God and Glaciers by John Cali
Last week the Washington Post talked about the Great Aletsch glacier in southern Switzerland. What do glaciers have to do with God?
John Cali
In 1678 the devoutly Roman Catholic people of the isolated Swiss mountain villages of Fiesch and Fieschertal made a deal with God. They vowed to live virtuous lives if God would spare them from devastation by the then-expanding glacier descending upon them.
Today Great Aletsch is Europe’s largest glacier. And it’s melting, posing a different threat — flooding and the potential loss of the area’s primary water supply.… Read more