There is an organization known as the SETI
Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) founded by Carl Sagan.
This is not some wacko alien conspiracy group but Ph.D. scientists searching
disparately for signs of life in outer space.
In my files I have a cartoon depicting two
people sitting under a star-lit night sky. One of them says, “I wonder if
anybody out there is trying to contact us…”
In the lower right corner of the frame is a drawing of the Ten
Commandments. In the next frame, the same person says, “Maybe they’ll visit our
planet someday…” In the lower right
corner is a drawing of baby Jesus in the manger.
What SETI searches for, we proclaim—There IS
intelligent life in outer space. This is the season when we celebrate how that
Life came to live among us, being born in a manger. Happy beginning to your
Christmas season!
