About
Lisa Mills spent ten years working as a freelance writer, penning devotions, book reviews, a biography, and much more. Her articles have appeared in magazines such as “Today’s Christian Woman” and “Brio.” She’s also contributed short stories to several anthologies aimed at encouraging families of special-needs children. "Holding On" is her debut novel and the realization of a dream to write fiction.
She lives in the Michiana area with her husband and their blended family of five kids, three cats, and a large dog with an over-abundance of personality.
Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God
Description
<p>“<em>We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.”(</em>Teilhard de Chardin<em>)</em></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;"><em>Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God </em> is as layered as a French cassoulet, as diverting, satisfying and as rich. Each reader will spoon this book differently. On the surface it seems to be a simple and light-hearted poetic journey through the history of Western thought, dominantly scientific, but enriched with painting and music. Beneath that surface is the sauce of a new evolutionary idea, involution; the informing of all matter by consciousness, encoded and communicating throughout the natural world. A book about the cathedral of consciousness could have used any language to paint it, but science is perhaps most in need of new vision, and its chronology is already familiar.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">The author offers a bold alternative vision of both science and creation: she suggests that science has been incrementally the recovery of memory, the memory of evolution/involution</span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">.</em></p><p>“<em> Involution proposes that humans carry within them the history of the universe, which is (re)discovered by the individual genius when the time is ripe. All is stored within our DNA and awaits revelation. Such piecemeal revelations set our finite lives in an eternal chain of co-creation and these new leaps of discovery are compared to mystical experience</em>” (From a reviewer)</p><p>Each unique contributor served the collective and universal return to holism and unity. Thus the geniuses of the scientific journey, like the spiritual visionaries alongside, have threaded the rosary of science with the beads of inspiration, and through them returned Man to his spiritual nature and origin.</p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">The separation between experience and the rational intellect of science has, by modelling memory as theory, separated its understanding from the consciousness of all, and perceives mind and matter as separate, God and Man as distinct. This work is a dance towards their re-unification: Saints and scientists break the same bread.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">All of time and all the disciplines of science are needed for the evidence. Through swift (and sometimes sparring) Cantos of dialogue between Reason and Soul, Philippa Rees takes the reader on a monumental journey through the history of everything – with the evolution of man as one side of the coin and involution the other. The poetic narrative is augmented by learned and extensive footnotes offering background knowledge which in themselves are fascinating. In effect there are two books, offering a right and left brain approach. The twin spirals of a DNA shaped book intertwine external and internal and find, between them, one journey, Man’s recovery of Himself., and (hopefully) the Creation’s recovery of a nobler Man.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">From the same review “</span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">The reader who finishes the book will not be the same as the one who began it. New ideas will expand the mind but more profoundly, the deep, moving power of the verse will affect the heart.</em></p><p><em>(Marianne Rankin: Director of Communications, Alister Hardy Trust)</em></p><p> </p>
Story Behind The Book
This novel covers a subject that has been close to my heart for many years. When my own son began experiencing developmental delays and health problems, I learned firsthand what families of special-needs children go through. Parents who are struggling to ensure that their ailing children get the care they need often experience severe strain on their time, their finances, and their emotions. Those who have not walked that path would find it difficult to imagine the stress involved.
When we went to Riley Hospital for Children for my son’s heart surgery, he spent several days in the ICU alongside children undergoing various treatments. From talking to their parents, I discovered that some of them were in the final stages of leukemia or other forms of cancer, being made as comfortable as possible until the end came. To see the heartbreak in those parents’ eyes, knowing they might have only days left with their children, and yet to witness their courage as day after day, they dried their tears and went to sit at their children’s bedsides to love and comfort them with smiles and soft words was an experience I will never forget. Their strength in the midst of adversity amazed me.
My own son recovered from his surgeries and grew into a strong and healthy young man. Many children are not so fortunate. I wanted to do something to aid those children who continue to suffer, and the families who valiantly support them. So a portion of the proceeds from this book are being donated to several children’s hospitals to aid families who cannot afford the costly treatments without help from generous people like you and me. In buying a copy for yourself or a friend, you too are making a difference in the life of a sick child.
If Trevor and Danielle’s story has inspired you and you wish to do more, I hope you will make a donation to a children’s hospital or the Children’s Cancer Research Fund. God bless and be well!
Reviews
<p>"If I read a book, it has to catch me right in the beginning or
I won't finish reading it. This book "caught" me within the first
page. Wow!" Jen Moore, Indiana</p><p>#</p>
<p>"In HOLDING ON, Lisa weaves her magic flawlessly, drawing the
reader in with deeply wounded, realistically lovable characters
that make you root for their victory and hold on tight until the
tearful, mega-satisfying end. This is one of the most beautiful
stories of redemption I've had the honor of reading. Keep a box of
tissues nearby. Trust me, you'll need it." ~Award winning author
<a href="http://www.karenwiesner.com/" class="mainlink">Karen Wiesner</a></p>
