The Faith and Science Podcast

12-12-21 - Together We can Change the World!

The readings for this week are Zephaniah 3:14-20, Isaiah 12:2-6, Philippians 4:4-7, and Luke 3:7-18.  This week we look at what John was calling out as being a "Brood of Vipers" along with the success we have had in the past about caring for one another with the ozone layer recovery. 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 you going to work together with others to prepare? #FaithandSciPod
 
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12-16-18 - Our Calling and Carrying CapacityI look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler BublitzMusicMarch On by Silent PartnerPorches and Universes by Puddle of InfinitySocial MediaTwitter: @FaithandSciPod  References:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaLOiGEDPJQ
https://www.livescience.com/54023-vipers.html
https://sciencing.com/reptiles-do-not-lay-eggs-8098963.html

12-5-21 - Agitated and Refined

The readings for this week are Baruch 5:1-9 or Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 1:68-79, Philippians 1:3-11, Luke 3:1-6.  This week we look at the Fuller's Soap and the Refiner's Fire means. We are needing to be in a constant process  of going through the process of becoming Christ-like but that doesn't mean it will be easy. 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:Is where are you getting Refined where are you getting Agitated to become a better you? to become a better Church? become a better Society? #FaithandSciPod
 
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12-9-18 - Seeing the Season ChangeI look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler BublitzMusicMarch On by Silent PartnerPorches and Universes by Puddle of InfinitySocial MediaTwitter: @FaithandSciPod  References:
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/bc/content/shared/content/images/magazines/ensign/2016/09/september-2016-ensign-magazine-mormon_1784304.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbv4UDRs9z4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUA3CaWnoZo&t=1013s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maQ_Gd7TapI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU8dnNm2tNY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yG9l5UG8_Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8QhipbbA3Q&t=176s

11-28-21 - Be Prepared!

The readings for this week are Jeremiah 33:14-16, Psalm 25:1-10, 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13, and Luke 21:25-36.  This week we look at the preparation that it takes for new life to begin on this planet.  Humans take a long time but it is surely not the longest and what can we learn from that to help us understand Advent more?  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 you preparing? #FaithandSciPodcast
 
If your wanting to hear another podcast on these texts check out:12-2-18 - The Need for Optimism
I look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler BublitzMusicMarch On by Silent PartnerPorches and Universes by Puddle of InfinitySocial MediaTwitter: @FaithandSciPod  References:
https://www.bbcearth.com/news/elephant-gestation-period-longer-than-any-living-mammal
https://www.treehugger.com/animals-with-the-longest-gestation-period-4869368
https://beef2live.com/story-top-10-mammals-longest-gestation-periods-0-109722
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu6ouKt9zhs
https://www.livescience.com/20763-procreation-station-species-craziest-pregnancy.html

11-21-21 - Saving the ”Kingdom” around Us

The readings for this week are 2 Samuel 23:1-7 with Psalm 132:1-12, (13-18), or Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 with Psalm 93, Revelation 1:4b-8, and John 18:33-37.  This week we look at the climate crisis and how potentially the COP26 will help with that.   We as people still need to make decisions on if we want to keep this "kingdom" around us or if we would rather make it more difficult to live within it.  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:Are we as people, willing to recognize and acknowledge a kingdom greater than ourselves? #FaithandSciPodcast
 
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11-25-18 - Can we Stop for a Moment?
I look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler BublitzMusicMarch On by Silent PartnerPorches and Universes by Puddle of InfinitySocial MediaTwitter: @FaithandSciPod  References:
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/91867-chasing-bugs
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/13/1055542738/cop26-climate-summit-final-decision
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2021/nov/20/yes-cop26-could-have-gone-further-but-it-still-brought-us-closer-to-a-15c-world
 

11-14-21 - Are We too Consumed with Ourselves?

The readings for this week are 1 Samuel 1:4-20, with 1 Samuel 2:1-10, or Daniel 12:1-3, with Psalm 16, Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25, and Mark 13:1-8.  This week we look at the climate crisis and how we can either look the other way and suffer the consequences that all of us will go through or do something.  We also look at how we seem to be the ones who struggle to help others even when Sabretooth Cats are hypothesized to looked out for each other. 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 seen the Fingerprints of God outside yourself recently? #FaithandSciPodcast
 
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11-18-18 - What are You Missing?I look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler BublitzMusicMarch On by Silent PartnerPorches and Universes by Puddle of InfinitySocial MediaTwitter: @FaithandSciPod  References:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhKOdwUbG2I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=536iqFgNFic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95HP73Yemxo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GCJvcvmfpY
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/933719
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-99853-1
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/new-5-million-year-old-saber-toothed-cat/
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hip-dysplasia/symptoms-causes/syc-20350209
 

11-7-21 - The Things we Miss!

The readings for this week are either for the 24th Sunday after Pentecost which are either Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17 and Psalm 127, or 1 Kings 17:8-16 and Psalm 146, with Hebrews 9:24-28, and Mark 12:38-44.  Alternatively for All Saints Sunday texts are Isaiah 25:6-9, Psalm 24, Revelation 21:1-6a, and John 11:32-44.  This week we Mule Deer and Pronghorn.  How we have overlooked them and assumed things about them.  After seeing that there were things we missed, we then have had to work together to help these animals survive enough when we have made it tougher for them. 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 have we overlooked? #FaithandSciPodcast
 
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11-11-18 - God Provides so much for Us!I look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler BublitzMusicMarch On by Silent PartnerPorches and Universes by Puddle of InfinitySocial MediaTwitter: @FaithandSciPod  References:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIAyb-1uwTg
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nature-up-close-the-unique-migration-of-the-pronghorn/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h1eoBeR4Jk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUuYHhnig6E

10-31-21 - Trees Inspire Growth!

The readings for this week are either for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost which are either Ruth 1:1-18 and Psalm 146, or Deuteronomy 6:1-9 and Psalm 119:1-8, Hebrews 9:11-14, and Mark 12:28-34.  Alternatively the Reformation Sunday texts are Jeremiah 31:31-34, Psalm 46, Romans 3:19-28, and John 8:31-36.  This week we talk about trees. First how similar these texts are and second how we need to continue to expand either personally or in the community as a whole. 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 you challenging your faith right now so it can grow? #FaithandSciPodcast
 
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11-4-18 - How Good of a Neighbor are You?
 
I look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler BublitzMusicMarch On by Silent PartnerPorches and Universes by Puddle of InfinitySocial MediaTwitter: @FaithandSciPod  References:
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/beauty/aspen/ecology.shtml
https://studiousguy.com/aspen-tree-root-system/
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/beauty/aspen/grow.shtml
https://www.arborday.org/trees/ringstreenatomy.cfm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bark_(botany)
https://lutheranreformation.org/theology/on-the-freedom-of-a-christian/
 

10-24-21 - Enjoying the Process of Restoration

The readings for this week are either Job 42:1-6, 10-17 with Psalm 34:1-8, (19-22), or Jeremiah 31:7-9 with Psalm 126, Hebrews 7:23-28, and Mark 10:46-52.  This week we talk about how long it takes for restoration to happen.  We don't like change, but we seem to think that if it's going to change it needs to happen quickly.  Unfortunately, change usually doesn't happen overnight in nature and we have to be okay with waiting and seeing the process work its way out.  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:When have you had to stop and enjoy the process, instead of just the end product? #faithandscipodcast
 
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10-28-18 - Are you a Young Flightless, Thankless Eagle?
I look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler BublitzMusicMarch On by Silent PartnerPorches and Universes by Puddle of InfinitySocial MediaTwitter: @FaithandSciPod  References:
https://www.sustainablelifestyleconsultant.com/blog-2/2020/1/10/how-quickly-can-nature-recover-after-a-damaged-or-disturbed-ecosystem
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2017.2577#d1578357e1
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-30-2/commentary-on-jeremiah-317-9-5
https://www.parksandtrails.org/2016/07/08/saint-croix-planning/
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/2447721-renewal-underway-st-croix-state-park-2011-blowdown
https://www.stcroix360.com/2011/07/photos-of-storm-damage-to-st-croix-state-park/
https://www.twincities.com/2012/06/09/a-year-after-a-devastating-storm-minnesotas-largest-state-park-is-wide-open/
 

10-17-21 - Being able to See the Lights!

The readings for this week are either Job 38:1-7, (34-41) with Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35c , or Isaiah 53:4-12 with Psalm 91:9-16, Hebrews 5:1-10, and Mark 10:35-45.  This week we talk about the Northern Lights and how they aren't always as they appear.  Faith is much the same way that we sometimes have to wait for things to develop.  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:When have you sat with a question and pondered for an extended period of time? #faithandscipodcast
 
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10-21-18 - Does our Arrogance try putting God in a Box?I look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler BublitzMusicMarch On by Silent PartnerPorches and Universes by Puddle of InfinitySocial MediaTwitter: @FaithandSciPod  References:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ5idaNCIgA
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/spaceweather/index.html#q3
https://earthsky.org/space/is-a-solar-flare-the-same-thing-as-a-cme/#:~:text=Flares%20can%20last%20minutes%20to,Earth%20in%20tens%20of%20minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ5idaNCIgA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8jwTpG-26E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXxwZVbDt1c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJV_wlCm6ms&t=87s

10-10-21 - Sharing is Caring!

The readings for this week are either Job 23:1-9, 16-17 and Psalm 22:1-15, or Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 and Psalm 90:12-17, with Hebrews 4:12-16, and Mark 10:17-31.  This week we look at how we are called to share what we have learned with others so we can all grow.  Science is based upon the idea of sharing and caring about each other.  How well are we actually doing that in our day to day 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:Where have you done the Mantra of Sharing is Caring? Where have you Shared? Where if you Cared? #faithandscipodcast
 
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10-14-18 - Take Nothing but Pictures, Leave Nothing but FootprintsI look forward to all of your feedback,Tyler BublitzMusicMarch On by Silent PartnerPorches and Universes by Puddle of InfinitySocial MediaTwitter: @FaithandSciPod  References:
https://nypost.com/2021/07/27/americans-have-fewer-friends-than-ever-before-study/
https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/the-state-of-american-friendship-change-challenges-and-loss/
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/americans-fewer-friends-survey-b1890794.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/25/magazine/genome-sequencing-covid-variants.html
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30580-6/fulltext
https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/horizon-magazine/covid-19-how-unprecedented-data-sharing-has-led-faster-ever-outbreak-research
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lx5VmAdZSI
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/1043377310/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-congress