…much of wildlife, especially those that communicate acoustically https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/27/5/1275/1744925 What COVID-19 taught us about birdsong and noise pollution https://www.owu.edu/news-media/from-our-perspective/birdsong-and-noise-pollution/ The biology of social behavior: Primatologist Marina Cords, like many of…
24th Sunday of the year, A
…deterring repeat offenses, as well as restoring right relationships. On how offenders understand forgiveness: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338120372_Offenders’_understandings_of_forgiveness On the role of forgiveness in restoring relationship: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103122001524 Homily Outline Combining Resources Possible preaching…
Eileen Crowley
…60-68. Professional website: www.eileendcrowley.com Photography as a Spiritual Practice: www.photogsp.weebly.com Resources for Christians reflecting on their callings in life: www.OurCallingsintheWorld.net Portfolio of Lilly-funded research projects: www.christianscallingsintheworld.weebly.com Storytelling as Ministry: http://storytellingasministry.weebly.com…
Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year C
…and communities: How the brain’s physical anatomy changes with forgiveness and reconciliation https://www.neurologylive.com/view/neurobiology-forgiveness How forgiveness has health benefits https://www.templeton.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Forgiveness_final.pdf Memory: Inside the Science of Memory from Johns Hopkins University: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/inside-the-science-of-memory…
Nineteenth Sunday of the Year, A
…Meredith Anne Denton has produced Hydrology Theology: How I Studied Water And Found God. https://www.amazon.com/Hydrology-Theology-Studied-Water-Found-ebook/dp/B08MDMXPGJ Homily Outline Combining Resources Preaching outline combining the resources Setting the scene: Many people are…
Solemnity of All Saints (Option B)
…points to how we as a community we can be inspired by living out and establishing a mutual and symbiotic relationship(s) found within nature Examples of Saints and Communities who…
1st Sunday in Advent, Year A
…known into the unknown is part of a true creative process https://ryuc.info/common/creativity_perspective/creativity_and_unknown.htm “Trevor Ragan: how to overcome fear;” A TED talk by the founder of the learner lab https://www.ted.com/talks/trevor_ragan_how_to_overcome_fear Homily…
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
…Other useful links: The Neuroscience of mindfulness meditation https://www.nature.com/articles/nrn3916 Religion and the Brain https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/parenting-neuroscience-perspective/201910/religion-and-the-brain Homily Outline Combining Resources Homily outline combining the scientific resources: The Feast of the Presentation of…
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
…cells and “also impacts some fundamental components of every cell: DNA and proteins” The ear is the organ of hearing and balance https://www.britannica.com/science/ear/Transmission-of-sound-waves-through-the-outer-and-middle-ear The anatomy of the ear is complex…
2nd Sunday of Advent B
…Time” and why time itself may be a human illusion: https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/solving-the-mystery-of-time-flow/ For an accessible introduction to Einstein’s notion of time and special relativity: https://www.space.com/time-is-relative-twin-paradox Homily Outline Combining Resources Homily outline…