Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
With Holy Week behind us, I'd like to stop and note an interesting email dialogue. My persistent (well, sometimes) Canadian commenter took a catty swipe at my translations of Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries, which is an ongoing project of mine. Evidently someone else thinks highly of the effort. I received this from Dr. Mitchell …
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On the day we celebrate Our Lord's resurrection, I usually try to do something uplifting, like this. This year, I dunno, maybe it's time for something completely different. This story goes back a long way, but perhaps it has some relevance for today. Hopefully it will brighten yours. We moved our family business to Chattanooga …
Recently I was speaking with a Nigerian pastor about current attitudes towards adversity in life. I have seen many concerned about the effect of prosperity teaching on African Christians, and this pastor certainly practices an approach to ministry that is full of faith. But he also accepts the reality that there will be adversity in …
I've featured traditional music (well, unless you're Baptist...) for Palm Sunday, but this year I'm posting something more contemporary, namely "Ride On" from God Unlimited's album by the same name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A620i9zbQ2g It's something of a "tour de force" which covers most of the Passion. I noticed that the YouTube poster of the song used my …
The Chinese present an interesting take on the upcoming meeting at Mar-a-Lago: Susan Thornton, acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, said this was a chance for the two leaders to get to know one another. "We want them to establish a good working relationship, so they can, in times of …
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It's not just the Republicans any more, as is obvious in the current Democrat plans to filibuster Neil Gorsuch: "Not only is the base there, but the politics of the moment demand it. Democrats are looking for members to take a stand," said Democratic strategist Jim Manley, a former top aide to Harry Reid, who …
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She got the boot from Jon Bruno: The Episcopal Church’s first “lesbian” bishop was forced out of office by the Bishop of Los Angeles after she defied him by backing the congregation of St James the Great in Newport Beach in its dispute over the proposed sale of its parish properties. On 29 March 2017, …
On his or her own initiative, as was the case with Bossuet. From R. de la Broise's Bossuet and the Bible, pp. xiv-xv: He was fifteen years old when a happy coincidence came to mind. His father, who returned to Dijon from time to time, led him (Bossuet) to his office. There the young man …
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From Philo Judaeus, On the Creation of the World, LXI: And in his before mentioned account of the creation of the world, Moses teaches us also many other things, and especially five most beautiful lessons which are superior to all others. In the first place, for the sake of convicting the atheists, he teaches us …
We have some data on the issue: For the first time reliable data has shown that the suicide rate among people working in creative roles is significantly higher than the national average. The first-ever study of suicide by profession from the ONS, which covered England in the years from 2011 to 2015, showed that people …
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