Roger Whiteway

As concerns about the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons rise, world powers are working to avert this possibility. Must we stand by and watch in fear? Or is there something we can each do to support safety and progress? “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper,” says the biblical prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 54:17), who lived during the seventh and eighth centuries BC. Clearly, the threat of powerful weapons to coerce or dominate is not new.

There have been times when I’ve found myself in troubled waters, searching for a path that leads to a safe harbor. And I find I can rely on God’s waymarks to keep me in the deep-water channel of the Divine – and off the rocks of disappointment, fear, and despair. In my United States Navy training as a midshipman, I learned how to identify channel markers, buoys, and lighthouses that enabled me to fix my position, to prevent going aground as I entered or departed a harbor.

2022 April 07 Thursday TODAY’S INTRO Dinosaur fossils that ‘should not exist,’ and nearing the big bang By its nature, science reveals the extraordinary. But there are moments when it opens windows that astonish even scientists themselves. Today might not go down in the history books, but two new discoveries are a reminder of how science can peel back layers of the extraordinary.