The Faith and Science Podcast

The readings for this week for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost are Jeremiah 2:4-13 and Psalm 81:1, 10-16, or Sirach 10:12-18 or Proverbs 25:6-7 and Psalm 112, with Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16, and Luke 14:1, 7-14.  This week we look at flowering plants.  Have you ever considered that plants don't all flower at once?  Why don't plants flower all summer long?  How did plants get to a point of understanding when their "competition" was b...

Recorded May 29, 2025 Listen into a great conversation with Dr. Boorse.  Let me know if there is anything you enjoy or wished that I would have asked for next time. Youtube video of the Podcast: https://youtu.be/25-phG8iwJQ Social Media: X: @FaithandSciPod Facebook Group: Faith and Science Podcast Group Facebook Company Page: The Faith and Science Podcast LinkedIn: Faith and Science Podcast Email: thefaithandsciencepodcast@gmail...

The readings for this week for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost are Jeremiah 1:4-10 and Psalm 71:1-6, or Isaiah 58:9b-14 and Psalm 103:1-8, with Hebrews 12:18-29, and Luke 13:10-17.  This week we look at this history of Penicillin.  We see that there were multiple people who saw potential in it but yet were not able to pursue studying it.  The first major paper that goes through some of the benefits of Penicillin, didn't lead to...

The readings for this week for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost are Isaiah 5:1-7 and Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19, or Jeremiah 23:23-29 and Psalm 82, with Hebrews 11:29-12:2, and Luke 12:49-56.  This week we look at our environment.  It can no longer be ignored.  We must address that we need to take care of the place that we live in before we lose it.  If we are truly following Christ, we must be willing to give up what we know as comfortabl...

The readings for this week for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost are Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 and Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23, or Genesis 15:1-6 and Psalm 33:12-22, with Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16, and Luke 12:32-40.  This week we look at being prepared.  The Wright Brothers' didn't expect to be the people who would fly the first manned flight but through things throughout their lives and not be intimidated by the task at hand, they were able to be the ...

The readings for this week for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost are Hosea 11:1-11 and Psalm 107:1-9, 43, or Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 and Psalm 49:1-12, with Colossians 3:1-11, and Luke 12:13-21.  This week we look at Co-Migration.  This has been observed in multiple species and is being noticed that it is happening more due to the fact of how our climate is changing.  This leads us into a discussion of making sure that we ...

The readings for this week for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost are Hosea 1:2-10 and Psalm 85, or Genesis 18:20-32 and Psalm 138, with Colossians 2:6-15, (16-19), and Luke 11:1-13.  This week we look at bird calls.  Just like people, there are many different ways in which birds communicate.  To do this, birds have to learn many different calls and songs to be able to connect with birds of the same species and other species as wel...

The readings for this week for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost are Amos 8:1-12 and Psalm 52, or Genesis 18:1-10a and Psalm 15, with Colossians 1:15-28, and Luke 10:38-42.  This week we look at the history of Climate Change.  We have ignored the warnings that have been put out for generations and still don't want to change.  Are we too busy to look into the data or change our ways?  If we are wanting to be more like Mary, we might ...

The readings for this week for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost are Amos 7:7-17 and Psalm 82, or Deuteronomy 30:9-14 and Psalm 25:1-10, with Colossians 1:1-14, and Luke 10:25-37.  This week we look at blood. We talk about how the discovery of blood types and how to preserve blood for blood transfusions has been huge in human history along with the current progress on making a universal snake antivenom.  The work that has gone into ...

The readings for this week for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost are 2 Kings 5:1-14 and Psalm 30, or Isaiah 66:10-14 and Psalm 66:1-9, with Galatians 6:(1-6), 7-16, and Luke 10:1-11, 16-20.  This week we look at how disconnected we have become with the rest of creation.  In doing that, we miss the praises and the pains that they have to offer that could teach us so much about our creator and how we can walk out our faith closer to ...

After advertising and talking about it for months, I was able to attend the Gustavus Adolphus Faith, Science, and Ethics Camps for 2025 again this year.  I had an amazing time interacting with this amazing group of young adults and hearing how they see Faith and Science working together and also the questions they have.  It was also fun to listen and think about sugar and how it affects us.  I believe listening to this, gives us a ...

The readings for this week for the Third Sunday after Pentecost are 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 and Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20, or 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21 and Psalm 16, with Galatians 5:1, 13-25, and Luke 9:51-62.  This week we look at how our bodies are designed to be endurance athletes.  There are great modifications that have happened to our bodies to allow this to happen.  From that we then must do the hard work of actually training the body ...

The readings for this week for the Second Sunday after Pentecost are 1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a and Psalm 42 and 43, or Isaiah 65:1-9 and Psalm 22:19-28, with Galatians 3:23-29, and Luke 8:26-39.  This week we look at how animals have to trust that God is going to take care of them.  We see this in how many birds especially migrate that they have to trust that God is going to provide for them to be able to survive.  We also see w...

The readings for this week for Holy Trinity Sunday are Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31, Psalm 8, Romans 5:1-5, and John 16:12-15.  This week we look at the need for continual growth.  This is why science keeps testing and retesting things and building upon research that has already been done.  It is only when we do this that we can really move forward with confidence that we know something that we can ask further questions.  Are we doing tha...

The readings for this week for the Day of Pentecost are Acts 2:1-21, or Genesis 11:1-9, Psalm 104:24-34, 35b, Romans 8:14-17, or Acts 2:1-21, and John 14:8-17, (25-27).  This week we look at chemical reactions.  We are most familiar with how water is a great solvent and is able to dissolve many things that we run across.  Yet, there are reactions that water is a major part of that are able to precipitate something more valuable bas...

The readings for this week for the Seventh Sunday of Easter are Acts 16:16-34, Psalm 97, Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21, and John 17:20-26.  This week we look at Bias.  When we are thinking about using and designing AI, this is a topic of discussion and something that has to be considered.  This is something that we as humans can struggle with and be blind to.  Yet, in our faith we are called to be aware of it and try to figure ...

The readings for this week for the Sixth Sunday of Easter are Acts 16:9-15, Psalm 67, Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5, John 14:23-29 or John 5:1-9.  This week we look at Coral Reefs and how scientists have been working with music to help restore the reefs.  This shows yet again how we need to listen and hear the voice of God to be able to be in the places that God wants us.  When we do this the chance of growth seems to increase.  Thanks...