Video Technology Shows the Marvel of Fetal Development

Alexander Tsiaras, a mathematician and visual artist, uses special visualization software to explore the unseen human body. In a TED lecture, he explained ...

Research Points to Our Belief in an "Ordinary God"

Several years ago in Britain, researchers went door-to-door asking persons about their belief in God. One of their questions: "Do you believe in a God ...

Many Cultures Still Don't Have a Word for Boredom

Science writer Winifred Gallagher argues that what we call boredom (which she defines as "the unpleasant sense that there is nothing that interests you"), ...

Worship Opens Our Lives to Ultimate Beauty and Goodness

When I was nine or ten years old, my parents gave me a birthday surprise …. [They] announced I was going on a mystery tour and needed to be blindfolded. ...

Hummingbirds Display the Glory of God's Creation

In her book Birdology, naturalist Sy Montgomery describes the beauty and intricacy of an ordinary hummingbird.

Hummingbirds are the lightest birds in the ...

How an Atheist and a Saint Give Thanks

"The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. The converse of this proposition is also true … . ...

Scientist Accepts Christ upon Seeing Nature’s Beauty

As a researcher and physician, Francis Collins' credentials and accomplishments are well-respected in the scientific community. He headed up the Human ...

Maturity Changes Our Fear of God

To grow in wisdom and love is not to lose all fear of God; it is to change our fear of God. It is to pass from the servile fear of the slave, the fear ...

Woman Suddenly Elevated to Royal Status

The article in The Washington Post, began with these words: "The king folds her own laundry, chauffeurs herself around Washington in a 1992 Honda, ...

Eugene Peterson on Our Dangerous Faith

Sometimes I think that all religious sites should be posted with signs reading, "Beware the God." The places and occasions that people gather ...