Here at The Q Conference by the Fermi Project in New York City for a few days.
Already heard from some amazing presenters and met some equally amazing change agents, innovators and doers disguised as people.
All I got to say so far is wow.
I’m getting so messed with here. My brain is struggling a bit after hearing from the mind of Francis Collins, author of The Language of God and director of the Human Genome Project.
Q: How can evolution and faith be reconciled?
Also I was pretty blown away by the passion and challenge of Bill McKibben.
Q: Can the church help make 350 a reality? Yea, it’s our problem.
Check out 350.org
Faced with the challenge of actually engaging culture directly was a panel on Christianity in a Pluralistic Society, featuring Veritas Forum, Socrates in the City, WorldFaith.
Tim Keller concludes the day doing his thing on Grace and the City
Don’t stay away from the city because of cowardice, ignorance, selfishness, comfort, etc…
Francis was da wife’s advisor/boss for a year way back in the day =) very good guy.
what was the answer to the reconciliation of evolution to faith question? i’m curious (as a microbiologist) as to how this was answered; there are many ways to explain things away but none has really satisfied me except the Cambrian explosion/creation marriage.