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Steve Roels

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Steve Roels (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is the Senior Natural Resource Specialist for a municipal Parks and Open Space department near Denver. His graduate research and professional work focus on restoration ecology and conservation biology in tropical forests and prairie ecosystems. When not matching wits with wily prairie dogs in town, he enjoys exploring the Rocky Mountains with his wife, Sarah Bodbyl Roels.

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  • mountains with snow on them with sunflowers in the foreground
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    By Steve Roels 

    Alpine Wildflowers: A Gentle Whisper in the Mountains

    A man reflects on the beauty of God's creation of wildflowers in his own backyard, the Rocky Mountains.

  • snail in leaves
    Podcast Episode
    • Featuring guests Sarah Bodbyl Roels, 
    • Steve Roels, 
    • Padraig Ó Tuama 
    • and Charlotte vanOyen-Witvliet 

    Humility | How to Hold Knowledge

    We explore the tensions between truth and knowledge and humility in science and in faith.

  • australian bushfires
    Blog Post
    By Steve Roels 

    Climate Dominion and Redemption: The Australian Bushfires

    The bushfire season of 2019-2020 has been large and destructive. What can they teach us about our responsibility to the planet?

  • Trail into dark woods
    Podcast Episode
    • Featuring guests Richard Lindroth, 
    • April Maskiewicz Cordero, 
    • Bethany Sollereder, 
    • Willie James Jennings, 
    • Steven Bouma-Prediger, 
    • Norman Wirzba, 
    • Steve Roels, 
    • Sarah Bodbyl Roels 
    • and Patricia Bruininks 

    Creation Groans | Into the Darkness

    We allow ourselves to fully contemplate the woundedness of the planet and we reach into the Christian practice of lament as a way to find hope in the midst of the suffering we see around us.

  • burned trees
    Podcast Episode
    • Featuring guests Steven Bouma-Prediger, 
    • Richard Lindroth, 
    • Veronica Frans, 
    • Norman Wirzba, 
    • Margaret Miller 
    • and Steve Roels 

    Creation Groans | World of Wounds

    We explore some of the wounds to the planet that often go unseen and we realize that the path to hope begins with the acknowledgement that the wounds are deep and troubling. 

  • mountains with snow on them with sunflowers in the foreground
    Article
    By Steve Roels 

    Alpine Wildflowers: A Gentle Whisper in the Mountains

    A man reflects on the beauty of God's creation of wildflowers in his own backyard, the Rocky Mountains.

  • snail in leaves
    Podcast Episode
    • Featuring guests Sarah Bodbyl Roels, 
    • Steve Roels, 
    • Padraig Ó Tuama 
    • and Charlotte vanOyen-Witvliet 

    Humility | How to Hold Knowledge

    We explore the tensions between truth and knowledge and humility in science and in faith.

  • australian bushfires
    Blog Post
    By Steve Roels 

    Climate Dominion and Redemption: The Australian Bushfires

    The bushfire season of 2019-2020 has been large and destructive. What can they teach us about our responsibility to the planet?

  • Trail into dark woods
    Podcast Episode
    • Featuring guests Richard Lindroth, 
    • April Maskiewicz Cordero, 
    • Bethany Sollereder, 
    • Willie James Jennings, 
    • Steven Bouma-Prediger, 
    • Norman Wirzba, 
    • Steve Roels, 
    • Sarah Bodbyl Roels 
    • and Patricia Bruininks 

    Creation Groans | Into the Darkness

    We allow ourselves to fully contemplate the woundedness of the planet and we reach into the Christian practice of lament as a way to find hope in the midst of the suffering we see around us.

  • burned trees
    Podcast Episode
    • Featuring guests Steven Bouma-Prediger, 
    • Richard Lindroth, 
    • Veronica Frans, 
    • Norman Wirzba, 
    • Margaret Miller 
    • and Steve Roels 

    Creation Groans | World of Wounds

    We explore some of the wounds to the planet that often go unseen and we realize that the path to hope begins with the acknowledgement that the wounds are deep and troubling. 

  • mountains with snow on them with sunflowers in the foreground
    Article
    By Steve Roels 

    Alpine Wildflowers: A Gentle Whisper in the Mountains

    A man reflects on the beauty of God's creation of wildflowers in his own backyard, the Rocky Mountains.

  • snail in leaves
    Podcast Episode
    • Featuring guests Sarah Bodbyl Roels, 
    • Steve Roels, 
    • Padraig Ó Tuama 
    • and Charlotte vanOyen-Witvliet 

    Humility | How to Hold Knowledge

    We explore the tensions between truth and knowledge and humility in science and in faith.

  • australian bushfires
    Blog Post
    By Steve Roels 

    Climate Dominion and Redemption: The Australian Bushfires

    The bushfire season of 2019-2020 has been large and destructive. What can they teach us about our responsibility to the planet?

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