On Giving Tuesday we were awash with requests for donations from really worthy causes and organizations, some of them three or four times in the day. By nightfall it felt like "enough already!"
I suppose the strategy does work because we did make a contribution to the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre because, well, we love turtles and the health of turtle populations is a strong indicator of ecological health in an area. When we paddle from Spring to Fall we see painted, blandings, and snapping turtles and it always makes me happy.
It turns out that the first page of the new children's edition of the All Creation Waits Advent resource features a painted turtle with a thoughtful reflection on hibernation, a state some of us may feel like entering during these gloomier days. I realized that the first iteration of this book also contained a turtle image.
I do wish that there were references to turtles and tortoises in the bible, although the Hebrew scriptures takes a dim view of reptiles, so perhaps it's just as well. Dissing them as "unclean" might break my heart. I would much rather give them an exalted place in Creation. I do like the notion of the blessed Advent Turtle, although it may be little confusing.
Turtle image from All Creation Waits, illustrated by David G. Klein
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