[WT Sharpe]

Just finished Hal Spacejock: Just Deserts by Simon Hayes and The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence For Belief by Francis S. Collins.

The Spacejock series seems to get funnier with every new book. I never thought a line like "In fact, they’re attacking the local military base" could bring tears of laughter to my eyes. But it did, and the neighbors probably thought I had lost it since I was alone in the gazebo when I cracked up over that line.

In The Language of God, physician-geneticist Francis S. Collins, who headed the Human Genome Project after Francis Crick left, puts forth his case that accepting the findings of science and being a Christian are not incompatible. Well worth reading, for both believers and non-believers. Those who don't like the theology will still find themselves fascinated by the science and challenged by the moral issues raised by it.

Now it's on to Decoding the Language of God by geneticist George Cunningham, who, in arguing that being a scientist and a Christian are incompatible, takes Dr. Collins to task for his claims.

And it's down the yellow brick road with Dorothy and her friends as I read the original The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum for the first time.