Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
One of the really nice albums I've posted is The Kairosingers' Of One Accord. I recently received an interesting response from Charlie Balsam (now Director of the Jason's Deli Leadership Institute): I am from Houston, but went to Lamar University, where I got involved with campus ministry. That is where the group met each other....the …
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organised brigandage? For, what are bands of brigands but petty kingdoms? They also are groups of men, under the rule of a leader, bound together by a common agreement, dividing their booty according to settled principle. If this band of criminals, by recruiting more criminals, acquires …
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From the 1662 Book of Common Prayer: O LORD, raise up (we pray thee) thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in running the race that is set before us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily …
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Anglicans Online notes that the Third Sunday in Advent is "Gaudete Sunday." If they want to bring it alive, one way is to feature Steeleye Span's (the 1970's British folk group that brought that genre of music alive to so many of us) version of the ancient Latin hymn, as you can see it below. …
An interesting thought, from Sherry Weddell at the Catherine of Siena Institute: In 1970, only 16% of non Catholic, non-Orthodox Christians qualified as renewalists. By 2000, 60% of Reformation heritage Christians in the world were renewalists. And a significant percentage of the remaining 40%, who would not formally qualify as renewalists, have nonetheless absorbed some …
I've been doing a little "Rocky Mountain High" in Colorado the last few days so I've not been blogging much, but during that time the whole Ponzi scheme of Bernard Madoff has broken. For most investors, smarting from the already gargantuan losses in the stock market, it doesn't have much impact (yet, at least.) But …
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From the 1662 Book of Common Prayer: O LORD Jesu Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee; Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of …
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I usually refer to posts like this as a "blast from the past," but I think you'll see why I don't in this case. I first posted this in 2005. One of the wonders of Christmas is that it's one of those things we do at the same time each year. As children, we're caught …
Ever since growing up in Palm Beach, I've always heard that Americans are hopeless, naïve "babes in the woods" on foreign policy because they're always pursuing some moral cause without reference to the realities of the situation. I was also told that we should emulate the Europeans in their more "realistic" and "sophisticated" approach to …
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Barack Obama has some ambitious plans for upgrading the U.S.'s infrastructure: President-elect Barack Obama said he’ll make the “single largest new investment” in roads, bridges and public buildings since the Eisenhower Administration to lift the sagging economy and create jobs. Obama, in his weekly radio speech today, said his plan to create or preserve 2.5 …
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