Julia R Migliore
Have you found yourself witnessing a battle between "religious people" and secular ideas wondering… "How did we get here?" Or maybe you've noticed that some people (most people) have a confusing ability to hold two incompatible views simultaneously so long as they stay in different mental boxes? Both of these have their roots in the …
Scripture describes Jesus Christ as being both fully God and fully human. So, while Jesus as God the Son has existed since before the creation of the world (John 1:1-4), when little baby Jesus was conceived here on earth, he took on a physical body (Hebrews 2:17-18). Physical Body, Chemical Parts Human bodies are made …
Bonnie Garmus' novel Lessons in Chemistry tells the story of a confident, young female chemist named Elizabeth Zott. The book primarily takes place in the early 1960s but also slowly reveals the characters' pasts throughout. Lessons in Chemistry has become popular since its release in early 2022. A year after it came out, the waitlist …
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Words can take on different connotations and even meanings in different spaces. Right now, you and I have the ability to communicate with each other because we have agreed that certain words have certain meanings. When I say, "cloud," you know that I am talking about a white or grey, fluffy-looking mass of water vapor …
We have a lot in common after all. As both a scientist and a "religious person," Elaine Howard Ecklund's research focus is particularly interesting to me: what scientists and religious people think about each other (and also what they think the other thinks about them).* In Why Science and Faith Need Each Other, she answers …
The book that started it all. When I was in high school, I was troubled by a common idea in Christian circles: science was for atheists. But... I liked science a lot. I also believed in Jesus. What I knew about the God of the Bible just didn't seem to go against what I knew …
Over six months ago, I gave birth to my first child. He has not even experienced summer yet, but it feels like I have been his mother forever. Maybe, in a sense, I have been. Any parent will agree that life before children becomes a blur the moment they enter the world. Whether or not …
Science Magnifies 