Posts tagged Creation
The Tree Of Life Has Been A Powerful Image In Jewish Tradition, Signifying Much More Than Immortality

(ANALYSIS) After weeks of wrenching testimony, jurors delivered a guilty verdict June 16, 2023, for the gunman who killed 11 worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 – the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. The next phase of the trial will focus on sentencing, and whether Robert Bowers should face the death penalty.

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A Reflection On How Easter Shows Us A Path Back To The Garden, To A Better Way Of Being Human

(OPINION) The Easter story as John tells it basically sets the world on its head. It defies expectations. Jesus is a sovereign who — unlike Caesar or any other ruler — doesn’t lord it over his subjects, but instead suffers every vile indignity they suffer: pain, disappointment, humiliation, death.

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Once Again, An ‘Act Of God’ Leaves Us With More Questions Than Answers

(OPINION) The cosmos is complex beyond our imagination. We can’t understand the wonders going on beneath our own skin, much less in the vast heavens. How complex, then, must be the God who created all that? As St. Augustine famously observed, if you can understand it, it’s not God.

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Christian Scientist Helped Reveal Beauty Of Universe Through James Webb Telescope

The first images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released July 12 revealed segments of God’s beautiful universe never seen before. Scott Acton, a Christian scientist at Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colorado, served as the wavefront sensing and controls scientist on the telescope project.

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