UCC Science and Technology Network Devotionals

A Compilation of Science and Faith Devotionals for the 
United Church of Christ Science and Technology Network

I had the tremendous privilege of representing the United Church of Christ at the annual meeting of the Ecumenical Roundtable on Science, Technology and the Christian Faith in Atlanta, Georgia, from April 19-21. I'm very excited about the work of this group, particularly its witness at the annual meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

I'm also excited that the United Church of Christ Science and Technology Network is doing something that no other partner in the roundtable is currently doing: devotionals connecting faith and science. Because UCCSTN doesn't have its own web presence beyond our Facebook group, we don't have a "home" for the body of work to which several of us have contributed, I'm assembling this page as that home for the time being. Hopefully, we will have a more visible presence at some point, at which time I'll happily give all of this to the folks who manage that web presence and put a link here to it.

You are What You Eat, June 5, 2017
Rev. Zack Jackson

The Lesser Light, July 20, 2017
Rev. Dr. Ruth E. Shaver

Is ET Saved, Too?, August 14, 2017
Rev. Dr. Ruth E. Shaver

Out of Eden, September 21, 2017
Rev. Dr. Ruth E. Shaver

A Great Run, October 14, 2017
Rev. Dr. Ruth E. Shaver

Continuous Creation, November 20, 2017
Rev. Dr. Ruth E. Shaver

A Little Less Dim, November 30, 2017
Rev. Dr. Terry Gallagher

Under Our Feet, December 4, 2017
Rev. Dr. Terry Gallagher

There Be Limits, December 10, 2017
Rev. Dr. Terry Gallagher

Waste Not, Want Not, December 17, 2017
Rev. Dr. Terry Gallagher

Dark and Light, December 21, 2017
Rev. Dr. Ruth E. Shaver

Humble? Bah, Humbug! December 24, 2017
Rev. Dr. Terry Gallagher

Cause and Effect, January 4, 2018
Rev. Dr. Ruth E. Shaver

In the Image of God, February 12, 2018
Rev. Dr. Ruth E. Shaver

Persisting from the Ash Heap, February 15, 2018
Rev. Dr. Terry Gallagher

The Reluctant Radical, February 22, 2018
Rev. Dr. Terry Gallagher

Rev. Dr. Terry Gallagher

Rev. Dr. Ruth E. Shaver

The Quest for Perfect Vision, May 10, 2018
Rev. Dr. Ruth E. Shaver 






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