It is no small thing to be a local church pastor these days. Within the Presbyterian Church (USA), there is a terrific shortage of graduates into the field of congregational ministry. There are a multitude of reasons for this: the decreased respect and trust of institutions, the salary and insurance standards for Presbyterian clergy, the drop in civic engagement among citizens and, most importantly, a failure to continue to reform our theology.
My gratitude for the Presbyterian Association on Science, Technology and the Christian Faith cannot be overstated here. This association holds ground to think critically about the relationship of theology and the sciences. Its work will make all the difference in determining if we can reform theology for the scientific world in which we live.
