For Ed Rosado, relationships are vital to the work of faith and science. Through relationship building, the church can help diverse communities flourish.
This line at the start caught me:
John Wesley once wrote: “Find out what people need, and then tend to their needs.”
Wilhelm Loehe, a German Lutheran pastor who strongly supported missions in the U.S. and across the world, said something similar: if it isn’t pastoral, it isn’t theology (though come to think of it, he was practically quoting Martin Luther).
The article reminded me of two years I spent at a Lutheran college: even the science professors were ordained pastor/priests, and it showed in the churches in the area where they preached fairly regularly.