renew in us an inquiring and discerning heart
and the gift of joy and wonder in all your works
Adapted from the Prayer for the Newly Baptized
The “nano world” is filled with visual delights; might the chimes make “nano sounds”? Is it possible for us to be attuned to such sounds? What do you hear?
The beautiful nano details of our world
“Nano: denoting a factor of 10 [to the minus 9th power or 0.000000001] (used commonly in units of measurement): nanosecond; denoting a very small item: nanoplankton.” from the New Oxford American Dictionary.
Yesterday a friend sent me this TED Talk. I invite you to excite your sense of “joy and wonder” in all of God’s works as you nourish an “inquiring and discerning heart.” ~dan
The beautiful nano details of our world a TED Talk by Gary Greenberg:
- More about: Gary Greenburg
- More visual delights: A Grain of Sand a gallery of Gary Greenberg
It’s official: Justin Welby to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury
“The Queen has approved the nomination of the Right Reverend Justin Welby for election as the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury.” Press Release from Lambeth Palace dated 9 Nov 2012
I invite your prayers for Bishop Welby as he takes on this new ministry. ~dan
A prayer for you and me
Heavenly Father, we thank you that by water and the Holy Spirit you have bestowed upon us the forgiveness of sin, and have raised us to the new life of grace. Sustain us, O Lord, in your Holy Spirit and renew in us an inquiring and discerning heart, the courage to will and to persevere, a spirit to know and to love you, and the gift of joy and wonder in all your works. Amen
A prayer adapted from the Prayer for the Newly Baptized (BCP, p. 308) and used in General Convention 2006.
Photo: An image of grains of sand from Maui; from a TED Talk by Gary Greenberg ~dan
Hear what the Spirit is saying 
Here is a link to a Biography of Justin Welby, appointed to be the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury: http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/2690/biography-justin-welby