Don’s Comments (group member since Jan 19, 2012)

Don’s comments from the Q&A with Don Ray group.

Thanks for the mention of Tradition. I missed seeing your 8 Feb posting until now, but I will look forward to checking out Tradition as I continue to catch up.

Donna,

First, thank you for your thoughtful comments.

Second, it seems I have found a kindred spirit. You eloquently express perspectives fully congruent with my own. Anything I might add to your comments would only muddy their crystal clarity.

Your statement "puzzled over" accurately reflects my feelings only yesterday as in discussions after my lecture an attendee struggled mightily with trying to reconcile science and spirit.

I felt partially motivated to start this discussion group by a desire to better understand those who hold this puzzling (for me) duality perspective on science and spirit. For me the laboratory (and they are indeed wondrous!) and the house of worship serve as two components of the binoculars with which we can peer into the mysteries and beauty of existence.

Thanks for mentioning Josef's Pieper's writings. I would enjoy finding opportunity to explore his writings, though this quarter's schedule precludes pursuing that interest in the immediate future.

Keep learning, keep teaching,

Don Ray