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Maria: “If God made the Universe, Who Made God?”

February 14, 2022 by bofaw Leave a Comment

One year, after discussing “The Big Bang Theory” in the Biodesign Class, unbeknown to me, a quiet, thoughtful Latina girl went to church the following Sunday. After the service, she approached her priest and asked, “Father, if God made the universe, who made God?” The priest’s face turned red, he stooped down and whispered sharply … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: big bang theory, Bio-spirituality, Biodesign Out For A Walk, existence of God, faith, mystery of life

A Modern Easter Story?

March 26, 2018 by bofaw Leave a Comment

In an increasingly secular society, it is intriguing to wonder how people respond to Pierre Chardin’s observation: “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” Do they agree or disagree? Are they shocked, offended or inspired? Dr. Albert Schweitzer must have agreed by suggesting that many … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Easter, God moves in a mysterious way, Mendocino, mystery of life

John Wesley Powell—Unfathomable Grand Canyon

January 28, 2018 by bofaw Leave a Comment

Zora Hurston (“There Eyes Were Watching God”) is credited with coining the phrase, “You got to go there to know there.” While I have found her axiom to be generally true, it is paradoxically true and untrue regarding Grand Canyon. Although, in order to experience “The Canyon,” one must “go there,” it is humanly impossible … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Biodesign Out For A Walk, Grand Canyon, John Wesley Powell, mystery of life, soul medicine

Tubbs Fire Reflections

October 24, 2017 by bofaw Leave a Comment

My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: miracle of life, Mr. Rogers, mystery of life, Tubbs Firestorm

Tubbs Fire—Diablo Wind

October 13, 2017 by bofaw Leave a Comment

An old English proverb suggests: “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good” The recent fires throughout Napa and Sonoma Counties qualify as Ill Winds. It is common practice for California Dept. of Forestry officials to name fires by their place of origin. Ergo, the fire that destroyed over 3,500 Santa Rosa homes and businesses … [Read more…]

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Michelangelo-Gary Larson-Thomas Hardy-Grand Canyon-God

January 30, 2017 by bofaw Leave a Comment

Even though I am not a Biblical scholar, I don’t think it is possible to find single Old Testament reference to God as having a sense of humor. Michelangelo’s dour image of God, painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, reflects the pre-renaissance pessimism common at that time, however, I fear that countless millions … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Author Lowell Harrison Young, Biodesign Out For A Walk, Gary Larson, God, Grand Canyon, Michelangelo, mystery of life, origin of humor

“I CONQUERED YOSEMITE’S HALF DOME!”

July 11, 2016 by bofaw Leave a Comment

“Loren Eiseley is less concerned about man conquering nature than nature, in the form of God, conquering the human heart.” Time Magazine. AFTER nearly 75 years, I have concluded that life is mostly (if not totally) a journey into mystery. E.g. how could I have possibly guessed that a simple, innocent question from a student … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Bio-spirituality, Biodesign class, Half Dome, John Muir, Lowell Harrison Young, mystery of life, soul medicine, spiritual growth, Yosemite, Yosemite Temple, Yosemite Valley

“DESIGN SCIENCE REVOLUTION” Buckminster Fuller

May 9, 2016 by bofaw Leave a Comment

https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/07/12/buckminster-fuller-ever-rethinking-the-lords-prayer/ Buckminster Fuller is described in Wikipedia as a: “designer, inventor, engineer, mathematician, architect, cartographer, philosopher, poet, cosmogonist and visionary.” He wrote over 30 books and qualifies as a true renaissance thinker. Among his many inventions is the “geodesic dome,” which inspired scientists who discovered “Carbon 60” (hollow carbon molecules) to name them “Buckminsterfullerenes,” or … [Read more…]

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Astronomy—Theology—Evolution

April 25, 2016 by bofaw Leave a Comment

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” – Mark Twain This is a wonderfully interconnected triad that gifted naturalist Annie Dillard would regard as a “bright snarl.” Without a Creator there would be no “astronomy” or evolution. Without evolution the universe … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Author Lowell Harrison Young, big bang theory, Bio-spirituality, Biodesign Out For A Walk, evolution, existence of God, faith, intelligent design, Loren Eiseley, mystery of life, Theology

Darwin Had Absolutely No Doubt About Theism And The Evolution Of Humans

April 18, 2016 by bofaw 8 Comments

In his own words, “The Autobiography of Charles Darwin:” “When thus reflecting [‘on the universe, including man’] I feel compelled to look to a First Cause having an intelligent mind in some degree analogous to that of man’ and I deserve to be called a Theist.” Shame on Richard Dawkins, and other science atheists who … [Read more…]

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