The harp at Nature’s advent strung Has never ceased to play; The song the stars of morning sung Has never died away. And prayer is made, and praise is given. By all things near and far. – John Greenleaf Whittier   Once again, we eagerly look for signs of Spring—perhaps, the most welcome of all […]

When speaking of rapid growth, we often use either of two comparisons, “growing like a weed”, or “growing like a mushroom”. Both develop rapidly. However, in a mushroom we cannot observe its progress, not because it grows over night, but because the entire fruiting body—which we eventually see —develops in every detail underground. Usually this […]

“His eye is on the sparrow—And I know He watches me.” Of the many varieties of sparrows, the imported English sparrow is the most numerous.  Being a member of the finch family, it is related to the canary, which it resembles rather closely, except for color.  If you stop to consider that it was first […]

We as Christians know far too little about the physical sciences.  We, who of all the peoples in the world are the only ones who can give a proper interpretation to the facts of science, often know next to nothing about science.  In fact, there are even many sincere church members who are of the […]