The Faith and Science Podcast

9-10-23 - How You Fit in Community Ecology

The readings this week are Exodus 12:1-14 and Psalm 149, or Ezekiel 33:7-11 and Psalm 119:33-40, Romans 13:8-14, and Matthew 18:15-20.  This week we look at community ecology dynamics to be able to better understand how we need to work together instead of competing against each other.  In doing so, we find ways to grow as a human while building a stronger church and church community. Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.
Remember to answer this week's question:
How is your community/ecosystem?  #FaithandSciPod
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9-6-2020 - Be Part of the Herd!
I look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler Bublitz
 
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The Green Blades Preaching Roundtable (Weekly) or Green Blades Rising Publications (Monthly) reach out to ecofaith@nemnsynod.org and say which you would like to sign up for!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UKlyYvJJF5s
https://www.hawaiibusiness.com/wildfires-hawaii-invasive-plants-environmental-community-action/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSN_CXwEJek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU3_2Ur_ATY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxE1SSqbSn4
 

9-3-23 - You are Called!

The readings this week are Exodus 3:1-15, and Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45b, or Jeremiah 15:15-21, and Psalm 26:1-8, Romans 12:9-21, and Matthew 16:21-28.  This week we look at how we all get called to step outside our comfort zone and to be creative and curious.  Are we willing to do that and walk into the callings that God has for us? Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.
Remember to answer this week's question:
Where are you being called to continue moving forward even though you're reluctant?  #FaithandSciPod
If you're wanting to hear another podcast on these texts check out:  
8-30-20 - We are Dependent like Hippos and Giraffes
I look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler Bublitz
 
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The Green Blades Preaching Roundtable (Weekly) or Green Blades Rising Publications (Monthly) reach out to ecofaith@nemnsynod.org and say which you would like to sign up for!
https://www.cas.org/resources/cas-insights/emerging-science/breakthrough22
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rqOFmMZinoc
https://science.nasa.gov/get-involved/citizenscience/five-extraordinary-citizen-science-discoveries
https://rea.ec.europa.eu/news/breakthroughs-tackling-climate-change-powered-citizen-science-projects-2022-02-21_en
https://www.science.org/content/article/india-makes-history-landing-spacecraft-near-moon-s-south-pole
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hwr-AnB0V_M
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-scientists-summit-supercomputer-deep-protein.html#:~:text=Researchers%20are%20using%20the%20Summit,the%20entire%20genomes%20of%20organisms.
https://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_in_science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg7WjuFs8F4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmIvzU115y0
https://www.pinecountynews.com/communities/local-woman-saves-world-one-butterfly-at-a-time/article_e520a29c-41bb-11ee-a128-87b3b70e0ed6.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR0_BbDWggpl7-8sVtUJgzYQvcDX69Lm2UDmvp8PsFuD9QASrMXsfEEQsXA
 
 

8-27-23 - Knowing who You Are!

The readings this week are Exodus 1:8-2:10 and Psalm 124, or Isaiah 51:1-6 and Psalm 138, Romans 12:1-8, and Matthew 16:13-20.  This week we look at how important DNA sequencing is to helping us to better understand different parts of our ecosystem.  In better understanding them, we start to better understand ourselves.  We also can see why invasive species are so damaging to our ecosystems and what we can learn about ourselves from that. Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.
Remember to answer this week's question:
How are we connected?  #FaithandSciPod
If you're wanting to hear another podcast on these texts check out:  
8-23-2020 - We are Rocks!
I look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler Bublitz
 
March On by Silent PartnerPorches and Universes by Puddle of Infinity
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The Green Blades Preaching Roundtable (Weekly) or Green Blades Rising Publications (Monthly) reach out to ecofaith@nemnsynod.org and say which you would like to sign up for!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EztG85_iNuo
https://www.quora.com/Taxonomy-biology-What-are-some-examples-of-animals-being-reclassified-due-to-DNA-sequencing-that-morphological-analysis-had-originally-put-in-another-group
https://www.nature.com/articles/317140a0
https://watermark.silverchair.com/54-2-317.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAA1gwggNUBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggNFMIIDQQIBADCCAzoGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMaK85H_PgkUVQU7O9AgEQgIIDC3zdo6DqeZACmzwVmgs6uKOcIKgJ3g9IgMhU-75upfB-x_ZJ_ShPBZn45foEqNnv9My7rdJI_IjGO3HTyf-NznY7lEMMYpAutI8s8pBPacA08dTlmLupPRbITklkyWPbh7McfCgKZzgqnm7dcuJNTCnfsWUvxyxXZz6lNhAlBi_6bWa0G8ip9o2fzyrQ3fTo3Gri-7ya__b-P25nIpJjP7QlEb26w4Qe58hzwSLLfad35bTd6zh2_dsSWR_e9X9hk1f5W-7nGlz8b6ezajiJZOFTTiaj6-ExzbLl0UWZpBEF1PbpJfJSJdpHBEFtRqj9xDPt77AvhkBZKlRzEC7pEyFhCtDr9IWIbYsYtRa8AxTAiMNB1BQzYP9GDouqrLWRg0yupHR6FP7Mj6HoPZ4PQxppdtEsuwyl3z4qd84_XWxstb5euzHM_lU6l5y1DvPSGcpeQMeWo7Awc9GhUOpgU0tNs4aUwTMdsXFS4sLLkJTMXo30Hr9ByJxo6gAuC0CcYpwCJYjj12lJ0krxzAOpZbL_r5u4nbJ3QgH4_eWrFI9rucsCKPsQBzT_K_1VMlTl9H57Xa4A-3Td0pIJ20YF2_edzRWGYG9A3QgLP_F-Pe0qh8pkHIZfzgbWigBw4wx5uai5BB33mNILpX71-IFIKtXB1d3AiHQYFt0wkisprOfsEamldhLu7tnAGTMboUozJM9UgEFQtEtUhQDINur8MNU_p3DQBNzKuQkGC-GDDAYPSepNP6tu4K4E5wLKJNvcqt6qy4bLG1N_3HJ5G7hfQgAwZgsCw57Fh3nTSC7R0hUvl-YhL9QjM39DnA90kkmRYTDePMELLXY0zOzOB5NXQtxBXQCSpU2v5ezxXYGcdBS4fpRP1a0wo3d9PxJew-1cCu7fqbi6NuMZ5wensAXGAaEAYvWn4BrUKP2RWg9I2jCTddkuLrYRdYSQNc5izc5Lq9PDAG90GS-ay0gEo_ECdfEXkwYr0zF5xQbqC-Dcvc30hEa7kkUTaM-EnzDvs3nrEAgLZCqHypf9M-MY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_panda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_panda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_pythons_in_Florida#:~:text=Burmese%20pythons%20in%20the%20state,physical%20nature%20of%20the%20environment.
https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/asian-lady-beetle#:~:text=The%20multicolored%20Asian%20lady%20beetle%20(Harmonia%20axyridis)%20was%20imported%20to,foul%2Dsmelling%20chemical%20when%20threatened.
https://homework.study.com/explanation/what-is-the-burmese-python-s-natural-predators.html#:~:text=Burmese%20pythons%20are%20naturally%20found,Burmese%20pythons%20to%20be%20eaten.
https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=133524#:~:text=Peregrine%20falcons%20are%20more%20closely,hawks%2C%20eagles%2C%20or%20owls
 

8-20-23 - Seeing Beyond the Situation

The readings this week are Genesis 45:1-15 and Psalm 133, or Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 and Psalm 67, with Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32, and Matthew 15:10-20, 21-28.  This week we look at science discoveries that are showing to have bigger impacts than first thought.  These are discoveries that are and will help us understand ourselves better with time even though they come from octopi and bacteria.  Are we willing to keep striving to understand more to get to where God wants us to be? Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.
Remember to answer this week's question:
Where do we need to see beyond where we are at, right now?  #FaithandSciPod
If you're wanting to hear another podcast on these texts check out:  
8-16-20 - Looking for the Overlooked!
I look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler Bublitz
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The Green Blades Preaching Roundtable (Weekly) or Green Blades Rising Publications (Monthly) reach out to ecofaith@nemnsynod.org and say which you would like to sign up for!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92S2u-q8tng&list=LL&index=12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0lGQq59hCY&list=LL&index=6
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2214815120
https://www.news-medical.net/health/The-Chemistry-of-Human-Vision-The-Retinoid-Cycle.aspx
https://www.news-medical.net/health/The-Chemistry-of-Human-Vision-The-Retinoid-Cycle.aspx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiRc2FGh71o
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092867423005238
https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(23)00523-8.pdf
 

8-13-23 - The ”Tension” we all NEED to Walk!

The readings this week are Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 and Psalm 105: 1-6, 16-22, 45b, or1 Kings 19:9-18 and Psalm 85:8-13, with Romans 10:5-15, and Matthew 14:22-33.  This week we look at how we have a difficult walk to do with our current climate crisis.  In that though, there seems to be some hope from some recent discoveries that may require some geo-engineering.  This will be hard work, but it's nothing new to followers of "The Way".  Are we willing to put in the work again this time? Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.
Remember to answer this week's question:
Have you felt like you're walking that tension (needed in our current climate crisis)? 
Have you felt that tension? #FaithandSciPod
If you're wanting to hear another podcast on these texts check out:  
8-9-2020 - The Need for Doubt in Science and Faith!
I look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler Bublitz
March On by Silent PartnerPorches and Universes by Puddle of InfinitySocial MediaTwitter: @FaithandSciPod
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The Green Blades Preaching Roundtable (Weekly) or Green Blades Rising Publications (Monthly) reach out to ecofaith@nemnsynod.org and say which you would like to sign up for!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk8pwE3IByg
https://www.science.org/content/article/changing-clouds-unforeseen-test-geoengineering-fueling-record-ocean-warmth
https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/23/8259/2023/
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abn7988
https://zenodo.org/record/7864530
https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/surface-tension-allows-a-water-strider-walk-water#:~:text=Water%20striders%20are%20able%20to,adapted%20legs%20and%20distributed%20weight.
https://climate.copernicus.eu/record-breaking-north-atlantic-ocean-temperatures-contribute-extreme-marine-heatwaves
https://climate.copernicus.eu/record-breaking-north-atlantic-ocean-temperatures-contribute-extreme-marine-heatwaves
https://abc7ny.com/ocean-temperature-florida-fl-water-temps-temperatures-heat/13551473/#:~:text=%3E-,A%20buoy%20in%20Manatee%20Bay%2C%20Florida%2C%20reported%20a%20preliminary%20high,global%20record%2C%20according%20to%20experts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/26/climate/florida-100-degree-water.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03573-z#:~:text=07%20November%202022-,Climate%20change%20is%20costing%20trillions%20%E2%80%94%20and%20low%2Dincome%20countries%20are,suffered%20the%20greatest%20financial%20losses.
https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2022/03/23/blog032322-poor-and-vulnerable-countris-need-support-to-adapt-to-climate-change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LFPoM5Eb4Y
 

8-6-23 - Abundance in Plants and Lobsters, Why not Us?

The readings this week are Genesis 32:22-31, with Psalm 17:1-7, 15, or Isaiah 55:1-5, with Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21, Romans 9:1-5, and Matthew 14:13-21.  This week how plants and lobsters can work in abundance and not expect a large return.  They provide in abundance and expect that God will work within that to provide.  Why don't we work in the same way?  Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.
Remember to answer this week's question:
Where are you seeing abundance? 
What are you going to do with that abundance? #FaithandSciPod
If you're wanting to hear another podcast on these texts check out:  
8-2-20 - Jesus Invites Us into a New Lifestyle!
I look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler Bublitz
March On by Silent PartnerPorches and Universes by Puddle of InfinitySocial MediaTwitter: @FaithandSciPod
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The Green Blades Preaching Roundtable (Weekly) or Green Blades Rising Publications (Monthly) reach out to ecofaith@nemnsynod.org and say which you would like to sign up for!
https://www2.nau.edu/lrm22/lessons/r_and_k_selection/r_and_k.html
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/american-lobster
https://mlcalliance.org/all-about-lobster/lobster-1-3-reproduction-and-life-cycle/
https://www.islandinstitute.org/working-waterfront/new-lobster-size-rules-considered/
https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Life-Lobsters-Scientists-Unraveling/dp/0060555599
https://umaine.edu/lobsterinstitute/educational-resources/life-cycle-reproduction/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke8uyMhOLyU
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=554243703146610
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJogiaAofCg
 

7-30-23 - Life-Saving Blood can be a PAIN!

The readings this week are Genesis 29:15-28 with Psalm 105:1-11, 45b or Psalm 128, or 1 Kings 3:5-12 with Psalm 119:129-136, Romans 8:26-39, and Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52.  This week look at how an irritant can become something beautiful.  This is something that can easily be overlooked but if we are willing to look and dig deeper we just might find something that is much more beautiful than we expected, or even save lives!  Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.
Remember to answer this week's question:
What are things that we overlook that become beautiful later? #FaithandSciPod
If you're wanting to hear another podcast on these texts check out:  
7-26-20 - Finding the ”Pearls” in our Life!
I look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler Bublitz
March On by Silent PartnerPorches and Universes by Puddle of InfinitySocial MediaTwitter: @FaithandSciPod
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The Green Blades Preaching Roundtable (Weekly) or Green Blades Rising Publications (Monthly) reach out to ecofaith@nemnsynod.org and say which you would like to sign up for!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVVkvPJLzqg
https://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/bible/mustard.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m07OvPEoR6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O33I5g_t-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGxKkBC6L2k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0ihGlsLL1Y
 

7-23-23 -Communication Growth to get Closer to God?

The readings this week are Genesis 28:10-19a and Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24, or Wisdom of Solomon 12:13, 16-19, or Isaiah 44:6-8 and Psalm 86:11-17, Romans 8:12-25, and Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43.  This week look at how much has changed in the last 500 but especially the last 200 years when it comes to communication.  Our desire to share ideas with each other quickly can be seen in how much we have improved it.  Do we, though, do the same with our instantaneous communication that we have with God?  Do we use the resource or look for the responses that God is trying to communicate with us about?  Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.
Remember to answer this week's question:
Where do you go to have those intimate conversations with God? #FaithandSciPod
If you're wanting to hear another podcast on these texts check out:  
7-19-20 - Called into Love, Not to Be a Judge
I look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler Bublitz
March On by Silent PartnerPorches and Universes by Puddle of InfinitySocial MediaTwitter: @FaithandSciPod
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https://open.lib.umn.edu/mediaandculture/chapter/1-3-the-evolution-of-media/
https://world101.cfr.org/global-era-issues/globalization/two-hundred-years-global-communications
https://jacobsladderexercise.com/product/jacobs-ladder-gym-equipment/
https://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit07/internet07_02.phtml#:~:text=Sharing%20Resources,government%20researchers%20to%20share%20information.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD7N-1Mj-DU&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtM6jSpzb5gMNsx9kdmqBfmY&index=3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXf0F4GYzWQ&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtM6jSpzb5gMNsx9kdmqBfmY&index=4
 

7-16-23 - Plants Share! Does our Faith?

The readings this week are Genesis 25:19-34 and Psalm 119:105-112, or Isaiah 55:10-13 and Psalm 65:(1-8), 9-13, Romans 8:1-11, and Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23.  This week we talk about seed dispersal and how plants communicate with each other.  If we take this information and think about it with the parable of the sower and the seed, we see the need to communicate with others with their faith.  If that is the case, are we making sure that we are not only working our soil but sharing and communicating with others what we can share and what we need to grow?  Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.
Remember to answer this week's question:
Where have you cared about another person's plant (or Faith)? #FaithandSciPod
If you're wanting to hear another podcast on these texts check out:  
7-12-20 - Are we being ”Good Soil”?
I look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler Bublitz
March On by Silent PartnerPorches and Universes by Puddle of InfinitySocial MediaTwitter: @FaithandSciPod
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The Green Blades Preaching Roundtable (Weekly) or Green Blades Rising Publications (Monthly) reach out to ecofaith@nemnsynod.org and say which you would like to sign up for!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHQXBCJhuZ0
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222536704_Birds_as_agents_of_seed_dispersal_in_a_human-dominated_landscape_in_southern_Costa_Rica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s48cM7v6Vqo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_dispersal#:~:text=There%20are%20five%20main%20modes,response%20to%20an%20environmental%20stimulus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_communication#cite_note-1
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00425-009-1076-2
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NutpjLRTKyg
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ei2ou5FrQQo
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/507590v4
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37001499/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tjt8WT5mRs
https://www.sciencemuseumok.org/smoathome/learn-seed-dispersal
 

7-9-23 - Falling Short Can ”Tilt” Things

The readings this week are Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 with Psalm 45:10-17 or Song of Solomon 2:8-13, or Zechariah 9:9-12 with Psalm 145:8-14, Romans 7:15-25a, and Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30.  This week we talk about how we have now physically changed the tilt of our planet due to how we are changing the amount of groundwater around the world.  Are we okay with this?  Are we willing to notice and admit the wrongs that we have done to our planet, and realize the effects they have in order for us to work together to solve these problems?  Thanks again for taking the time out to listen to this and I hope this is a tool that you find useful.
Remember to answer this week's question:
Where have you fallen short? #FaithandSciPod
If you're wanting to hear another podcast on these texts check out:  
If you're wanting to hear another podcast on these texts check out:  
7-5-20 - The Balance of Action and Patience in Faith
I look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler Bublitz
March On by Silent PartnerPorches and Universes by Puddle of InfinitySocial MediaTwitter: @FaithandSciPod
Facebook Group: Faith and Science Podcast Group
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The Green Blades Preaching Roundtable (Weekly) or Green Blades Rising Publications (Monthly) reach out to ecofaith@nemnsynod.org and say which you would like to sign up for!
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/climate/groundwater-earth-spin-axis.html
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL103509
https://www.space.com/earth-tilt-changed-by-groundwater-pumping