Posted on 07/15/2022 5:29:23 AM PDT by Twotone
Victor Glover literally stepped out in faith last year as an astronaut aboard the International Space Station who participated in four spacewalks.
The 46-year-old Navy commander and NASA astronaut shared his faith journey and his high-flying adventures Wednesday at Abell Street Church of Christ in Wharton. His hour-long talk blended stories of his spaceflight experience with biblical lessons. He was part of a four-person crew to make the first SpaceX Crew Dragon flight to the space station, where he worked and lived from Nov. 15, 2020, to May 2, 2021.
As a Christian, he never shied away from his faith.
“We had a Catholic up there, a Christian, a few non-believers, and a Buddhist, and I tell you what all of us wanted was fellowship in the evening after being alone and working hard all day long. And that human desire to be together to be with our brothers and sisters is a thing that I think about all the time, it’s an important way for us to share what matters most to us with one another.”
He said some of his most memorable conversations while in space were talks about God with believers and non-believers. The first was in a call with his father back on Earth, who is a non-believer, but was overwhelmed upon watching is son rocket into space.
“My father is not a religious man … The first thing we talked about was him praying. Because it was overwhelming how powerless he was in the situation. And when faced with that, he prayed. And that was the first day I was on the space station … It was one of the things that colored the rest of that 168 days, the rest of that six months for me, was that conversation with my father,” Glover said.
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How beautiful and how true!
The Nation needs more of these stories. Thank you.
Nice..
“He wrapped up by thanking NASA for making it possible for astronauts to share personal things, such as their faith, even though they work for a governmental agency.
“This was really a nice ability that we were able to share; and I could I could send an entire sermon in an email to my family if I wanted to, because it was … balancing my right to speech … Ethics as a government employee is a is a thing that I’m really glad NASA has put some thought into. And it enables us to be able to do this.”
A beautiful perspective. Thank you Twotone for posting.
Nice story!
and I tell you what all of us wanted was fellowship in the evening after being alone and working hard all day long. And that human desire to be together to be with our brothers and sisters
Gentlemen, Go find the warriors. Beer in the Fridge and meat on the grill help.
Bump.
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