Dec 22, 2021 | Articles
A recent fine-grained archaeological study in the Southern Levant (Eastern Mediterranean region) by the University of Tel-Aviv has brought to light some startling, even disturbing facts about our human ancestors. It covered 58 prehistoric sites and sifted through 133...
Nov 30, 2021 | Articles
The Advent Season invites us to revisit the ancient foundations and look forward to a new Church Year. Having been drawn for the last three days into to birth narratives of Jesus, Barbara and I were touched this morning by Simeon’s prophecy. As he takes the infant...
Nov 24, 2021 | Articles
It is no secrete that many scientists are committed to the idea that scientific knowledge is the only knowledge there is. This “myth of objectivity” (as I call it) denies the presence of subjective experiences in their work such as fascination with the mystery they...
Nov 19, 2021 | Articles
Many elements of the universe whirl around us whose presence we neither see nor feel. Radio waves or Wi-Fi signals are good examples. One other source of great significance is the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. The CMBR is the brightest object in the universe...
Nov 10, 2021 | Articles
We commonly associate intelligence with advanced brain development, even with large (mammalian) brains of chimpanzees and dolphins, creatures well-known for their intelligence. Conversely, we do not expect intelligent behavior from tiny brains. Yet, the fauna of...
Nov 2, 2021 | Articles
When athletes hurl themselves into the air to perform a flip, the only force acting on them is gravity. But since gravity only affects their “center of mass,” it cannot apply forces in a way that changes the athlete’s spin. But the gymnasts can do that for themselves...
Oct 24, 2021 | Articles
· At the atomic level we encounter a phenomenon unknown elsewhere in the creation. Atoms are indestructible. Applying this understanding to the Incarnation, we cannot but make some surprising, unthought of, discoveries. Take the oxygen atoms of the air Jesus and the...
Sep 30, 2021 | Articles
In Cosmos and Revelation, I wrote on page 108: “An astonishing feature of this vast and complex cosmos is its underlying wholeness. What alerts us to this possibility is the absence of solid, measurable building blocks of matter when we look deeper into its structure,...
Sep 29, 2021 | Articles
In his paper to the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Nashville, TN, on November 22, 2000, Neil Douglas-Klotz drew attention to the limits of language when it comes to describing the modern discoveries science, a matter of great relevance for this...
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