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Friday, January 27, 2012

The Essentials - Beginnings


A few years ago I started a book project with my friend and pastor Kerry Bender.  He brought the idea to me because of a shared interest in the evolving impact a scientific world view has had, together and individually, on our personal faith.  We both had come to a realization that there was a real need to communicate a perspective on Christianity that respected both the word of God and the realities of the world around us.  While we had been encouraged by several books that beautifully articulated the mutual truths of faith and science we saw a gap in what was available for young people.
We set out those few years ago to create a book that would serve a younger audience by telling our personal experiences with faith and science, while teaching about how science works and how the Bible works.  In general, the book’s goal is the development of appropriate scientific and hermeneutical approaches. In specifically, the book is designed to address issues of origins both from scientific and Biblical perspectives. Origins are central to the book because we have both observed the obstacles it can present for the acceptance of a life of faith and for the acceptance of a life with science.
 Over the last few years we have had periods of productivity and spells of passivity toward the project.  Now in this season, where writing is regular for me, I plan to leverage my keyboard time to perform double duty for the purposes of blogging and making progress on the book.
My part for the book is primarily to articulate science.  One of the biggest challenges for me has been to formulate a balance between the essentials of the science and the essence of the story that is science.  I hope to use this blog, and this series “The Essentials” to sort through what is important, what is interesting and what should be left on the cutting room floor.
Again I look forward to feedback on these areas including what you think is essential to the faith/science discussion. Please use the comment section to get the conversation going.

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