Engaging the Mystery

“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are...

A Spark of Impenetrable Darkness

Like my fellow blogger Ian Lynch, I’m finding the current Darkwood Brew series “Evolving Science, Evolving Faith” more than a bit overwhelming. The latest episode with astronomer Grace Wolf Chase dealt with such incomprehensible numbers of stars and...

Earthlings

After watching this week’s episode of Darkwood Brew  I realized that my head can only hold so much information and still feel the magnitude of it all.  Eric spoke of demonstrating how many stars exist by using containers of Morton’s salt.  If each grain...

The Magic of Science and Faith

I held my breath while Chris held my hand as the sonographer started searching for life in my belly. Three months prior to that moment, I lay alone with the ER sonographer and I watched his face drop when he could find no heartbeat. I’d lost the baby. So, this time,...

What Hangs on the Big Bang?

I.  Incoming! On November 7, 1492, just before noon, a brilliant fireball exploded over Switzerland, leaving a fiery trail for over 100 miles before its 280 lb remains plunged three feet   into the ground across the border in an Alsatian wheat field outside the town...

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