I often read the NYT Obits because they often fill in the gaps of my knowledge of events, thinkers, authors that fall in that middle time period between current events and history (so far that tends to coincide with the time of my childhood!). One great thinker I apparently missed is Thomas Berry (NYT Obit) . [My atheist friends should stop reading here.]

This posting from his website is intense, and provokes serious reflection as to how we have chosen to live vis-a-vis (or would that be versus?) nature.

Berry, a Geologian indeed.