butterfly's lesson

http://www.doyoubelieve.org/Butterfly.htm 
a very beautiful lesson from a butterfly about the need to struggle, about how sometimes we should just let nature find it's way without our good-intentioned but ill-advised assistance.

Mad Padre: Is Sin a Myth? A Sermon for the First Sunday of L...

Mad Padre: Is Sin a Myth? A Sermon for the First Sunday of L...: "Is Sin A Myth? Is sin a myth? That may seem like an odd title for a sermon, and granted it is a bit provocative. I chose it because one ..."


My brother the Mad Padre wrote this.  I find it interesting because it talks about the Creation story, Adam and Eve, evolution and so on. 

Robins in their nest

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9479342&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullsBcreen=1

Beautiful video, time-lapsed over about a month, follows a family of robins, from brooding over the eggs, to feeding hungry mouths, to an empty nest. 

God as creator, and us as creators

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-small/embracing-your-creative-g_b_829338.html

This is a wonderful essay about God as creator, and about us as creators.  About all the frustration and pain of trying always to get it right.  And how creation is on-going. 

Zombie ants, created by fungi. . .

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/02/zombie-creating-fungi-cordyceps_n_830558.html

. . .not fun, I bet, for the ants who make one fatal mistake.  Watch the time-lapsed video, it's fascinating.

Reunion with Gorillas

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=FZ-bJFVJ2P0
This is just beautiful to watch.  It's a meeting of long-lost friends in the jungle.  Gorillas and humans.

starfish and owl, just because I like them.