Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
Phil Hoover took exception to my characterisation that the Obamas' decision to put their girls in Sidwell Friends School was a vote of "no confidence" in public education: It is not a “no confidence” vote for the public school. What it is: a realistic and safe choice for these two beautiful little girls who need …
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Tomorrow the California Supreme Court will render its decision on a series of cases regarding the secession of several parishes from TEC. Needless to say, it's a nail-biter for everyone. Anglican Cumudgeon has been covering this saga in detail (he doesn't do it any other way) but what interested me was a comment from the …
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It seems that the Obamas, having brought the horde of Clintonistas on board their administration, are following the Clintons in another way: they're enrolling their daughters Malia and Sasha at the Sidwell Friends School in Washington. The Clintons were criticised for their decision to send Chelsea there, as people felt it was a vote of …
Kevin Walker had an excellent post on The Language of Salvation, which dealt with a passage from N.T. Wright. His response to my comments was as follows: Thanks for commenting Don. I just started reading N.T. Wright, and I'm enjoying his work. My only beef is, like you said in your comment, that he almost …
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Reminds me of the change that took place towards the end of second century Rome: We are apt to wonder to-day at the great political and national developments that have altered the whole aspect of Europe since the French Revolution, and to reflect rather idly on their rapidity. Yet the past has its own stories …
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It's been a while, but the Anglican Calendar Script--a popular feature of the site--has been updated. Two changes have been made: A bug which prevented the correct reporting of the First Sunday in Christmas has been fixed. The whole series of celebrations around the turn of the year (Christmas, Circumcision, Epiphany) is the trickiest part …
I'm kicking off the New Year with the song Ma Vie (My Life), from the album De l'abondance du coeur, la bouche parle (For what fills the heart will rise to the lips) by the French group Les Reflets. It is in French, but the version podcasted has video that goes with my piece When …
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It seems that this time of year, far from being the joyful time of Christmas coming into the anticipation of a New Year, has become (for me at least) one of tragedy. That's spilled over into this blog, from reflections of my mother's own Christmastime death (Delayed for My Appointment) to the tragic suicide of …
I recently received an incoming link from a South African (I think) site called Katoikei's Jukebox to my page on Tom Autry. Much to my surprise, I found four Ray H. Hughes Sr. sermons posted on this site as well. My Church of God readers know Dr. Hughes, former General Overseer, former president of Lee …
This piece originally dates from 2005. Christmas is over. The cat (and probably the children too) has found that the boxes and the wrapping paper are more fun than the presents were. Now we turn to the celebration of Hanukkah, late this year but better late than never. Hanukkah is not the greatest Jewish feast—that …
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