nature

My Octopus Teacher and the God-Shaped Hole in Every Human Heart

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Post for Netflix show My Octopus Teacher

It is a particular discipline to not approach God with what Jesus called "many words," and instead to "be still and know" that He is God.

Have You Been Outside Today?: The Spiritual Cost of Isolation from Creation

Friday, July 12, 2019

One of the defining features of God’s Word is how often it points us to God’s world. Much of Scripture, in fact, assumes a certain level of understanding about nature. So, it would seem, if we fail to go outdoors, if we fail to experience and engage in God’s creation, our faith could suffer.

Animal “Culture”?: Knocking Humans Down a Peg

Friday, April 5, 2019

A recent article in the national magazine of the Sierra Club asked the question, “Does a Bear Think in the Woods?” Beyond the clever play on the old rhetorical question, the article made the remarkable claim that the intelligence of bears, chimpanzees, and other great apes shares “many properties with our own.”

Have You Been Outside Today?: The Spiritual Cost of Isolation from Creation

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

One of the defining features of God’s Word is how often it points us to God’s world. Much of Scripture, in fact, assumes a level of understanding about nature. So, it would seem, if we fail to go outdoors, if we fail to experience and engage in God’s creation, our faith could suffer.