Explore God's World and God's World
Observations: A Newsletter from Pier Press® offers readers a chance to look up at wonders in the sky, look around to discover what science can reveal, look within to enhance spiritual life, and look ahead to learn about events and our plans. In January 2017, Pier Press announced an exciting format change designed to make the newsletter easier for you to enjoy. It still provides information in the four areas readers have come to expect:
Look Up discusses natural and manmade wonders seen in the sky, some within Earth's atmosphere and others in the vastness of space beyond.
Look Around examines terrestrial and aquatic phenomena, typically featuring nature's handiwork but occasionally taking a closer look at human impacts or manufactured environments.
Look Within provides meditations, insights, and other types of commentary intended to enhance the spiritual side of life.
Look Ahead peeks at future calendar pages to highlight holidays, holy days, and forthcoming plans.
However, instead of delivering all the articles in one long message at the beginning of the month, each is now sent individually at different times. The shorter format will help you to enjoy each in just a few minutes. It will also enable you to forward a single newsletter component to a friend who may be interested in just one specific topic. Additionally, the change will enable you to receive information from us in a more timely manner.
Archives
June 2017: Baby Deer; Advance Praise for Jesus, Beginnings, and Science; Be Prepared to Observe the Eclipse; Rough Green Snake
May 2017: Heart of Virginia Festival; Pink Lady's Slipper; The Virgo Cluster; Walking with Mark
April 2017: Holy Week; Meditations for Holy Remembrances; Frog Went A-Courting; Rainbows in Scripture and Science
March 2017: Jesus, Beginnings, and Science; Snakes; A Blessing for Spring
February 2017: It's Groundhog Time! An Endangered Bumble Bee; Orion's Belt; Take a Closer Look
January 2017: A New Format; Some Tools for Bible Study; Remembering Apollo 1
Prior to 2017
December 2016: First Flight; Poinsettias; and More for Christmas
November 2016: Double Cluster; Falling Acorns; A Hymn of Gratitude; Advent and Seasonal Savings
July 2016: Darkness Falls; Beach Sand; Upon a Midnight Clear; Solar System Events and Anniversaries
June 2016: It's a Plane; Pearls; A Merchant of Pearls; Noteworthy Dates in June
March 2016: Messier Objects; Shamrocks and Clover; Taken in Context; Holy Week and Easter Sunday
February 2016: Stratus Clouds; Chocolate; Immortal, Invisible; February's Calendar
January 2016: What Day Is It? Hibernation; Do Over; A Beautiful Question
November 2015: Andromeda; Lighthouses; Anticipation; November's Celebrations
April 2015: Jupiter; The Wind, Physical Aspects; The Wind, Spiritual Aspects; On the Calendar; News
February 2015: The Drinking Gourd; Unboiling an Egg; How Will You Observe Lent? Walk with John, Available Next Week (Update: Available Now!)
June 2014: Moonlit Summer Nights; Garden Insects; Science and Religion; and Planned Blogs
May 2014: Cloud Watching; Something New Under the Sun; Entropy and Faith; and Updates
April 2014: Auroras; Cosmology; Spiritual Expressions; and Project Updates