Covalence Magazine
Covalence for June 2022: Looking back and looking ahead
The work of religion and science is as much about looking back at previous discoveries as it is about looking ahead toward potential revelations to come. I suppose this month’s edition illustrates that well with Jim Miller’s next installment in his “Of artichokes and...
Of artichokes and onions: Trouble at the foundations (Part 1 – History)
This is the third of a now five-part series of blogs offering my historical and philosophical story of the interaction of science and religion in Western culture and, eventually, my sense of the implications of that interaction for the future of the Christian faith...
A clearer view of elusive Higgs particle could reopen origins dialogue
The theoretical and elusive Higgs Boson particle is one step closer to being discovered and is still being referred to as the “God” particle as a way to communicate its role as a building block of the universe although that was not the original intention of physicists.
Nobel Prize winner and theoretical physicist wins faith/science accolade
Dr. Frank Wilczek was named the winner of the 2022 Templeton Prize for his work as a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and author in studying and explaining how the fundamental laws of nature have transformed our understanding of the universe. The $1.3 million...
Los Alamos summer series kicks off
Every Wednesday from June 1 through Aug. 3, those interested in a wide range of faith and science topics will gather again in-person over a light supper at 6 p.m. at Hill Episcopal Church in Los Alamos, New Mexico for the Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum. The Forum...
Covalence for April/May 2022: Coming to terms with the future
The war in Ukraine has thrown us into thinking about our past World Wars and has us anxiously thinking about our future. In the realm of faith and science, the future can often be filled with wonder and a sense of something better being on the horizon due to...
The greatest challenge: The Created Co-Creator creates a Co-Creator
[Editor’s Note: This is the final chapter of a forthcoming book – Created to be Creators: Being Human in a Scientific & Technological Age by Philip Hefner] A new challenge for the co-creator Our technology began as tool making even when it turned to...
April – between memory and hope
April brings warming days and signs of Spring’s fertility. We associate April with hopefulness — cold wintry days are only a memory. But what is happening in the world around us can sometimes dash our joy and hopes. When the poet T. S. Eliot, was writing in the early...
