What lizards teach us about faith
“The world is charged with the grandeur of God,” says poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. Biologist Ciara Reyes-Ton illustrates this truth with a reflection on the remarkable abilities of the Basilisk lizard and what this creature can teach us about living a life of faith.
“In order for a human to walk on water we’d have to increase the surface tension of water, weaken the force of gravity, become less dense ourselves, or as stated earlier, run as fast as a cheetah…. Science and the laws of nature, while constraining, provide me with a backdrop and context in which to probe further and deeper into the mind of God. ”
Would you want to live to be 1000 years old if you could? We were recently reminded of this provocative question and Dorcas Cheng-Tozun’s thoughtful article exploring the gift of mortality.
“An abundance of time means that time no longer has any value. Or, put another way: only when we are intimately acquainted with the finite and ephemeral can we truly appreciate what is infinite and eternal. As a result, I’ve begun to see my mortality as, of all things, a gift. ”
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Four More Things We Loved This Week
“Speech is the golden child of conversation, but silence is quietly indispensable.” Grace Hammon reflects on Jane Austen’s novel Persuasion as a master class on the art of conversation.
April is Autism Awareness Month. Let’s close it out with a prayer for comfort from Elrena Evans.
The 3:6 rule — could it be the key to adult friendships?
This simple quiche is a perfect make-ahead meal (and store-bought crusts work beautifully).