In the northern hemisphere, May is a spring month characterized by flowers in full bloom. In the southern hemisphere, May is an autumnal month and many flowering plants die or prepare for a winter's rest. Although many flowers are admired for their beauty, the complex structures that form them also deserve appreciation. So, what are flowers made of?

An astrolabe is an ancient device that made use of facts about the position of celestial bodies (the sun during the day and stars at night) to calculate other information.

The Greek word translated "wind" at the beginning of John 3:8 is pneumatos. It is the same word translated as "Spirit" at the end of the verse. This overlapping and parallel usage draws attention to the circumstances in which the physical wind in nature can serve as a metaphor for the transcendent ways of the Spirit.