A couple of years ago, I blogged about the Numinous, that sense of uncanny awe that Rudolph Otto and C. S. Lewis considered to be at the heart of religious experience. Ben Stanhope at his Remythologized blog links to that post and explores the concept
I came across an interesting post from CPH from last winter about Elisabeth Cruciger, the first female Lutheran hymnwriter, who lived a fascinating life in the early days of the Reformation. (more…)
There is energy even in a vacuum. But the amount predicted by quantum physics and the actual measurements are off by a factor of 1 followed by 120 zeroes. This discrepancy is described as “one of the most confounding (and embarrassing) problems in modern astrophysics.”
“Oh, to see ourselves as other see us,” said Robert Burns in a Scottish accent. (See To a Louse.) It’s also good to see other things that we might not have seen before. And to see what is happening outside of our own country from
Roman Catholic archbishops and exorcists met together to conduct an “Exorcismo Magno,” with the purpose of casting the demons out of the entire country of Mexico. Read this on whether to exorcise the United States. (more…)
Guess what the most-spoken language is projected to be by 2050, then see the answer after the jump. (more…)
World is a magazine I used to be associated with, and it now has a big website: WORLD. At some point, you need to subscribe to get full access, but you can check it out for free. Do so and bring up something from today’s
Here I am in Oslo, Norway, so I should take the occasion to post about one of the new Nobel Prizes, which are a joint project of Norway and Sweden and which are being announced this week. Three scientists won the prize for chemistry by
Some time ago, I stumbled upon a discussion of Christian anthropologist Rene Girard and Pay Pal founder Peter Thiel. It had to do with vengeance, competition, new technology start ups, and why both Girard and Thiel came to embrace Christianity. (more…)
A device has been invented that generates much more propulsion than a rocket. The electromagnetic propulsion drive (EM Drive) works by bouncing microwaves around, and it could conceivably get us to Mars in only 70 days, as opposed to 260 days with current technology. But
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