Here are some of he things our family did In 2017

1. ...JOY TO THE WORLD...
From Paul H. & Ginny K. Carr
HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
OUR FAMILY DID IN 2017
January - March -Paul gave PowerPoint talks at the Academy of Senior Professionals at
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL including:
REBALANCING ECONOMICS WITH ETHICS
Paul also gave the following talk to Sigma Xi, The Research Honorary Society, Chapter at
Eckerd College, which included students.
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES & Life in the Universe?
Christmas Walk with Karin Ann, Palmetto, FL

2. Paul with Karin (center) and Emily after he delivered his sermon Paul Tillich: Climate
Prophet versus Profit at the Manatee UU Fellowship, Bradenton, FL. Tillich in 1962 said:
“We have no guarantee against man made floods.” Karin helped by reciting the Noah Flood
Story in Genesis 9 from memory. She was a 2nd grader at the Bradenton Christian School.
Paul also gave a talk “Nuclear Energy & Climate Change” at the Manatee Community
College, where daughter Emily teaches English as a Second Language.

3. Family Easter Celebration at Uncle Tom and Aunt Imme’s Home, Beverly, MA

4. Paul, center, continued his
celebration of his 60th MIT
reunion with classmates
Bill Griffin (left) and Alan
Budreau (right), June 2017,
MIT Campus, Cambridge,
MA
Paul started the
celebration of his
60th MIT reunion at
the Stage Neck Inn,
York, ME

5. Paul championing his
Climate Change
Conference at the
March for Science, State
House, Concord, NH,
April 22nd.
Paul and family having a sea food
dinner in Portsmouth, NH, before
boarding the ferry to attend his climate
conference on Star Island, June 24,
2017.
Kirsten is a Waldorf teacher.
Lilo, a hospice chaplain, is studying to
become an Episcopal minister at the
General Theological Seminary, NY City.

6. Ginny’s photo of Paul
giving his PowerPoint talk
What are we doing to our
Climate? What is it doing to
Us? What can we do?
at his climate conference,
June 25, 2017.
The conference set a
new record for attendance at the
Institute of Religion in and Age
of Science Conferences,
Star Island off Portsmouth, NH.
Paul’s friend Tim Wallace made a
beautiful video of his week at
our conference on Star Island with
IRAS chapel choir
music in the background.

7. Paul, left, www.iras.org Star Island Climate Conference champion, with co-chairs, Emily Austin
& Karl Peters, Chaplain Mary Westfall, in the front row. Plenary speakers including theologian
Mattew Fox are in the back row. There are also paper presenters in the front row.

8. Family climbs Mt Norris overlooking Lake Eden,VT
We enjoyed staying at the camps of cousins
Steve & Carol Berry and Jayne Holly Berry Steel on
the beautiful Lake Eden in mid July.

9. Family enjoying Moss Falls, between Eden and Stowe, VT.

10. Paul giving his
poster paper
at the
American
Physicist
Society
Meeting,
University of
Rhode Island,
Kingston,
October
20,2017

11. Many congratulations to daughter Sylvia Carr Clebsch (seated, center)
whose extract from her novel, Safe, has won First Drafts Competition
2017, London, England. The judges described Safe as ‘a moving and
compelling spy novel that demonstrates an accomplished grasp of the
genre and heralds an exciting new voice.’ November 2017

12. ”I am thankful for the joy of being a person,” as per my
dad Rev. Auburn J. Carr’s Grace.
After having my cataracts replaced by plastic lenses on
8/23/2017 and 9/13/17, the world seems more bright and
beautiful.
You might find more things of interest on my web page
www.MirrorOfNature.org particularly:
https://www.facebook.com/paul.h.carr
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/myphotos
https://www.slideshare.net/paulhcarr/presentations
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
During 2018, may you find the courage to be
creative, and the wisdom to choose love and
truth. Paul H. Carr