Believer's Journey Through the Stars: Devotions on the Wonders of the Universe

Pamela Gales Conrad, PhD, is a former NASA planetary scientist, astrobiologist, and Episcopal priest whose groundbreaking work has been featured in Good Morning America, CNN, and CBS. She served as a scientific co-investigator on the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover mission with the Planetary Environments Laboratory at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and is Deputy Principal Investigator for the SAM instrument aboard the Curiosity Rover on Mars. Conrad is also the Warden of the North American Province of The Society of Ordained Scientists, an international order that supports clergy with scientific vocations. She is the interim rector of Memorial Episcopal Church in Baltimore, Maryland. Conrad speaks regularly across the U.S. and U.K. on the intersections of faith, science, and wonder. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

“Believer’s Journey provides a grand tour of life in cosmic context. With a beautiful back and forth between cutting edge science and insightful theology, Conrad invites us into the mysteries of creation and challenges us to ask for ourselves what God is doing in the world… and how we might be part of that transformation.”

-- The Rev. Dr. Lucas Mix, evolutionary biologist, Episcopal Priest, and Warden of The Society of Ordained Scientists

"Conrad has a unique ability to view a problem, a point of view, on this or any other world in myriad ways almost instantly, and then produce insights that not only probe the simplicity of complex issues but also codify that complexity into a simple resolution. This is never more apparent than in the juxtaposition of artist and scientist, the ordained and the empirical, the designer and the builder, all while caring with humility and grace. In reading this book, I am struck by another similarity between Pan's scientific and spiritual calling, that of the transducer. In the case of Mars, the transducer signals potential life on that planet. In her spiritual calling, Conrad has naturally become a different type of transducer, one that takes signals from non-physical realms, the realms of humanity and spirituality, of hope and feelings and converts them into understanding and action."

-- Andrew Steele, Senior Staff Scientist, Earth and Planetary Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science

“For Conrad, science and faith are not adversaries but can accompany each other in fathoming the wonders of God’s magnificent creation. Drawing from the ancient spiritual texts of the Bible, Conrad arouses our curiosity about our natural world and opens our imagination to the insights that science provides. Highly recommended in stimulating our mind as well as our soul!”

-- Gale A. Yee, Nancy W. King Professor of Biblical Studies emerita, Episcopal Divinity School and 2019 President of the Society of Biblical Literature