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Day: July 29, 2007

Sacred meal

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From very early times, human beings have shared meals together, and seen in such an act a symbol of fellowship, common life, common love. The sharing of food and fellowship, the drinking of wine in the atmosphere of warmth and joy, such activities are among the most important in life. It is not surprising therefore that at the heart of the worship and experience of God in Christian tradition is the activity of a meal, the Eucharist.

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Religion in apes?

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Jane Goodall found evidence that apes have a religious life. A young theologian at the Martin Marty Center in Chicago explores the implications for our own faith life.

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Lake Branches

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As a priest and an artist I am interested in process both in human relationships and in the making of art. These paintings from nature,

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The God particle

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Physics may be on the verge of proving the existence of an essential building block of the current model of the structure of matter–or it may be forced to go back to the theoretical drawing board. What is at stake is a search for the Higgs boson, the so-called God particle, which the standard model of particle physics states is the particle that acts to form the Higgs field, which gives particles their mass.

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Younger generation finds religion

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Though Gallup polls dating to the ’50s say young adults are less likely to attend services or say religion is very important in their lives, clergy of all stripes say they are seeing a small wave of young adults who are more pious than their parents. And they’re getting an earful from boomer moms and dads who range from shocked to delighted.

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