Shopping at Costco today, my wife and baby and I garnered a lot of attention because we were wearing matching hockey jerseys. Checking out, I struck up a brief conversation with the man boxing our items. Probably in his late 50s, the man commented that as an immigrant, he appreciated learning new information. We talked about several things, including my baby, riding on my shoulders. After checking out, I put our baby back in the cart and as we turned... Read more
Are you familiar with Plato’s allegory of the cave? A super simple explanation goes like this: People are chained in a cave, facing a back wall, unable to turn their heads. There’s a fire behind the people and objects hung in front of the fire cast shadows against the cave wall. People see the shadows and hear echoes cast by the unseen objects. Unable to see the original objects, people pass judgments and form opinions, believing the shadows are reality.... Read more
Intercessory prayer. A blog about prayer and my daughter, from the other blog I write. Read more
How do we know how hungry someone else is? Or how thirsty? How do we understand how tired or how cold? How do we appreciate how happy or how well-rested someone may be? How do you know what a stranger’s toothache feels like or their migraine? Or their stomachache? Or their joy? What could be debilitating or overwhelming to one person may be inconsequential to another. But how do we tell someone their condition or state of being is less... Read more
I’ve given up Facebook for Lent. Lent is a time of fasting, introspection and soul-searching, with brief respites on Sundays. The season of Lent actually ends with Maundy Thursday, but I traditionally break my Lenten fast with communion on Easter Sunday, this year on April 5. The 40 days of Lent symbolize the 40 days spent by Jesus in the desert. Like Christians for hundreds of years before us, we go through Lent to prepare us for the coming celebration... Read more
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day in the season of Lent. One of the oldest traditions in the Church calendar, today reminds us to: “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you will return.” — Genesis 3:19 The Lenten Season is the 40 days prior to Easter, not including Sundays. It ends on Maundy Thursday, April 2. Within the Church, ashes are viewed as a symbol of penance, and the ashes of Ash Wednesday helps us be more... Read more
The universe as we know it may not be the universe as we know it. Did you see this last week? No Big Bang? Quantum equation predicts universe has no beginning From the article on Phys.org: Using the quantum-corrected Raychaudhuri equation, Ali and Das derived quantum-corrected Friedmann equations, which describe the expansion and evolution of universe (including the Big Bang) within the context of general relativity. Although it’s not a true theory of quantum gravity, the model does contain elements... Read more
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