Community Connection ~ September 21, 2025: Become More "Logic Smart"

This week we continue our series centered around Thomas Armstrong’s book 7 Kinds of Smart. As we dive into the theory of multiple intelligences, we’ll spend a Sunday exploring each of the ways our beautifully unique brains are capable of knowing things. Today’s focus: “Logic Smart.” 

Another name for being “logic smart” is possessing mathematical and scientific intelligence. This encompasses a lot of concepts, including not only one’s reasoning and logic but also their ability to identify patterns, their mathematical literacy (which includes both numeracy - literacy with numbers - and their ability to connect numbers to real life), and their scientific literacy (which includes both their knowledge of actual scientific concepts and ability to think through things in a scientifically sound way). This might seem like a lot of things to have to know in order to be considered logic smart, especially if you tend to think of yourself as “bad” at math or science, but it actually opens up a bunch of new ways in which you can be GOOD at this kind of thinking even if formulas and equations aren’t your strong suit. 

For example, whenever you walk up to the register in a clothing store, confident of how much a sale item will cost you, you are demonstrating mathematical intelligence. Same thing when you halve or double a recipe when cooking or baking, or when you guess how many jelly beans are in a jar like we did during today’s service. You demonstrate scientific intelligence when you plug in a bunch of different lamps in order to figure out which switch controls which outlet, or when you explain to a child why we keep our indoor plants in the window to help them grow. 

You are certainly more logic smart than you give yourself credit for, but there are still lots of ways to bolster this kind of intelligence, and some of them are pretty fun! You can give yourself more opportunities to estimate and do mental math, like volunteering to calculate the tip when you eat out, or grabbing your own jar and putting different objects in it, then trying different ways of estimating to see which one is the most accurate (the math part might not be super fun for you, but the part where you eat what’s in the jar will be!). You can even use your Bible as inspiration - try figuring out how long it would take to travel from Jerusalem to Bethlehem on a donkey, or a bicycle, or in a car, or estimating how much rain would’ve fallen during the flood. And the next time you have a game night with family or friends, you can suggest a game like Clue, Dominos, Set, or Battleship, so you can strengthen your brain while you enjoy quality time with the people you love. 

Have some fun becoming more “logic smart” this week! If you’d like to get your practice in by explaining a scientific concept to someone, you can share your knowledge with us on Facebook or Instagram.