general missioner

Jim Miller is PASTCF’s general missioner and the Association’s volunteer staff. Among his responsibilities is staffing PASTCF-related exhibits at the Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly, the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Jim also leads workshop on the challenges of 21st century science and technology for the worship and education of the local church.  (See biographical sketch below.)  For more information you can contact Jim directly.

workshop

 Balaam’s Ass or the Heavens Are Declaring But Are We Listening?

presentations

The following presentations are available in a variety of formats (e.g., Friday evening, Saturday morning). The hosting congregation or presbytery covers travel expenses. 

  • single session
    • “At the Banks of the River Jordan:  The Challenges of the 21st Century for the Presbyterian Church (USA)”
    • “Christian Theological Naturalism:  God Without the Supernatural”
    • Darwin and Christ:  Evolution as Incarnation”
    • “Presbyterians and Evolution:  Lessons from the Case of James Woodrow”
  • two session
    • “Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land:  Journey Toward a Land We Know Not Of, Faithful Living Toward the Future”
    • “Intelligent Design:  Bad Science, Bad Theology”

biographical sketch

Jim Miller is an honorably retired ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) with an MDiv from Union Presbyterian Seminary in Virginia and a Ph.D. from Marquette University. He has served as an ecumenical campus minister at Michigan Technological University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon University.  Immediately following seminary, Jim worked for five years in the School of Engineering at North Carolina State University. From 1996-2006 he was the Senior Program Associate for the Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Since 2008 he has served as co-chair of the interfaith Broader Social Impact Committee of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Human Origins Program. He is the editor or co-editor of five books, most recently The Evolution Dialogues (2006).  Jim has served as an elected officer or volunteer staff for PASTCF since its establishment in 1992.