I can understand why so many people say they find their church out in nature. I hear that sentiment a lot from people, who then kind of avert their eyes so ours won’t meet, while sheepishly kicking at ...

This is a column by Athens native, Jessica Johnson, a lecturer at The Ohio State University's Lima campus. She is a regular contributor to the Athens Banner-Herald. During one of our afternoon power ...

In answering the question of “how do we talk about the environment across scientific, faith and cultural divides,” the Care for Our Common Home ministry of St. Bartholomew Catholic Church will be ...

Researchers find ways to interweave faith and science, from discussing Ramadan fasts with colleagues to applying religious parables to lab work. Plus, how a notorious cockroach species conquered the ...

Do the parts of nature have spirits or spiritual energies? According to a Pew Research Center survey, nearly half of U.S. adults say they believe that parts of nature — such as mountains, rivers or ...

Buzzing with energy, the group of 7th-grade boys had just arrived in rural Neosho after a 50-minute bus ride from Milwaukee’s south side, and they wanted to explore. Once the staff of the Catholic ...

If you ask someone to define "faith" you will likely hear something along the lines of "Believing something without evidence" or "Belief without proof." There are traditions in both religion and ...

The nature of reality challenges the fundamental elements of existence and essence. Whether we discern it or not, reality is said to always exist. It can be both objective (independent of perception) ...