Go, Discovery! Go! (STS-119)
After being dogged by several weeks of various delays, at 6:43 pm (CDT) this evening the shuttle Discovery lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and made a safe, flawless, and beautiful ascent to space. As is routine, in about an hour, the Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas, gave Discovery a ‘Go for orbital ops,’ meaning that . . .
STS-119 Launch
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Dehumanization and its Effects on Society
Over the weekend, NPR ran a story/review of Jonathon Littell's book, The Kindly Ones, which they describe as "the fictional first-person memoir of a cultured German who loves Bach, cherishes great literature — and also happens to be a former Nazi exterminator." Interestingly, the writeup on NPR's website focuses on the . . .
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Luther on Courage and Comfort
Where do you turn in time of anxiety, fear, or uncertainty? The world tends to turn to their accomplishments, their bank accounts, their talents, their vocations, their friends/family, their government, their (fill in the blank). At face value, these sorts of things might seem to make sense until we realize that someone can always . . .
Not Observing Lent? Then Why Celebrate Christmas?
Growing up in the Reformed tradition, we did not observe the season of Lent. As with crucifixes, vestments, and other traditions within the Christian church, Lent was simply 'too Catholic' to be observed within our circles. At first blush, I suppose such an objection may seem valid, but it really won't hold up to any . . .
