Roots and Wings: The Human Journey from a Speck of Stardust to a Spark of God

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2007 M03 21 - 174 pages
A story is growing inside of you. . . a story as beautiful and as mysterious as the universe itself. And your personal story is an essential chapter in the Big Story. We are told that the story of life begins with elements released into space at the death of a star. But what about our destiny? Does that speck of stardust also hold within it a "spark of God"? Is life evolving toward levels of consciousness that we cannot yet even imagine?

Roots and Wings is a book full of questions to inspire deeper thinking. It invites you to participate in an age-old conversation about our origins and our destiny. It encourages you to think about what it might mean to become fully and truly human -- and to discover your own response to that perpetual question. In Roots and Wings Margaret Silf deftly brings science and spirituality together, allowing a bold new synthesis to emerge between them.
 

Contents

A contract with life
29
The hinge of history
59
Flying lessons
93
The edge of the nest
123
Some interesting books
161
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About the author (2007)

Margaret Silf is one of Great Britain's most popularand successful spirituality writers. Her other booksinclude Wayfaring and Inner Compass.

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