Wendy J Murray

@Ferndiggity would agree.

@woolismybread Beautiful. You are blessed. 🙏

Celebrating Earth Day 🌎 💚🍃☀️🌳🌲🙏🕊️🪶🐦‍⬛

NEW: @NASA Head on Life Beyond Earth “I have to believe that there is life out there somewhere” “I believe that if we are able to get to Mars and bring back samples from Mars, we will probably, with greater than 90% confidence, have some evidence of microbial life. Now that is not the aliens we see in the movies, but it would be a proof point that there is life outside of earth." @thelatmg @latimesstudios_

This is very sad.

@samuel_leeds Well done!

I'm buying a church. I’ve made a cash offer of £225,000 to purchase this church, which was about to close and be sold off to developers. I'm fed up with driving past all these churches in the UK that used to thrive, support the community, and feed the homeless. Now, just look at these beautiful church buildings. So many are boarded up, closed down, with developers queueing up to profit from converting them into flats. I simply can't accept that a building built to glorify Jesus for generations can be turned into something solely for profit. So I've placed an offer on a church in my hometown. My plan is to buy it and offer it completely free of charge, with zero rent, to a church willing to worship Jesus here and serve others. What do you think of this idea?

@woolismybread Is there a link for information?

Shepherdess Yorkshire Dales Ladies Holiday October 2026 .. a few places left .. join us .. we would love to share our world … 🐑🐾🪶🍂

Chapter Seven of *The Warrior King* is up at my Substack. This chapter has two surprising twists. wendymurray.substack.com/p/the-warrior-…

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: For the first time in history, the remains of Saint Francis of Assisi have been brought out of the crypt and placed in a glass shrine inside the Lower Basilica in Assisi, Italy. This is to mark the 800th anniversary of his death.

I finished my manuscript, y'all! My first book, The Heavens Declare, is officially submitted and on its way to publication. Optimistically expecting this thing to hit shelves in November. I'll announce when it's available for pre-order. To celebrate, here's a sneak-peak at the Introduction... *** I’m known online for my apologetics work. Being raised atheist and coming to Christian faith through science as an adult made me an object of interest for many people. Science is supposed to destroy faith, not produce it! I’m living testimony that that’s not true. For the last twenty years, I’ve leveraged my story and scientific experience to help Christians maintain their faith in the face of seeming scientific obstacles. I was poised to write what I hoped would be a definitive book about scientific apologetics—until a time of seemingly unending trials upended everything. Battles with cancer, lingering depression from the loss of my first daughter, family struggles, political and cultural chaos, and the profound disorientation of the world’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic left me burned out and exhausted. What once felt urgent and inspiring now seemed like a dry intellectual exercise. I put that book aside and, for several years, focused simply on survival—regaining my health, figuring out what happens after questioning so many “givens” in life, and learning to lean on God day by day. In the midst of that darkness, a friend gave me Ruth Chou Simons’ devotional Beholding and Becoming. Drawing from 2 Corinthians 3:18—“And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another”—the book contends that we become what we behold. Ruth’s entries encourage “everyday worship” alongside her gorgeous watercolor artwork, which captures God’s beautiful handiwork in nature. I found it refreshing, inspiring. Reading it, I wondered: Could I do something similar? Instead of presenting my own art, could I present God’s living artwork—the universe itself, as captured vividly by technological marvels like the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope? And thus the idea for this devotional was born. God first called to me through His wondrous universe at the age of nine, long before I learned to recognize His voice. His cosmos is vast beyond imagination: hundreds of billions of galaxies, each containing hundreds of millions to trillions of stars, stretching across space that has been expanding since its explosive beginning billions of years ago. Yet amid this staggering scale, I finally realized something deeply personal is unfolding. The same heavens that reveal the laws of nature also speak the truth about the character of their Creator. I know this not as abstract theology, but as lived experience. As an astrophysicist, I’ve spent years immersed in data, equations, and observations of the heavens. The more I studied the universe—its elegant order, its finely tuned constants, its origin in a singular beginning—the more I sensed an underlying intelligence and purpose. What began as intellectual curiosity became a pathway to awe, and eventually to worship. I will never look at a nebula, a distant galaxy, or the faint glow of the cosmic microwave background without thinking of the God who spoke it all into existence. In those years of faith, I have been tested in ways I never anticipated. In seasons of profound loss and suffering, the heavens became more than objects of study; they became reminders of a sovereign God who holds not only the universe, but the broken pieces of His children’s lives, in His loving hands. This devotional is born from that journey. Across thirty reflections, I explore celestial wonders—from the shimmering auroras that dance in Earth’s magnetosphere, to the ancient light of creation still washing over us today, to the scarred yet purposeful Moon, the majestic rings of Saturn born from brokenness, the graceful galaxies evoking God’s extravagance, and beyond. Each entry weaves modern astronomy, Scripture, and occasional forays into fictional realms with relatable human concerns. The heavens declare more than bare scientific facts; they point to a sovereign, creative, redemptive God. The aurora transforms solar fury into beauty through Earth’s protective shield, reminding us of divine provision during trials. The cosmic microwave background envelops us like an eternal baptism, echoing God’s first words and His ongoing work of renewal. The Moon, barren yet vital in stabilizing life on Earth, mirrors our own calling to reflect Christ’s light into the world despite our fallen state. Saturn’s rings, forged from destruction, echo Romans 8:28—God working all things for good for those who love Him. These are not mere analogies. They are invitations to see the natural world as a testament to God’s glory (Psalm 19:1), His power (Habakkuk 3), His immanence (Psalm 139), and His redemptive love. In an age when many of us feel disconnected from natural wonder—overwhelmed by screens, noise, anxiety, or despair—this book aims to rekindle it. All you have to do is look through these pages—or, better yet, look up. The stars are still there, speaking God’s promises. My hope is that as you read these entries and gaze at the incredible images, you’ll journal your reflections and pray the accompanying Scriptures. Through this simple practice of beholding, may you experience the same quiet astonishment I felt when I first saw God in His creation. The universe is not indifferent. It is purposeful, ordered, and autographed by a God who knows you by name. He who stretched out the heavens like a curtain (Isaiah 40:22) invites you to know Him more deeply through the very creation He called good. I hope these pages stir your heart to joy, trust, and worship—the kind that endures even when the night feels long. The God of planets and moons, stars and nebulae, black holes and galaxies, is the God who draws near. Let the heavens declare His glory.

Some updates and encouragement for getting through these late hard months of winter. wendymurray.substack.com/p/catching-up-…

There’s a multipart series unfolding on TikTok of a group of seniors upset their friend Barbara has been cheating at Mah Jong. I’ve been riveted

@HoneycombHermit 🙏🙏🙏

30 years ago today I had a Dr's appointment after work. I had bone-crushing exhaustion and aches and thought I just needed a couple of weeks' rest. I can't tell you the grief that I hold at never having been able to work again. Don't want sympathy. Just needed to mark it. #ME

Listen to what @BretWeinstein is saying here. It’s one of the most gut-punch breakdowns I’ve heard about why the people inside these broken institutions can look at devastating evidence of harm to children… and still choose silence. He calls himself a “de facto atheist,” and yet he sees something most people refuse to admit: When you don’t believe in anything bigger than yourself, it becomes far too easy to make peace with evil. How do you ignore when studies show severe harm to kids? How do you watch the vaccine program keep rolling when the data screams danger? You tell yourself the same lie they all tell themselves: “It won’t make a difference anyway.” “The system is too corrupt.” “If I speak up, I’ll be destroyed.” “No one’s going to listen. The government won’t act. Institutions are untouchable.” That’s the utilitarian calculus they run: “The greater good is keeping the machine running, even if it crushes a generation of children.” And once you accept that logic, you can justify literally anything...slavery, genocide, medical experiments on kids. History proves it. Here’s the part that hits hardest: Faith in a higher power is not gameable. You can lie to yourself. You can lie to your colleagues. You can lie to the public. But you cannot lie to God. You cannot convince an all-knowing Judge that “it wouldn’t have mattered anyway” or “I had to protect my career.” That internal moral compass - knowing someone is listening to your thoughts - keeps you from crossing lines that pure utilitarianism happily sprints across. Brett nails it: Science displaced faith in the modern world, but we never replaced what faith actually did, especially when it comes to the heavy moral lifting... This is why the cover-up continues. Because too many of them have no fear of anything higher than a paycheck, a title, or peer approval. We are in a spiritual crisis masquerading as a scientific one. Watch Brett lay this out below 👇—it’s raw, it’s real, and it explains exactly why we can’t wait for the system to fix itself. Share this far and wide. Our kids deserve adults who still believe some things are more important than self-preservation.

Mind. Completely. Blown. The entire UNC system, including Chapel Hill, now accepts CLT.

@Ferndiggity Wow -- transporting. 🙏💥

My spectacular daughter Ruby sang in the top ensemble at the All State Choir concert this afternoon. This was her 3rd year and it was by far the best. They were conducted by Graham Langager, who is first rate. This is just a snippet.

This is an interesting discussion and one worth pondering.

I've written the (inevitable) follow-up to the piece titled "Saving Scott." This is part 2. #ScottAdams wendymurray.substack.com/p/saving-scott…

By now, those who inhabit the universe associated with contemporary evangelicalism have heard and lamented the sorrowful news about the fall of the much-loved writer, Philip Yancey. I knew Philip from the days we served together as writers at Christianity Today magazine. Back then, we who were regular writers for the magazine comprised a small contingent of strugglers who were trying to find our way in the life of faith (as we understood it then) and who shared this sojourn very publicly with our readers. Life has done its work over all of us. And I'm sorry to see Philip's legacy end like this. The state of one's soul, at this stage, is so much more important than the state of one's reputation, so that is where my prayers for Philip abide, as reflected in the piece I've written as my good-bye to him. wendymurray.substack.com/p/good-bye-phi…

@ElonMusk_LordX Yes, please.🙏