Advent-ure

The Eternal Umwelt

One of the treasures that E.O. Wilson bestowed on his undergraduates was the concept of the umwelt.  Umwelt: the world as a particular animal experiences it. On a sensory level – visual acuity, hearing, smell – and the semiotics of what sensory stimuli signify in the instinctual context forged by genetics and learning.  As one…

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To Make the World the World

John Garland is the pastor of San Antonio Mennonite Fellowship in downtown San Antonio. In a recent essay in Christianity Today, Garland describes Semillas (Spanish for “seeds”), which is his church’s ministry to refugees who’ve made the long and dangerous journey across the border. Their exodus from Central America can take as long as a…

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