When preparing a collection of my work, I received a cover draft from designer Martha Chlipala which featured a chambered nautilus. This led me down a deep, wonderful rabbit hole learning about their distant ancient relatives, the ammonoids, and cephalopods more generally. It also brought me back to Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.’s famous poem, “The Chambered Nautilus,” which inspired this hymn about spiritual growth.

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