Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2868: Scholasticism
Posted on · Episode: 2868 Scholasticism: Reason or Revelation? Today, reason or revelation?
Tag: faith
News
Researcher Looks Into ‘Why Science and Faith Need Each Other’
Posted on · A sociologist looks into the assumption that faith and science are in conflict and shares what she has discovered in her book, Why Science and Faith Need Each Other: Eight Shared Values That Move Us beyond Fear.
inDepth
A Storm, A Death, A Pandemic: Houston Church Still On The Road To Recovery 3 Years After Harvey
Posted on · Emmanuel Episcopal Church finally has a new home after being flooded in 2017 – but they still can’t worship there.
Religion
Religion In Quarantine: How Faith Groups Are Adapting To The Coronavirus
Posted on · First social distancing and now the region's "stay at home" order have forced local churches, synagogues and other religions to rethink how they practice their faith.
Houston Matters
Houston’s Cameron Dezen Hammon Wrestles With Gender Roles In Communities Of Faith
Posted on · She lays out those struggles and other issues she’s faced in faith and marriage in her new book, This Is My Body: A Memoir of Religious and Romantic Obsession.
Houston Matters
Thursday’s Show: HPD’s New Drug Raid Policy, And I-45 Project Concerns (Oct. 24, 2019)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: HPD's new policy for serving high-risk warrants in drug cases, citizens share their concerns about TxDOT's plans for improving I-45, and the challenge of being a strong-willed woman in communities of faith.
Houston Matters
Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom
Posted on · Writer, teacher, and artist Ariel Burger discusses what he learned about life and faith from working alongside the Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate.
Houston Matters
Writer Reflects On Faith And Its Loss In ‘When I Spoke In Tongues’
Posted on · Houston writer Jessica Wilbanks talks about her book, When I Spoke in Tongues: A Story of Faith and Its Loss.
Houston Matters
Full Show: The Intersection Of Faith And Science, And Stolen Paintings From WWII (June 8, 2018)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: Mayor Sylvester Turner says he’s joining other mayors to ask the federal government to stop separating undocumented families at the border. Then, we discuss how faith and science intersect. We break down The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly of the week’s news. And a local artist reinterprets artwork stolen by the Nazis during World War II as body art.
News
Santa Fe Pastors Hold Night Of ‘Hope and Healing’
Posted on · A group of local pastors held the worship service at the Santa Fe junior high school football stadium to try and help the community heal from last week's school shooting
Houston Matters
Full Show: Hockey In Houston, And Year-End Tax Advice (Dec. 7, 2017)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: The City of Houston is about to tell some Harvey victims what repairs they need to make to their property. Author Reza Aslan talks about the decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. We discuss the possibility of an NHL team coming here. A tax expert answers your questions. And comedian Hari Kondabolu takes on Apu from The Simpsons.
Features
WATCH: Hope in Faith – A Response to Sutherland Springs
Posted on · Fr. Bob Goolsby, of St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Spring Branch, reacts to The massacre at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs
Full Show
Near Misses on Houston Roads, and SB 4 Court Battle: Thursday’s Show (May 17, 2017)
Posted on · We've all had near-misses on Houston roads — moments when we just dodged an accident, while changing lanes and not realizing there’s someone in a blind spot, or not being seen by a speeding car while riding a bike. A team of researchers recently studied that latter experience – and ones like it. Dian Nostikasari […]
Politics
Regional Religious Leaders Call For Inclusive Immigration Reform
Posted on · After President Donald Trump talked about comprehensive immigration reform in his Joint address to Congress, leaders of faith in Houston stand united to voice their opinions for more inclusive policies.
Houston Matters
Turning To God or Turning Away: Two Divergent Faith Journeys
Posted on · Today, we revisit a pair of conversations from 2014 about turning to – or away from – organized religion. First, we meet Rev. Clay Lein, rector at St. John the Divine Episcopal Church in River Oaks, who was once a self-professed "angry atheist." He tells Craig Cohen how he found himself leading an Episcopal congregation […]