SciTech† for August 2024
Welcome to the August 2024 edition of SciTech†. Read the articles below, or download the issue in PDF format.
Reflecting on Hal-9000
In 1968 the film 2001: A Space Odyssey was released. Produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, with a screenplay he wrote in collaboration with Arthur C. Clarke, 2001 broke new cinematic ground and remains a stunning visual achievement. Currently ranked 15th on The...
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J.B. Stump, senior editor, BioLogos, succinctly captured the essence of this book, in a blurb opposite the title page, “This is a refreshing little book … [that] orients us to the kind of thing that science is and how that fits within the outlook of faith.” Its intent is to prepare Christian scientists for a “holy career” understanding the two parts of God’s revelation — as in the natural world...
Rejection, Salvation, or Invitation? A Sermon
Preached November 28, 2007First Presbyterian ChurchWaterloo, Iowa TextsJeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22Psalm 65II Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Luke 18:9-14 This has been a wonderful ten days. I’ve had a chance to see how tractors are made. I’ve had a chance to talk with an...
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In the days before the internet, I sometimes needed a map to drive to an unfamiliar address in town (especially during my brief stint delivering pizzas). But to drive longer distances, I needed an atlas — a book of maps that not only clarified connections between various...
Creating a Space for Science and Faith
Just above her cornerstone and inside one of her second floor, corner classrooms, First Presbyterian Church of Waco makes space for conversations in Science and Faith each Sunday. The congregation has historically been a space for “thinking in our believing and...
AI Keeps Raising More Concerns
This column would have fit in well with the contents of the previous issue of SciTech†. But its subject matter presented itself more clearly in my consciousness later. The various tech companies that are active on the AI scene are racing each other to create a more...
Member news
It is with deep sadness that I report the passing of Margaret Gray Towne on May 7, 2024.
Margaret earned two degrees in biology from the University of Michigan and attended Princeton Theological Seminary, where she met her husband, Verne. Together, they...
Of Interest
A report titled “Americans’ Trust in Scientists, Positive Views of Science Continue to Decline,” issued November 14, 2023, by the Pew Research Center documents the continuing decline in confidence Americans have of many societal groups. In addition to an initial...
Corrections
The Special Summer 2024 SciTech† issue mistakenly identified the church where Rev. Dr. Rachelle McCalla serves. She is the pastor at First United Presbyterian Church, Atlantic, Iowa. In the same issue, the last name of Mike Ervin, co-author of “21st Century Science and Western Christianity: A ChatGPT Perspective,” was misspelled.
