A most marvelous use of technology has created a visualization of the miracle of how a human develops in the mother’s womb from conception to birth. Alexander Tsiaras created and narrates the program which was originally done on TED. He marvels at what unfolds as the process of human development from the time of conception. He talks about how in the eyes the cells link together in a different way than any of the other organs allowing for transparency and sight. He says it is hard not to think about the hand of divinity in the creation of life. Tsiaras’ creative technology brings to virtual life the words of Psalm 139:13-16
For it was you who formed my inward parts;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
that I know very well.
My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes beheld my unformed substance.
In your book were written
all the days that were formed for me,
when none of them as yet existed.
O Lord, how wondrous are your works, in wisdom you made them all!
Some believers in God, especially those who read Genesis 1-3 literally, find their faith threatened by the discoveries and theories of science (especially evolution and genetics). I continue to believe in the aphorism that “truth is truth” and so we have nothing to fear from the discoveries of science. But then I’m also not a biblical literalist when it comes to Genesis 1-3. I find God does provide us a way to understand scientific truth and in fact all knowledge in the book known as the WISDOM OF SOLOMON.
The Wisdom of Solomon is found in those Christian Bibles based in the Septuagint (for example, THE ORTHODOX STUDY BIBLE). The Septuagint is the Greek language version of the Jewish Scriptures (which the Jews themselves had translated into the Greek a couple hundred years before the birth of Jesus).
The Septuagint is the version of Jewish Scriptures most often quoted and read by the New Testament and Post-Apostolic writers, and is the official version of the Old Testament accepted by the Orthodox Church. In this scripture, we find the Wisdom of God which says scientific knowledge too is given to us by the Lord. Truth and knowledge, especially that of creation are not opposed to the Truth of God’s revelation – they are the same Truth!
Ever since the creation of the world God’s eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the things he has made. (Romans 1:20)
It is not only scientific knowledge which has been granted to us from God, even the skills, arts and craftsmanship which humans have perfected are seen in the Scriptures as coming from God as well! Proverbs 6:6-10 tells us we can even learn wisdom from the tiny ant.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:15-21
May God grant me to speak according to His purpose,
and to have thoughts worthy of what I have received;
Christ the Wisdom of God
for he is the guide even of wisdom
and the corrector of the wise.
Wisdom and Lady Justice
For both we and our words are in his hand,
as are all understanding and skill in crafts.
Stone Carver Craftsman
For it is he who gave me unerring knowledge of what exists,
to know the structure of the world and the activity of the elements;
Stalactites and Stalagmites
the beginning and end and middle of times,
the alternations of the solstices and the changes of the seasons,
the cycles of the year and the constellations of the stars,
the natures of animals and the tempers of wild animals,
the force of the winds and the thoughts of human beings,
the varieties of plants and the virtues of roots;
And to know both what is hidden and what is manifest,
For Wisdom the artisan of all things taught me.
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Sex-abuse case against Manitoba archbishop Seraphim Storheim on hold
WINNIPEG — A high-ranking former orthodox archbishop, who has pleaded not guilty, must wait until the new year to learn if he’ll go to trial on historical Manitoba sex abuse charges.
Seraphim Storheim appeared in a Winnipeg courtroom this week for the start of his preliminary hearing to determine whether there is sufficient evidence for the case to proceed. A court-ordered ban prevents specific details from being published.
Defence lawyer Jeff Gindin told the Winnipeg Free Press the evidence was presented on Thursday and Friday but the case has now adjourned until Jan. 18 for lawyers to make final arguments. The judge will then render his decision.
Storheim is accused of abusing two teenage boys while he was a priest in Winnipeg 30 years ago. He remains free on bail with several conditions, including having no contact with children.
Storheim was the highest-ranking Canadian cleric in the Orthodox Church in America until church officials suspended him last November, days after Winnipeg police laid charges against him following a lengthy investigation into allegations which only recently emerged.
None of the charges has been proven and he is presumed innocent.
A most marvelous use of technology has created a visualization of the miracle of how a human develops in the mother’s womb from conception to birth. Alexander Tsiaras created and narrates the program which was originally done on TED. He marvels at what unfolds as the process of human development from the time of conception. He talks about how in the eyes the cells link together in a different way than any of the other organs allowing for transparency and sight. He says it is hard not to think about the hand of divinity in the creation of life. Tsiaras’ creative technology brings to virtual life the words of Psalm 139:13-16
Some believers in God, especially those who read 
Fraternized 