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Jim, I am reading a book right now by a scientist, Francis s. Collins, who believes science and faith are compatible. He was a CS Lewis Institute Fellow (as was I, though we are not contemporaries), and he was in charge of the International Human Genome Project
under President Bill Clinton. Clinton said in his speech announcing that they had uncovered the code, 3 billion letters long, "Today we are learning the language in which God created life."</div>
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His book is entitled "<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Language of God."</span></div>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Oe List ...] Interested in being a part of a group studying CHOOSING EARTH over the next couple of months?</font>
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<div dir="ltr">David Rebstock and I are quite interested in looking at this. See what you think. Check out the website. We hope to find a number of you who are interested -- as participants, session organizers, small group leaders, and technical producers.
JOIN US next Monday at 8:00 pm Chicago time to get ourselves organized!!</div>
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<div dir="ltr"> <a href="https://choosingearth.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="x_enhancr_card_1738749163">Home - Choosing Earth</a></div>
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<div dir="ltr">The book is available there as a downloadable pdf, or you can purchase it as an ebook at Amazon. There is also a documentary video accessible and several other resources. I have been in touch with the organizers and they have made available
a 7 session outline and guide for studying the book.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">I am hopeful that this can open up a broader conversation, one that can include multiple generations.<br>
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<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom:0in; line-height:100%"><font size="3" style="font-size:11pt"><i>Choosing Earth
</i></font><font size="3" style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">draws upon a lifetime of research by the author and looks a half-century into the future to explore how our world might evolve into a mature, planetary civilization that celebrates
the miracle of life. Decade by decade, it describes stages of great transition that realistically could lie ahead. Where many see the single trend of growing climate disruption producing a catastrophic collapse,
</span></font><font size="3" style="font-size:11pt"><i>Choosing Earth </i></font><font size="3" style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-style:normal">sees a purposeful rite of passage for humanity where we move beyond our adolescent stage of development and
into our early adulthood. With greater maturity, we can move from exploiting the Earth and each other to caring for all of life — and a sustainable and purposeful future can unfold.</span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr">As further introduction, it is important to add that, to explore this great transition, Choosing Earth develops three perspectives often missing from the current discussion:</div>
<div>1. Look Wide: Look beyond single factors such as global warming and include a wide range of trends including climate disruption, social and economic inequities, resource depletion, species extinction, population growth, and much more.</div>
<div>2. Look Deep: Look beneath the outer trends such as climate change and species extinction to include the inner realities of evolving psychology, values, culture, consciousness, and paradigms.</div>
<div>3. Look Long: Look far into the future — much farther than the short run of the next five or ten years. Trends that are uncertain and ambiguous in the short run become much clearer when extrapolated to the longer run of the next 50 years.</div>
<div>By looking wide, deep and long, Choosing Earth constructs a realistic story or scenario describing this great transition.</div>
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