the brain

I just heard an amazing talk (given by a Harvard prof) on the developing brain. I learned a great deal about how stress affects the brain’s development and even why we learn the way we do. One thought continued to come to mind during this talk… early childhood development (this conference’s topic) depends on families and communities… depends… families… NOT dvds or computer games… families. “Train up a child…” is a foundational biblical concept that precedes the scientic and socialogical data… the scientific data continues to point us to the truths of life contained in Scripture… but we can find great motivating information as we learn widely and see through our learning how universally God’s truths apply to every field of knowledge…
So families… rearing children… in as stress free a context as is possible is the core scientific message… how? Well, I keep thinking of the Peace that comes from Grace… of the Peace that comes because of reconcilliation between people which comes to fruition as peace comes between humans and God… what we need is peace, Peace from Grace!