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Primary gratitude goes to my wife Rochelle for enabling this work in countless ways. She was the first to say that I should put these reflections into print and provided the necessary organizational and computer expertise for this endeavor. Our daughters Marci and Heather and our son Garrett never tired of the subject; on the contrary, they have been anxious to accompany me on expeditions to explore the prehistoric world.

Gratitude is also extended to many others, who, over the years, have encouraged me to write and publish, including:

Paleontologist Dr. Jack Horner of The Museum of the Rockies on the campus of Montana State University, Bozeman, not only for his interest in this project but also for his affirmation relating to my collecting specimens of dinosaurs and other fossils for the Museum over the course of some thirty years.

Staff and volunteers at The Museum of the Rockies, whose enthusiasm for my presentations dealing with science and religion as well as paleontology helped me to see the need for a book such as this.

The same is true for students and faculty of Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, where I am especially grateful to Dr. Arland Jacobson.

Numerous individuals in Lutheran (ELCA) congregations I have served, in particular those of Zion Lutheran Church, Lewistown, MT, who expressed interest in a resource of this kind.

Finally, appreciation is extended to the publisher, Wipf & Stock, for bringing this project to fruition.

Grateful acknowledgement is made for permission to quote from the following sources:

“New Year Letter,” copyright 1941 & renewed 1969 by W. H. Auden, “Shorts II,” copyright © 1976 by Edward Mendelson, William Merideth and Monroe K. Spears, Executors of the Estate of W. H. Auden., from Collected Poems of W. H. Auden. Used by Permission of Random House, Inc.

“New Year Letter” and “Shorts II” by W. H. Auden, currently collected in Collected Poems by W. H. Auden (Vintage, 1991). Copyright © 1939, 1941, 1991 by W. H. Auden, used in the United Kingdom with permission of the Wylie Agency LLC on behalf of Faber & Faber.

The lines from “when god decided to invent.” Copyright 1944, © 1972, 1991 by the Trustees for the E. E. Cummings Trust, The lines from “i thank You God for most this amazing.” Copyright 1950, © 1978, 1991 by the Trustees for the E. E. Cummings Trust. Copyright © 1979 by George James Firmage, from Complete Poems: 1904-1962 by E. E. Cummings, edited by George J. Firmage. Used by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation.

Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. for an excerpt of the lyrics to It Ain’t Necessarily So (from “Porgy and Bess”), words and music by George Gershwin, Du Bose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin © 1935 (Renewed) George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music, and Du Bose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund. All rights Administered by WB Music Corp. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission.

Creators Syndicate for use of the captions to two cartoons of The Far Side© by Gary Larson: “Creationism Explained” (Release date: 3-27-85) and “The picture’s pretty bleak, gentlemen . . . The world’s climates are changing, the mammals are taking over, and we all have a brain about the size of a walnut.” (Release date 11-7-85) Used by permission.

LSU Press for an excerpt from the poem “Monet Refuses the Operation” by Lisel Mueller in Second Language © 1986 by Lisel Mueller and published by Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge. Used by permission.

Excerpt from “Glass House Canticle” from The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg, Revised and Expanded Edition, copyright © 1970, 1969 by Lilian Steichen Sandburg, Trustee, reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

The National Film Board of Canada for an excerpt of the narration to film Universe © 2009 by the National Film Board of Canada. Used by permission.

The Union of Concerned Scientists for two excerpts of the narration to the video Keeping the Earth: Religious and Scientific Perspectives on the Environment © 1996 by The Union of Concerned Scientists. Used by permission.