Nouwen on Forgiving the Church
In a time when many would say they are Christians without attending any expression of the Body of Christ, these words of Henri Nouwen are very appropriate. When we have been wounded by the Church, our temptation is to reject it. But when we reject the Church it becomes very hard for us to keep…
Continue readingMesons, Antimatter, and Why Things Exist
I enjoy reading about recent developments in science even when I find the specific concepts hard to understand. Particle physics is one of those areas in which my math is not up to reading the original publications so I read the summaries of recent discoveries on websites that give a simple explanation. Reading such articles…
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More “Crowish” Science
I have previously written about amateur science that all of us can do as we observe the world around us. In that article I commented on crows that seem to have learned to do “crowish science” and “probability predicting” in order to get their daily caloric intake from their harvest of mussels. Of course, my…
Continue readingA Daughter in the Church
One of my daughters called me the other day. She asked me some questions about why we read words like, “I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.” (1 Timothy 2:12) and apply them in our present context but read words like “I also…
Continue readingGrace and Works
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:8-10. In…
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