I know something
about tents. I sewed a tent. And it almost destroyed our marriage!
Forty years ago
motel rooms were out of our price range. We vacationed in an inexpensive tent.
When it rained water puddled in the fabric above our heads. In a down pour the
roof held a gallon of water, the fabric bowing under its weight. We could reach
up from our sleeping bags and touch the ball of water above us.
We were
excited! The Frostline Trailridge II backpacking tent kit was in our price
range.
All I had to
do was assemble pre-cut pieces. It was easily until … the back door. The
waterproof door was supposed to be the same size and shape as the screen door under it. It was not! Bob was upset, sure I had sewed the pieces together wrong. I
could not convince him otherwise. We were at an impasse. Angry and frustrated, I
took the pieces apart. We laid them on the floor. The screen door pieces were not
the same shape as the waterproof door pieces. The company sent a replacement.
The last seam
was done and we grabbed the corners, pulling them apart so we could see what
our tent looked like. When we let go, it collapsed into a shapeless heap on the
floor. Tents need tension, continual stretching, to have structure, to be
livable. We set it up outside using the stakes, poles, rope, and rope
tensioners that came with the kit. It was beautiful – waterproof floor,
breathable sides, cross ventilation, interior storage pockets and clotheslines,
waterproof vestibule entry, separate waterproof fly, room for two adults and
two small children. We used it happily for many years.
Thousands of
years ago Old Testament writers said that God stretches out the heavens like a
tent. Six years ago three astronomers were awarded the Nobel Prize for their
1998 discovery that the universe has a self-stretching property. This property
is exquisitely fine-tuned, the most extreme fine-tuning problem in all of
nature. If its value were a little higher or lower, the universe would lose its
structure and order, just as tents lose their structure when they are not
stretched out.
From the musical
“The Majesty of the Maker!” this video is scrolling playback of the song.
Kathy
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