God & Nature Magazine
  • Spring 2018: Chance & Design
    • Letter from the Editors
    • Bishop; God, Love and Chance
    • Bonham; Quantum Reflections
    • Spaulding; God as Designer
    • Garte; Teleology in Evolution
    • Hall; God, Chance and Buridan's Ox
    • Pohl; Why We Need a Third Culture in Church
    • Dorman; Liturgical Brain
    • Warren; Galapagos
    • Blanchard; On Christian Science
    • Touryan; The Cross as a Cosmic Filter
    • Clifford Column; Discipine Hopping
    • Lemcio; Waves
    • Harris Artwork
    • Hearn; Eulogy - Beyond Science,
  • Winter 2018: Race & Inheritance
    • A Note from the Editors
    • Essay: “The Genetics and Theology of Race” by Sy Garte
    • Essay: "Grieve the Segregation of Science" by S. Joshua Swamidass
    • Poem: "Cardboard Man" by Ciara Reyes
    • Featured Interview: “Love Is Risk” with Carolyn Finney
    • Essay: "Why the Church Needs Intersectional Feminism" by Emily Herrington
    • Essay & Poem: “Abortion Languages: Love, fear, confusion and loss”
    • Essay: “Elected to Salvation (and other things?)” by Bill Leonard
    • Essay: “Local Colour: A reflection on family, history, and heritage” by Mike Clifford
    • Photo Essay: "Trouble in Paradise: Plastic pollution in the Bahamas" by Grace Swing & Robert D Sluka
    • Interview: Corina Newsome, environmentalist and animal keeper
    • Essay: “Spiritual Kin Selection” by Steve Roels
    • Essay: “Race & Inheritance: Personal reflections and annotations” by Walt Hearn
    • Interview: Carla Ramos, molecular biologist
    • Essay: “Some Pastoral Considerations of CRISPR CAS 9 Gene Editing” by Mario A Russo
  • Past Topics
    • Summer 17: Cosmology & Theology >
      • Letter from the Editors: Summer 2017
      • Essay: "The News from My Home Galaxy" by Walt Hearn
      • Interview: "Deep Incarnation & the Cosmos: A Conversation with Niels Henrik Gregersen" by Ciara Reyes & Niels Henrik Gregersen
      • Photo Essay: "Breath & Dust" by Kathleen Eady
      • Essay: "Why the Eagle Nebula Just Doesn’t Do It For Me" by Mike Clifford
      • Essay: "The Cosmos in My Hand" by Lucas Mix
      • Interview: “What is Life? On Earth and Beyond” with Andreas Losch
      • Artwork by Missy Pellone
      • Essay: "When God & Science Hide Reality" by Davis Woodworth
      • Essay: "​In Search of Wonder: A Reflection on Reconciling Medieval and Modern Cosmology" by Monica Bennett
      • Essay: "If Christianity and Cosmology Are in Conflict, Whose Side Is Philosophy on?" by Vaughan Rees
    • Winter/Spring 17: "Flesh & Blood" >
      • Letter from the Editor: Winter/Spring 2017
      • Essay: "Probiotics, Prebiotics, Synbiotics: On microbiomes and the meaning of life" by John F. Pohl
      • Essay: "With All Your Mind" by Paul S. Kindsedt
      • Essay: "The Stuff of Life" by Mike Clifford
      • Essay: "Experiencing God’s Love in a Secular Society: A Christian experience with socialized medicine" by Alison Noble
      • Poem: "The Problem with Pain" by Eugne E. Lemcio
      • Essay: "Thoughts of Death in a Cruel World: Job’s suicidal ideation and the “right” Christian response to depression" by Jennifer Michael Hecht and Emily Herrington
      • Essay: "Tissues at Issue" by Walt Hearn
      • Essay: "The Dilemma of Modern Christianity" by Tony Mitchell
      • Poem: "Light" by Billie Holladay Skelley
      • Essay: "Some Theological Implications of Science: Revisiting the Ant" by Mario A. Russo
    • Summer/Fall 16: "Stewardship of Words" >
      • Letter from the Editor: Summer 2016
      • Levity: "Walt Being Walt: Excerpts from the ASA newsletter" by Walt Hearn (compiled by Jack Haas & Emily Ruppel)
      • Poem: "A Prayer Tribute to Walt and Ginny Hearn" by Paul Fayter
      • Essay: "Authentic Science & Authentic Christian Faith" by Paul Arveson
      • Essay: "On Modern-Day Saints & Epistles" by Emily Ruppel
      • Essay: "​Mathematics and the Religious Impulse" by Karl Giberson
      • Poem: "The Wasteful Gene" by Eugne E. Lemcio
      • Three Poems by Dan Eumurian
      • Excerpts from: "The Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical and Post-Biblical Antiquity" by Edwin Yamauchi
      • Essay: "A Comprehensible Universe: The blessing from God that makes science possible" by Bob Kaita
      • Poem: "The Epistolarian" by Emily Ruppel
    • Spring 16: "Brain Science" >
      • Letter from the Editor: Spring 2016
      • Essay: "Ancient Q, Modern A (?)" by Walt Hearn
      • Essay: "Souls, Brains and People: Who or what are we?" by Gareth D. Jones
      • Essay: "A Functional Theology of Psychopathology" by Edgar Paul Herrington IV
      • Three Poems by Richard Gillum
      • Short Story: "Malefic" by Jeffrey Allen Mays
      • Essay: "An Engineer Visits a Mindfulness Workshop" by Mike Clifford
      • Essay: "Traces of Trauma in the Body of Christ: The case of The Place of Refuge" by Elizabeth Hernandez
      • Essay: "Did God ‘Create’ Science? Christianity and the uniqueness of the human brain" by William H. Church
    • Winter 16: "Quantum Physics/Epigenetics" >
      • Letter from the Editor: Winter 2016
      • Essay: "God and the New Evolutionary Biology" by Sy Garte
      • Essay: "Quantum Mechanics and the Question of Divine Knowledge" by Stephen J. Robinson
      • Essay: "Creation Out of... Physics?" by Joshua Scott
      • Essay: "Of Books and Bosons" by Mike Clifford
      • Essay: "Words, Words, Words" by Walt Hearn
      • Poem: "Encountering Ernst Haeckel’s 'Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny'" by Eugene Lemcio
      • Essay: "The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis: New conversations and theological questions at the horizons of modern science" by Michael Burdett
      • Poem: "The Difference" by Emily Ruppel
      • Essay: "Maupertuis's Ghost: Finding God in 'action'" by Colin C. Campbell
    • Fall 15: "Technology" >
      • Letter from the Editor: Fall 2015
      • Essay: "‘Braving the New World (Wide Web): Mapping Theological Response to Media" by Justin A. Bailey
      • Poem: "Entropy and Enthalpy" by Glenn R. McGlaughlin
      • Essay: "‘How Proactive Should Christians Be in Learning about Emerging Biomedical Technologies?" by D. Gareth Jones
      • Essay: "‘Can We Fix It? Erm..." by Mike Clifford
      • Poem: "To My Dear Parents" by Sarah Ruden
      • Essay: "‘Which Side, Lord?" by Walt Hearn
      • Poem: "The Column" by John F. Pohl
      • Essay: "‘Technology and the Church" by Derek Schuurman
      • Poem: "On the Shores of Oroumieh" by Emily Ruppel
      • Essay: "‘Technology as Discipline" by Johnny Wei-Bing Lin
    • Summer 15: "Doubt" >
      • Letter from the Editor: Summer 2015
      • Essay: "‘The Road Not Taken’: A personal reflection on careers, counterfactuals and callings" by Tim Middleton
      • Essay: "The Gift of Doubt in My Life" by Rev. Paul Herrington
      • Poem: "The Marsh Birds" by Sarah Ruden
      • Essay: "On St Brendan and the Pendulum of Postgraduate Study" by Mike Clifford
      • Essay: "Doubt: The Invisible Conversation" by Karl W. Giberson
      • Essay: "Doubt, Faith, and Crevasses on My Mind" by Peter M. J. Hess
      • Poem: "Magdalene" by Leonore Wilson
      • Essay: "Breaking Barriers, Ministering in Relationships, and Exemplifying the Gospel" by Stephen Contakes, et al.
      • Poem: "On the Extinction of Matter Near a Black Hole" by Ruth Hoppin
      • Essay: "Sometimes I Doubt..." by Walt Hearn
      • Essay: "The Risks of Love and Life's Big Questions" by Thomas Jay Oord
    • Spring 15: "Animals/Imago Dei" >
      • Letter from the Editor: Spring 2015
      • Essay: "50 Years of Wilderness: a Christian perspective" by Peter van der Burgt
      • Essay: "All Creatures Great and Small " by Walt Hearn
      • Essay: "Let There Be Less: A Christian musing on nature, faith, and farmers’ markets" by Emily Ruppel
      • Poem: "The New Plant and Animal Kingdoms" by Steve Roels
      • Essay: "Of Wonder and Zebrafish" by Ruth Bancewicz
      • Essay: "The Lion, the Spider and the Image of God" by Mike Clifford
      • Cat Poem 1: "Lullaby for Stomp the Cat" by Sarah Ruden
      • Cat Poem 2: "Letting the Dog In" by Emily Ruppel
      • Cat Poem 3: "Reading on the Couch" by Carol Ruppel
      • Essay: "Angry Discussions: A Wrong Way to Stand for Creation Care or Science Advocacy " by Oscar Gonzalez
      • Essay: "Ethical Eating on a Catholic Campus: Some thoughts from a student of environmental studies" by Grace Mican
    • Winter 15: "Information" >
      • Letter from the Editor: Winter 2015
      • Essay: "What Does it Mean to Know?" by Mark Shelhamer
      • Essay: "Knowledge of Information" by Randy Isaac
      • Photo Essay: "Being Here" by Carol Ruppel
      • Essay: "Truth Anyone?" by Walt Hearn
      • Poem: "Transformation" by Ruth Hoppin
      • Interview: "Unpacking Chance, Providence, and the Abraham's Dice Conference" by Olivia Peterson
      • Essay: "On Knowledge and Information–Tales from an English childhood" by Mike Clifford
      • Poem: "Space Travel" by Ruth Hoppin
      • Essay: "Resuming the Science/Faith Conversation" by Jamin Hubner
    • Fall 14: "History of Science & Christianity" >
      • Letter from the Editor: Fall 2014
      • Essay: "Orchids: Why the founders of modern science cultivated virtue" by Ruth Bancewicz
      • Essay: "Science Falsely So Called: Fundamentalism and Science" by Edward B. Davis
      • Essay: "The Other 'Atom' in Christianity and Science" by Karissa D Carlson
      • Poem: "The Hermit" by Ciara C. Reyes
      • Essay: "Players" by Walt Hearn
      • Essay: "Using Storytelling and Drama in Engineering Lectures" by Mike Clifford
      • Essay: "Is There Anything Historical About Adam and Eve?" by Mike Beidler
      • Essay: "Finding Harmony in Controversy: The early years of the ASA" by Terry Gray and Emily Ruppel
      • Levity: "Fish n' Chips" by Mike Arnold
      • Essay: "Stories" by Walt Hearn
    • Summer 14: "Christian Women in Science" >
      • Letter from the Editor: Summer 2014
      • Essay: "I Really Did That Work: A brief survey of notable Christian Women in Science" by Lynn Billman
      • Essay: "He + She = We" by Walt Hearn
      • Photo Essay: "The Faces of Nature" by Susan Limone
      • Essay: "On Grass that Withers: Overloaded brains and spiritual discernment" by Janet Warren
      • Interview: "Ancient Humans and Modern Choices" with Briana Pobiner
      • Essay: "Crystallographer, Quaker, Pacifist, & Trailblazing Woman of Science: Kathleen Lonsdale’s Christian Life 'Lived Experimentally'” by Kylie Miller and Stephen M. Contakes
      • Artwork: "Eden, Zion" by Harold Sikkema
      • Essay: "Asking the Right Question" by Dorothy Boorse
      • Essay: "Is Being a Mother and a Scientist Worth It?" by Abby Hodges
      • Interview: "Not So Dry Bones" with Mary Schweitzer
      • Essay: "Playing God: A theological reflection on medicine, divine action, and personhood" by Ann Pederson
      • Column: Great Gravity! "BNL 1976 – 2000 (Part 1)"
    • Spring 14: "G&N: The 2-year tour" >
      • Letter from the Editor: Spring 2014
      • Essay: "Political Science?" by Walt Hearn
      • Comic: "Education"
      • Essay: "Finding Hominids with Kamoya Kimeu" by Fred Heeren
      • Poem: "Ziggurat (and Helix)" by Amy Chai
      • Creative Nonfiction: "One Summer" by Dave Harrity
      • Essay: "Do the Heavens Declare the Glory of God?" by Owen Gingerich
      • Comic: "Miracle Mechanics" by Emily Ruppel
      • Essay: "I Sleep A Lot" by Denis O. Lamoureux
      • Poem: "Angels and RNA" by Walt Hearn
      • Comic: "Seminary"
      • Essay: "The Elegance of Antibodies" by Craig M. Story
      • Photo Essay: "Conversing with Nature" by Thomas Jay Oord
      • Essay: "Under the Tutelage of Trees: Arboreal Lessons on Virtue, Kinship, and Integrity" by Peter M. J. Hess
      • Comic: "Humor"
      • Essay: "Science and Scientism in Biology" by Sy Garte
      • Interview: "Biopsychology and Faith" with Heather Looy
    • Winter 14: "Health & Medicine" >
      • Letter from the Editor: Winter 2014
      • Poem: I Have a Piece of Cow in My Heart
      • Essay: Acts of God: Are all mutations random?
      • Column: Beyond Science
      • Poem: Psalm 1859
      • Essay: The Tao of Departing
      • Photo Essay: Walking in Winter
      • Essay: A Christian Doctor on Evolution, Faith, and Suffering
      • Opinion: Making Friends with Frankencorn
      • Poem: Chiaroscuro
      • Interview: "Biopsychology and Faith" with Heather Looy
      • Essay: "The Elegance of Antibodies"
      • Artwork: "Helix" by Harold Sikkema
      • Column: Great Gravity! "Dissertations and Revelations"
    • Fall 13: "Environmentalism" >
      • Letter from the Editor: Fall 2013
      • Poem: Time
      • Essay: Is there Hope for the Ocean?
      • Artwork: "Earthly Tent" by Harold Sikkema
      • Essay: What is Responsible Eating?
      • Essay: Are We Too Obsessed with Food?
      • Poem: Conversation on Creation
      • Essay: Creation Care from the Perspective of a Conservation Geneticist
      • Essay: Mobilizing Scientists for Environmental Missions
      • Poem: Paleocene Spring
      • Interview: Dorothy Boorse
      • Column: Beyond Science
      • Essay: New Testament Motivation for Environmental Stewardship
      • Poem: Stone of House
      • Column: Great Gravity! "Running the Data"
    • Summer 13: "Science & Creativity" >
      • Column: Beyond Science
      • Letter from the Editor: Summer 2013
      • Column: Faith on the Field
      • Poem: Trying Not to Be Too Sunny
      • Comic: "Work in Progress"
      • Essay: Do the Heavens Declare the Glory of God?
      • Essay: Science, Faith, and Creativity
      • Essay: One Summer
      • Comic: "Miracle Mechanics"
      • Featured Essay: Poetry for Scientists
      • Artwork: "Confluence" by Harold Sikkema
      • Column: Great Gravity! "The Great Ungainly Journey West"
    • Spring 13 >
      • Letter from the Editor: Spring 2013
      • Column: Faith on the Field
      • Faith on the Field, cont.
      • Poem: Scientist's Psalm
      • Essay: A Downcast Spirit Dries Up the Bones: More perspectives on depression
      • Artwork: "Lipo Osteo" by Harold Sikkema
      • Feature: The Bible, Evolution, and Grace
      • Column: Beyond Science
      • Book Review: Prisoners of Hope
      • Column: Great Gravity! "The Grad School Years"
    • Winter 13 >
      • Letter from the Editor: Winter 2013
      • Column: Faith on the Field
      • Comic: "Apples to Apples"
      • Creative Nonfiction: "One Winter"
      • Column: Clearing the Middle Path
      • Essay: Science and Scientism in Biology
      • Poem: "Angels and RNA"
      • Feature Article: I Sleep A Lot
      • Poem: "Fragile"
      • Column: Beyond Science
      • CiS 2012 Student Essay Contest: Runner Up
      • Essay: Why Awe?
      • CiS 2012 Student Essay Contest: First Place
      • Column: Great Gravity! "A Bit of Perspective"
      • Column: Modern Frontiers, Ancient Faith
      • Column: Time Capsule
    • Fall 12 >
      • Letter from the Editor: Fall 2012
      • The Director's Corner
      • Column: Faith on the Field
      • Comic: "Education"
      • Interview: Greetings from Mars!
      • Column: Clearing the Middle Path
      • Photo Essay: "Conversing with Nature"
      • Comic: "Abe"
      • Essay: Evolution and Imago Dei
      • Poem: "Locus Iste"
      • Levity: Beyond Science
      • Essay: God, Occam, and Science
      • Opinion: Humility and Grace
      • Levity: Great Gravity! "The College Years"
      • Poem: "Q.E.D."
      • Essay: My Overlapping Magisteria
      • Column: Time Capsule
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Previous FOCUS TOPICS:

Summer/Fall 2017
"Cosmology & Theology"
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Winter/Spring 2017
"Flesh & Blood"


Summer/Fall 2016
"Stewardship of Words"


Spring 2016
"Brain Science & the Care of Souls"


Winter 2016
"Quantum Physics & Epigenetics"


​Fall 2015
"Technology & the Church"


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Winter 2018 Contents

A Note from the Editors

Essay: “The Genetics and Theology of Race” by Sy Garte

Essay: “Grieve the Segregation of Science” by S. Joshua Swamidass 

Poem: "Cardboard Man" by Ciara Reyes

Featured Interview: "Love is Risk" with Carolyn Finney 

Essay: "Why the Church Needs Intersectional Feminism: On waking up" by Emily Herrington

Essay & Poem: “Abortion Languages: Love, fear, confusion and loss” by Heather Hyden

Essay: “Elected to Salvation (and other things?)” by Bill Leonard
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Essay: “Local Colour: A reflection on family, history, and heritage” by Mike Clifford

Photo Essay: "Trouble in Paradise: Plastic pollution in the Bahamas" by Grace Swing & Robert D Sluka

Interview: Corina Newsome, environmentalist and animal keeper

Essay: “Spiritual Kin Selection” by Steve Roels

​Essay: "Race & Inheritance: Personal reflections and annotations" ​by Walt Hearn

Interview: Carla Ramos, molecular biologist

Essay: “Some Pastoral Considerations of CRISPR CAS 9 Gene Editing” by Mario A Russo

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