him. But his achievements are dependent on something vastly larger than he. Given the greatness of the universe and our own frailty, is it not wondrous that any of us survive, and even more wondrous that any of us accomplish what we do? That wonder at the sheer greatness of it all is one of the roots of religion. Is it even slightly surprising that since before the beginning of written history, human beings have been religious? But worship is not just wonder; it is thankfulness. Given the vastness