? Part I—Philosophy
What is time? Philosophers have tried to explain it since antiquity. I’ll begin with what the ancient Greeks, Parmenides and Heraclitus, had to say.
Saint Augustine of Hippo: A Theologian for Our Time
St. Augustine's wonderings about the nature of time fit with contemporary scientific theories—and are altogether in accord with our present-day confusion.