May 18, 2025: "Building Arks"

Scott Sanders and Mary Craig

In a dangerous time, so the story goes, Noah built an ark to carry pairs of “every living thing” through a worldwide flood, so that once the waters receded, the full diversity of life on Earth might be restored. In our own dangerous time, what arks do we need to protect things vital to human wellbeing and to the health of our planet? What can we learn from nature and history about refuges, sanctuaries, and resilience?

Bio note: Scott Russell Sanders spent his teaching career at Indiana University. He is the author of two dozen books, including, most recently, The Way of Imagination and Small Marvels. He and his wife, Ruth, who sings in the choir, reared two children in Bloomington.

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