Did you see the supermoon?  A rare and exciting astronomical phenomenon, a supermoon occurs when the moon, in its elliptical orbit, is at its closest to the earth.    Because of the moon's exceptional proximity to the earth, it appears to be much larger in the sky.  Hence, the moniker supermoon.

    Due to some cloud cover that night, we unfortunately missed seeing the supermoon this year.  But we happily saw many photos of it taken from around the planet.  It's always amazing to see.

    Although our most ancient ancestors did not know what caused the moon to appear so large in the sky, they certainly understood that such an occurrence was special, special in a number of ways.  While we in our so-called "enlightened" age understand why the moon appears to be larger on the night of a supermoon, we still do well to step back from our scientific commitments and marvel at the sight.

    And realize, once again, that it's a surprising world, a surprising world created by, however we wish to think of him, a surprising God.

    By the way, I'll be traveling--exploring mountains--for the next couple of weeks and will not be posting.  Thanks for reading!