life is a beautiful gift
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Methodist minister Reverend Auburn J. Carr (1905-‐1984), graduated from the Boston University School of Theology in 1932, His MA thesis was “The Technique of Jesus in the Cure of Souls.” As a living memorial, I established the CARR SCHOLARSHIP IN SCIENCE & RELIGION at BUSTh. His first pastorates were in Vermont: Milton, Cabot, and Richford. Then in Ipswich, Woburn, and Milton, MA.
EXCERPT FROM REV. AUBURN J. CARR'S LETTER TO HIS FATHER, IRVING H. CARR, 11 MARCH 1947.
• The journey and development of the human soul involves
considera^on of the "from everlas^ng to everlas^ng." Each person represents the outcome of countless preceding genera^ons-‐ an unbroken line of experience.
• Spiritual strength has to be measured by burdens carried,
resistances encountered, and frustra^ons survived. No soul's pilgrimage can be like another except in the line of each succeeding genera^on. In all the experience from one generaOon to another, I can see that it is not so much events that have significance as the emoOonal InterpretaOon of them.
• The main objecOve is love. Therefore all things happen for good
when love prevails.
HINDU KARMA Life’s outcome is a result of our &
other’s liberty, free choice, decisions.
Freedom includes responsibly.
Sallman’s Christ (1941)
Faith in Jesus the Christ sets us free to receive:
• GRACE: When God gives you something you do not deserve.
• MERCY: When God keeps your from gehng what you deserve. (Forgiveness)
The GOSPEL’S GOOD NEWS
Swallowtail Butterfly with Divine Proportion 1.618
BEAUTY in SCIENCE &
SPIRIT
.
I dedicated this book to the memory of my
late wife, Karin Hansen Carr, who did not live to complete her own Dragons
from the Sky.
"The Adventure of the Universe starts with a dream and reaps Tragic Beauty” (A. N. Whitehead )
Carr Family in 1985, the year before Karin died of leukemia.
Paul’s late wife, Karin (1940 - 1986)
Swallowtail Butterfly with Divine Proportion 1.618
BEAUTY in SCIENCE &
SPIRIT
.
Science’s “how” beautifully
complements religion’s “why.”
Life is a beau^ful gii
The branch I lead at the AF Research (Rome) Laboratory led to compact Surface AcousOc Wave (SAW) filters with higher quality factors Q than electromagne^c helical resonators. SAW components are used in cell phones and radar.
SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE (SAW) DEVICE The spacing of the lines of the interdigital transducer equals one half acous^c wavelength. This is about a micron (millionth of a meter) & determines the frequency of a filter.
My IEEE ( Ins^tute of Electrical & Eletronic Engineers) Climate Discussion/Debate Moderator (lei) John Horrigan introduced Paul H. Carr (center) and Ted Kochanski (right) Video on my web page was produced at NewTV, Newton, MA, 27 August 2014
Prophe^c Pope Francis:
• Stop plundering our planet for profit, the poor suffering the most.
200 Page Encyclical Laudato Si: On Care for our Common Home. June 2015
RE-‐ENVISIONING BEAUTY Is beauty “in the eye of the beholder” or a Spiritual experience? Without divinely created beauty, nature becomes an object that may be ravaged. For example, the Canadian tar sands can be beau^ful in the eyes of its owners because it is a source of black gold.
Canadian Tar Sands: “Scraping Booom” Na#onal Geographic, 3/2009
“Reverence for the life” of this forest?
Reverence for Life A Moral Impera#ve Albert Schweitzer (1875 – 1965) Nobel Peace Prize 1952 • Theologian, “Quest of the
Historical Jesus (1906)”
• Organist, Bach Interpreter
• Medical missionary to Africa
RE-‐ENVISIONING BEAUTY Let us re-‐envision beauty to transform our relaOonship with life on earth. Science is based on respect for nature’s laws. Spirituality engenders reverence for and the consecraOon of nature, created, sustained, and redeemed by a Divine power.
LIFE’S GIFT By Paul H. Carr
Why seek salva^on,
With gourmet tempta^on? Heart bea^ng, Without trying,
Till dying. Eternal Living.