Summary: Nicholas Knisely: Isaac Newton, following Galileo's lead, described time as a river, with a steady current that flows from the future, to the present and on into the past. Newton's laws of motion, which undergird all of classical physics, are dependent on this assumption. And our own daily experience of time, with our watches and atomic clocks and GPS devices, seems to fit neatly into this metaphor. But it's wrong. Peter Wallace: That's Bishop Nicholas Knisely...and today he joins us for our special series on "Faith & Science in the 21st Century." I'm Peter Wallace...this is Day 1. Sherrie Miller: Welcome to Day1, the weekly program that brings you outstanding preachers from America's mainline Protestant churches, sharing insight and inspiration from God's Word for your life. Today we continue our challenging series of special programs and to introduce this week's preacher, here's our host, Peter Wallace. Peter Wallace: Thank you, Sherrie. Today we continue our special series of Day1 programs: "Faith & Science in the 21st Century, which is made possible through the support of a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. Through this series we're exploring some of the major issues of science today with a goal to facilitate meaningful conversation around these issues among people of faith. This week we're delighted to have with us the Rt. Rev. Nicholas Knisely, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island, based in Providence. Nick was elected in June 2012 and was ordained bishop in November 2012. Previously he served as a priest in Delaware, Western and Eastern Pennsylvania, and as dean of the cathedral in Phoenix, Arizona. He earned undergraduate degrees in physics and astronomy at Franklin and Marshall College, did graduate studies at the University of Delaware in cosmology and solid state physics, then left the world of physics and studied at Yale and Berkeley Divinity schools where he earned his theological degrees. Nicholas, welcome, thanks for being part of this series.
