After reading The Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler, one theme I pondered on was Olaminas comparison to “change” as another form of God. When she describes change as the only “unavoidable, irresistible, on-going reality of the universe” and that because this is “the most powerful reality” thus another word for God, I found myself caught up on this theme throughout my reading. Although Olamina is describing Earthseed in this quote, the idea itself is quite interesting. I took it as: because change is one aspect of life all can rely on as inevitable, one could see it as possibly a godly hand always pushing. Whether it is pushing towards “good” or “bad,” it continues to push and in turn continually change the world each individual knows. Others may have interpreted this differently, but in my mind this opened up many new questions regarding how people construe the presence of God.