Articles By: Dr. Dean Nelson

On the Inside, It’s Bach and Handel; on the Outside, It’s Indians and Robots

On the Inside, It’s Bach and Handel; on the Outside, It’s Indians and Robots
I’m in Cambridge, England to do more work on my faith/science book that focuses on the physicist/priest John Polkinghorne. He’s an amazing guy — stepped out of the physics world (he helped the world understand the smallest known particle, the quark), and became an Anglican priest....
December 14th, 2010 | Essays, Featured | Read More

How the Minnesota Twins Made the Spin of the Ball, and the World, Make Sense

How the Minnesota Twins Made the Spin of the Ball, and the World, Make Sense
Watching 54,000 people inflate the Metrodome with their cheering Tuesday while their Minnesota Twins won a one-game playoff in the bottom of the 12th inning , made me consider several things about baseball. Most of them involved memories. I remember going to games at the old Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington,...
October 9th, 2009 | Featured, Sports | Read More

Excerpt: God Hides in Plain Sight

Excerpt: God Hides in Plain Sight
Dr. Nelson's new book was released on September 1st, 2009 Dr. Dean Nelson is the founder and director of Point Loma Nazarene University’s journalism department.  His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Christianity Today, and Sojourners.  He has won several awards from...
September 15th, 2009 | Books, Featured | Read More