The calendar turns without asking our permission. One day becomes another. A year becomes a memory. We name the change, but we do not control it. And sometimes the space between December and January feels less like a celebration and more like a deep breath we were not sure we could take. If 2025 was …
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There are moments when words feel too small, too fragile to carry the weight of glory. Easter morning is one of those moments. The sky feels a little wider, as if heaven has leaned in to listen. The sunlight is not just light—it’s promise. And though the tulips bloom and the pews fill and the …
Some of the oddest things spark old memories. Psychologists call them emotional triggers, but I believe they are God-given catalysts of recall. A song we hear or a sight we see can quickly place our minds in retro mode.
Sons learn from fathers, but that’s not just true for people. It’s true for birds, too.
Something has gone wrong for an endangered black and yellow bird species in Australia, the regent honeyeater. Researchers found that 12 percent of male regent honeyeaters in the study failed to learn any songs specific to their species. Only a few hundred of these birds remain, so it’s a severe problem.
The males are not learning the love song they need for courtship with females. The males have to learn it from the father birds. But when young males don’t have proper role models, they learn the wrong songs from the wrong birds.
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