Wonder on the Web

Imaginations on Parade

We’d all do well to read more children’s stories. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is one of those that seems perennially to capture imaginations and inspire new artistic renderings. For the classic’s 150th birthday (several months ago), Maria Popova at Brain Pickings compiled some of the best illustrations used in various editions of the book through the decades, a parade of both individual creativity and generational style.

Look Up

You never know what you might see if you just look up. A few lucky folks doing so around 4:45 A.M. on February 17 witnessed a rare, 500-pound meteor barreling over Pittsburg. Lucky for you, three of NASA’s cameras also caught the fireball, and you can see it here.

About That Poem. . .

Given that this issue released during Holy Week, we were happy to feature Christina Rossetti’s poem Good Friday. For a wonderful reflection on it, here’s a sermon from renowned preacher Fleming Rutledge. She not only provides poetic commentary, but also devotional thoughts on Ezekiel and the hardness of our hearts.

The Grace of Naps

Benjamin Franklin wrote that wine is “proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.” We’d say the same is true for naps. Here is a two-minute video presenting “nap hacks you need in your life.” Bite-sized science, applicable to your life. Our favorite trick: the coffee nap.

(P.S. Though that Ben Franklin saying is often misquoted—many times connected with beer—he actually did write it. And it’s found in his study of the miracle at Cana, within a letter where he “beg[s] to edify you by some Christian, moral, and philosophical reflections” on drinking.)

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