Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
...I pray that all those whom I have tried to help...may rise beyond it. I shall not say only beyond my thoughts, which are nothing, but beyond all that may be presented to them by the ministry of man. And in listening only to what God tells them in their hearts concerning this prayer, I …
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Table of Contents and Overview for At the Inlet | Information and ordering instructions for all of our fiction Hurricanes were a fact of life on the Island; around the turn of the month the Serelians faced one coming up on their coast. Since Serelia and Serelia Beach were on a coral ridge, they were …
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In case you were bothered by this post, perhaps you will prefer this story: A Japanese company (Toyota ) and an American company (General Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River. Both teams practised long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese won by a …
The many disparaging remarks by Anglicans/Episcopalians on both sides about Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams' "sabbatical" are largely unjustified. Williams has made his share of mistakes, but the chasm between the orthodox and revisionists in the Anglican Communion is probably unbridgeable. It is reminiscent of a remark made about the Revolutions of 1848 that equally …
Our last video in the More Than Dreams series is that of Mohammed, who comes from Nigeria. Click here for the trailer for the series.
Something about the U.S. that's worth repeating: "I am convinced that the future of America is rosier than people claim - I've been hearing about its imminent decline ever since I started reading. Take the following puzzle. Whenever you hear or read a snotty European presenting his stereotypes about Americans, he will often describe them …
The wounding of U.S. Army Chaplain Barron K. Wester in Iraq is a reminder that there are no "noncombatants" in either physical warfare, or spiritual warfare for that matter. His account of his wounding says it all: Our unit has been in the process of setting up new forward outposts in the heart of Baghdad. …
Table of Contents and Overview for At the Inlet | Information and ordering instructions for all of our fiction Norman Cameron came into his office very early one morning later in the week. He was expecting a special visitor who wanted to speak with him in confidence. He heard a knock on his door, and …
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Back in 2000 there was a funeral for Nadezhda Shatova, a Ukrainian Pentecostal living in California. As noted below, on the surface there wasn't anything extraordinary about it. But one of her relatives shared the testimony about their lives--and the persecutions they suffered in the old Soviet Union--and this account was put into the piece …
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This week's instalment in the series More Than Dreams is the story of Khosrow, from Iran. Click here for the trailer for the series.
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