Sam Millen

Moderate | Writer | Vegetarian | C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien Fan | Hospital & First Responder Chaplain

[Sam Millen @MillenSam]

"I don't want to be bullied into not being me, and not doing what I think is funny." (Jimmy Fallon)

[Tony Lane 🇺🇸 @TonyLaneNV]

A woman hiking in Canada nearly became a grizzly’s next meal and the video circulating right now is genuinely one of the most intense wildlife encounters you will ever watch - her dog is with her, a massive grizzly is right there, and somehow she kept her head together long enough for both of them to walk away breathing.

That is not a small thing. Most people talk tough until nature is standing ten feet in front of them and every instinct in your body is screaming to run, and running is exactly the worst thing you can do.

Grizzlies are built to chase, they top out over 700 pounds and can cover ground faster than any human alive. The people who survive these moments are the ones who override pure fear with pure discipline and this woman did exactly that.

If you hike, camp, or spend any real time in the wilderness - bear spray is not optional, it is the difference between a story you tell and one somebody else tells about you.

Could you have kept your cool?

Hats off to her.

[Rachel Hollis @RachelHollisArt]

Rainbow Bee-eaters are such beauties and the only one found in Australia. I love that intense blue line under their eye #beeeater #birds #birdart #drawing #australianwildlife

[John Dickson @johnpauldickson]

The Nicene Creed, apart from being history’s only universally accepted summary of Christianity, is arguably the church’s most democratic instrument. It is where ordinary Christians get to remind their preachers and leaders to avoid hobby-horses and keep the main thing the main thing. When church leaders turn Christianity into self-help, the congregation answers: “I believe in one God, the Father Almighty.” When preachers neglect the Bible’s themes of judgment and the last things, the people declare: “he will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.” And when Christianity drifts into mere moralising, those in the pews recite a Creed in which 110 of its 175 words are devoted to the person and work of Jesus Christ, with 19 devoted to his Passion alone.

[Rachel Hollis @RachelHollisArt]

Artwork pops so much in natural light! These cards are off to a bookshop in Victoria #greetingcards #wholesale #wholesaleaustralia #birdart #australianmade #wildlifeartist

[Rachel Hollis @RachelHollisArt]

The Peregrine now has a tail! #drawing #pastelmat #peregrine #peregrinefalcon

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

Incredible close encounter with a humpback whale.

📽: Cassie Jensen

[Earth_Wanderer @earth_tracker]

The laws of physics don't apply to mountain goats. 🐐

[Rachel Hollis @RachelHollisArt]

Gouldian Finches are incredibly coloured! Males & females can have black, red or orange heads so I've featured all three colours in this drawing 🌿 https://t.co/dUkFg2gFt3 #finch #birds #pencilart #drawing #wildlife

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

This man trusts physics and jumps backward at 80 km/h from a truck moving at 80 km/h!

[Australian Geographic @ausgeo]

One of New Zealand’s iconic endemic flightless birds, only 236 adult Kakapo individuals remain. 🦜

Our digital features editor Candice Marshall tells us about her once-in-a-lifetime experience of seeing a kakapo in real life. 

Read the full article here: https://t.co/jPNhjXyfyx

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Peregrine falcon

[📸 mostly.birds]

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Sunrise in Australia

[Rachel Hollis @RachelHollisArt]

This little fairywren is looking better now with some fluffed up feathers! #fairywren #bird #birdart #painting

[Justin Brierley @JusBrierley]

The Re-Enchanting Podcast is BACK with Season 9 dropping now!

Join me and co-host Belle Tindall-Riley as we dive deep into conversations about faith, culture, and spirituality.

Can our world truly be re-enchanted with wonder?

Follow the journey wherever you get your podcasts, search for 'Re-Enchanting' or visit the website: https://t.co/Y0G7WEoYKU

[Rachel Hollis @RachelHollisArt]

Forest Kingfishers are native to Australia and often nest in arboreal termite nests, I love the range of blues they have! https://t.co/7eaAnhe7Ie #bird #kingfisher #birdart #pencilart

[John Dickson @johnpauldickson]

This one really matters.
Here is a Jewish–Christian idea that profoundly shaped the social and ethical vision of the secular West, and yet it’s one that believers themselves sometimes (often?) forget: what it means for humans to be made in the “God's Image.” A new @undeceptions episode with the wonderful Dr @carmenjoyimes. Listen, wherever you get your pods, or head to: https://t.co/GXJhdC6u5J

[Rachel Hollis @RachelHollisArt]

Rolling this A2 Tasmanian Devil print this evening to send, such fascinating animals! #tasmaniandevil #wildlifeart #pencilart #illustration #australia

[Dane @UltraDane]

Puget Sound / Olympia, Washington area (Eld Inlet), where two massive ''Steller sea lions'' decided to take over a small sailboat while someone was out fishing.

These two look like large adult males (or one big male and a large female). Together, that's like 10 big men casually lounging on a small sailboat — no wonder it's sitting so low in the water and listing to one side!

For comparison: A typical male California sea lion (the ones you see at piers in California) is much smaller: ~300 kg / 660 lb. on average, max around 350–400 kg.

[Crazy Moments @Crazymoments01]

A mother will defend her babies at all costs.

[The Rubber Chicken🇨🇦 @Gunblaze1969]

This is madness