12-11-2016
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
R.E. Building – Rooms 6, 7 & 8


Science and Religion

 

This session explores the Blake covenant phrase to “seek the truth in love.” Today we will explore our Unitarian heritage of seeking truth in love through the story of 18th-century scientist and minister Joseph Priestley, demonstrate the interconnectedness of scientific inquiry and religious beliefs, affirm an inherent human need to seek answers to our questions, demonstrate how our Unitarian Universalist faith supports us to seek truth in love.

 

Take Home:

Explore science facts you find amazing. You might share how exciting it was when you discovered that all matter is made out of atoms so tiny they cannot be seen by the eye, or how the light we see from the stars comes from billions of years ago. Let your children know how your ideas about theology and spirituality are tied to your understandings of science, not opposed to them.

 

Bedtime is a natural time to share our wonder about the mysteries of the world. Consider creating a night-time ritual of asking “wonder” questions: “I wonder how old the light from those stars is” or “I wonder what people are doing on the other side of the Earth where it is daytime already.” Your questions need not be answerable; in fact, it is probably best if they are not. Speaking them out loud in the darkness as you cuddle together or just before climbing into bed as you gaze out at the night can elevate wonder questions to a spiritual practice.

 

Check it out: Session 11