In 1972 Sir John Templeton put in place a way to recognize "a living person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works." His annual Templeton Award is a cash prize and always larger than the Nobel awards because Templeton felt that spiritual matters are more valuable to us than other topics of study.
We are proud that we have in our library two special episodes with Michael Novak, a Templeton Prize winner. We consider Novak an apologist for our work. While today it is very popular to praise the work of small business owners, when we started the series we were told by big shots in New York City that, "Nobody wants to be small." Novak explains why small business is crucial to a civil and prosperous society.
Sir John Templeton's life encouraged me and the scholarly work of Michael Novak helps me understand the value of my own small contribution to the prosperity of others.
To celebrate John Templeton's life, Bruce is working with a small cadre of mathematicians and engineers on, The Big Board for Our Little Universe. This is a teaching tool for math and science teachers and the tag line for it is: It's time to take God out of a box and put science in one. The goal is to show kids the bigness of God and the smallness of science. He wants kids to stop being afraid of science and to start seeing the vastness of God's creation.
