My short story, A Circle of Cypresses, has just been published in the new issue of Dappled Things.
Good FridayWe’re so used to just repeating texts from the Gospels this time every year, we can forget how much more startling art can be. Imagine what a satellite might have snapped about 1,979 years ago. I’ve always found this tech art (by the Glue Society), haunting.
Stanley Jaki, physicist, priest, author and teacher: 1924 – 2009One of my favorite historians of science, Fr. Jaki, has passed away, at age 84. After lecturing last week in Rome he went to Spain for further meetings and succumbed to a heart attack. Jaki was a Gifford Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, 1974-75 and… Continue reading
Reality CheckI want to follow up on Siris’ post about the problem with blogging, especially the danger of blogging too much about just one subject (i.e., politics, religion, one branch of science). I think his points are well taken. It goes without saying, of course, that losing a sense of perspective can include losing your… Continue reading
Oh, boy. I’m with Brandon on this one. El PZoid hits the nail on the head: Feelings of transcendence exist, and no one denies it. Those feelings seem to be rather easily triggered by a whole host of phenomena, from a focal seizure to a morning in ritual to a beautiful sunset. We don’t neglect… Continue reading