Creation and Redemption: Religious Longings in a Secular Universe- CSU Professor Scott Denning

For thousands of years people have sought meaning in creation stories featuring powerful anthropomorphic Gods to whom they prayed for all manner of intercession. Our modern secular world features a new story of Creation, even more magnificent than those of our ancestors. In the words of astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson, "We are all connected: to each other biologically; to the Earth, chemically; to the rest of the universe, anatomically." In leaving behind a Creator, though, some feel poignantly the loss of a Redeemer that went with the Divine Package. Church member and CSU scientist Scott Denning visited for a service that celebrated the glory of the scientific Creation from the insides of our brains to the rocks and dust from which we came to the infinitely bright light from which time and space emerge. We also considered the human need for Redemption and asked whether that longing can be reconciled with a secular understanding of Creation.

A full text and audio of the service can also be found at this link:
http://othersideofthesky.net/creation-and-redemption/