Category Archives: Nature

Three songs of faith and science

Posted on May 30, 2026 by Kerry

So write your code and preach your creed. You’re closer than you might concede. No need to keep the camps in separation. The Word made flesh. The cancer healed. Both hint at something now revealed — a larger truth than … Continue reading →

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Of Code and Chord: Sonifying Genomes

Posted on May 5, 2026 by Kerry

“They must be pictured in the mind and in memory. They must be known with affection by heart, so that in seeing or remembering them, the heart may be said to sing, to make music peculiar to its recognition of … Continue reading →

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Speak their names

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Kerry

PDFs: Key to Blessing lyrics | Liturgy Enter the wild with care, my love And speak the things you see Let new names take and root and thrive and grow… Our 18-month-old grandson was touring wild areas of Washington and … Continue reading →

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Francis Collins on the Road to Wisdom

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Kerry

It’s almost here: the new book by Francis Collins, The Road to Wisdom: On Truth, Science, Faith, and Trust, ships this Tuesday and I can’t wait to read my pre-ordered copy. While waiting, I’ve enjoyed these previews: Ground Truths, September … Continue reading →

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Firbush November 2022

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Kerry

I’m so pleased that we’ll be able to participate in the upcoming Firbush retreat November 9-11. Thanks to Bob Walker, I’ve been invited to present about the new T. F. Torrance Science and Religion Collection (description here). My presentation will … Continue reading →

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Galileo’s Telescopic Discoveries: Thinking Visually in the History of Science

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Kerry

Thinking Visually IEEE VIS, the premier international conference on visualization and visual analytics, is bringing 1100 people to Oklahoma City this week either in-person or virtually. OU Professor David Ebert is one of the organizers of the conference. David is … Continue reading →

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OU History of Geology Collecting Initiative

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Kerry

“Preserving Papers of People, Places, and Things: The OU History of Geology Collecting Initiative,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Denver on Oct 9, 2022. OU History of Geology Collecting Initiative. Links from … Continue reading →

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Alcon2022

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Kerry

This summer Candace and I are going to Alcon2022 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We’ll be presenting an update on The Sky Tonight project (skytonight.org; see overview). The program and speaker line-up look exciting. It even includes an all-day trip to … Continue reading →

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Francis Collins, Somewhere Past the Pandemic

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Kerry

At a Health and Human Services (HHS) Town Hall December 14, Francis performed a rendition of a well-known song adapted for particular circumstances, as he is wont to do, oftentimes with the collaboration of others (which surprises no one who … Continue reading →

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Don’t you want to thank someone?

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Kerry

Now I can see the world is charged It’s glimmering with promises Written in a script of stars Dripping from prophets’ lips But still, my thirst is never slaked I am hounded by a restlessness Eaten by this endless ache … Continue reading →

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Galileo and the Music of the Spheres

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Kerry

Galileo and the music of the spheres… love this new music video from Coldplay. Reminds me of my planetarium days. What if this were the opening act of a “Music of the Spheres” star show in a multimedia planetarium theater? … Continue reading →

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Nightmare Scenario

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Kerry

This Fourth of July weekend I read Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration’s Response to the Pandemic That Changed History. I highly recommend it. The two authors, Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta, are reporters for the Washington Post, and excerpts … Continue reading →

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