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Catching Up: Major Grant

A few months ago I spotted the name of my old Wheaton friend and room mate Jeff Schloss among the list of those giving papers at a major conference on Faith and Science. For many years Jeff has been a lecturer in Biology at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA. It's been good to track with him and his wife Melody over the years via email, blogs and Facebook links. We also enjoy getting to see them from time to time when we're back visiting family and friends in nearby Ventura.

The big news today is that Jeff has just received some major grants for continued research on issues relating to faith and science. Click HERE to read the full article.

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