Darwin Matters -- A SoMA Review article

Tomorrow is Evolution Sunday and by official count at the Evolution Sunday website there are 601 congregations listed. As my official Evolution Sunday week posting I offer you my just published essay at SoMA Review. Thanks to John Spalding, editor at SoMA Review for giving this a posting!

It's entitled: "Darwin Matters". I invite you to check it out and if you'd like, come back and give some of your thoughts and reflections.

To quote myself -- I include the closing paragraphs of the essay.

As a Christian, I affirm God’s intimate involvement in the creation of the universe, but I also recognize that such beautiful examples of God’s handiwork as Crater Lake and Mount Shasta (I grew up in close proximity to both), the Grand Canyon, and the human bodies have their natural explanations. Both the scientist and the theologian describe the same phenomena, but they use different vocabulary and tools to do so. If we are willing to recognize and affirm the contributions of both the scientist and the theologian, there can be a meaningful and profitable conversation—a conversation that has important consequences for human society and the planet we inhabit.

On Evolution Sunday, February 11, 2007, we at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Lompoc will acknowledge and affirm the work of the scientist and the wisdom of an evolving creation by joining with the Psalmist in declaring that “The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.” (Ps. 19:1).

Comments

Anonymous said…
As usual, you have found a way to express an idea in a simple way that really brings clarity to a via media position. Hope you have a Faith in the Public Square tomorrow in the same vein.

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