Paul Levinson has been putting together a really fantastic volume which will be called Touching the Face of the Cosmos. He has shared a provisional list of contributors, and also a podcast of an interview with John Glenn, the transcript of which will appear in the book. I am really excited, not only because my contribution will appear alongside authors like Levinson, Robert J. Sawyer, David Brin, and Guy Consolmagno, but also because my contribution is a short story rather than an... Read more
The quote comes from p. xxiii of Nahum Sarna’s book Understanding Genesis. Read more
The latest from Existential Comics brings philosophy, humor, and Star Trek together. And so of course I had to share it. Read more
HT Nick Gotts, who got it from Sol Chrom. If there is a serious point, perhaps it is this: sometimes disaster strikes and there’s nothing you can do. But sometimes we inflict it upon ourselves. And worse still, when we divide and compete where cooperation would bring greater benefit, we set ourselves up to be at a disadvantage when some big disaster comes our way – such as a large asteroid heading our way. Read more
Lindsay Kennedy has the latest Biblical Studies Carnival, and Phil Long has more information about other details, such as where the carnival will be next month. Read more
While there is a Sunday worship service at Gen Con (which I didn’t go to), and on Friday there was a panel about Christianity and gaming, Saturday seems to have been “religion day” at Gen Con this year. There were three sessions dedicated to the topic of religion in gaming and fiction, and I made it to two of them. The third also looked interesting, but was aimed more at writers of fiction than at gaming. The first was definitely one of the... Read more
The cartoon was shared by Allan Bevere, and seems to clearly be one of the Inherit the Mirth series. The request seems as legitimate as the request for help when wine has run out. But if we lived in a universe where such things happened, where would the cut-off point be, and would it not seem unfair and arbitrary to the one disadvantaged by it? One can even believe in a rather traditional sort of Creator God, and still think that... Read more
Since Saturday is the day of the costume parade and contest, I decided to dress as the Fourth Doctor and show off the scarf my wife made. Here are some photos from the day: Read more
I shared the above Ziggy cartoon once before. But having happened across it again, I was struck by the subversive message of the cartoon. An alien that looks like an angel talks to Ziggy, a human, and then expresses amazement to another of his alien race at the cosmology humans have come up with. The reference is presumably to a religious system that views these aliens as supernatural beings, messengers of the divine. I think the “ancient aliens” idea is so popular precisely because... Read more
Today at Gen Con was mostly spent playing games, a nice change from the two days during which I mostly attended seminars and workshops. I did attend one seminar today, but for the rest decided that playing games with family and friends was a better use of time. One game I played is called Tigris and Euphrates, an interesting take on the civilization-building Euro-style game. But I suppose the highlight of the day was when, moments ago, I bumped into... Read more
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