by Lindsey
To most of the other 8th graders, John Glenn was simply an older man who went to our church. As a geeky middle schooler, I knew differently. Here was an astronaut and hero who had BEEN IN SPACE. Now that NASA is dismantling, it may not seem like a big deal, but to a little girl who dreamed of aliens and space travel and star ships, this was amazing. As we stood eating oreos and chatting after my baptism at church, he said that it was surprising I didn't ignore scientific discovery the way a lot of kids do and that he was proud of me for taking my faith seriously too. "You can do both," he said. It was a short encounter, but seeing some articles out today, I had a flashback to that day.
One of the things that I constantly struggle with as a geek girl is finding a balance between my faith in God and my faith in Science. John didn't know it, but he gave some pretty good advice to that little girl. He's still giving out good advice this week. We often divide ourselves into categories of Spiritual vs. Scientific or Thinkers vs Theologians, but we don't have to... we can be both.
One of the things that I constantly struggle with as a geek girl is finding a balance between my faith in God and my faith in Science. John didn't know it, but he gave some pretty good advice to that little girl. He's still giving out good advice this week. We often divide ourselves into categories of Spiritual vs. Scientific or Thinkers vs Theologians, but we don't have to... we can be both.