By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 Most children enjoy all manner of critters, including those in class insecta. They take pleasure in capturing, caressing, and controlling the creatures, at least for a…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 When we become adults our interactions assume a level of complexity we were unable or unwilling to assume as children. We think and interact with each…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 Were someone to deny the benefits of science in our modern world, he would be accused of being a crackpot. It is no exaggeration to say…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 Politicians and preachers alike have again been reminding us about the possibility of God’s direct and deliberate intervention manifest in the world’s recent weather events and…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 Those who forget history are destined to repeat its mistakes. In one form or another, authorship of this statement is claimed by many. In the current…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 A strong antipathy exists between those who believe in creationism or intelligent design and those who promote naturalistic evolution. Creationism and intelligent design are often regarded…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 The title of one of our first blog posts in 2007 was “The Science/Faith Connection.” Our modern secular culture does not take kindly to the concept…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 Before putting the monarch butterfly discussion to rest for the summer, consider how we may communicate the marvels of the monarch to a young person in…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 Forty-two second graders sat attentively for almost an hour last spring listening to my PowerPoint presentation on four stage metamorphosis and migration. To illustrate, I used…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2011 The monthly email invitation to attend the science/faith organization chapter meetings always closed with the exultation “Jesus is the Creator.” As we contemplate the intersection of…
