Ever since I‘ve been doing astrophotography, I’ve slowly gotten over my insecurities of showing my work to family and friends, mostly online. When I first got started, I was often troubled how my pictures seemed so drab compared to the ones I‘d see online by other amateurs, not even taking into account the work of…
”There is nothing like astronomy to pull the stuff out of man.His stupid dreams and red-rooster importance : let him count the star-swirls.” Robinson Jeffers
What an honour to have been nominated for a Writing Award by The Word Guild this year. I’ve been short-listed in the “Column” category for my Cross Connections column in Faith Today. Congratulations to all finalists! You can find the short list here. Thus ends one of the shortest word to hyperlink ratio posts I’ve…
When speaking about space and the universe, a term that often comes up is a “light year.” For those not familiar with astronomy, the term itself can be confusing. That’s because a light year is a measurement of distance, not of time. The concept of a light year is simple enough to understand: One light…
Over on Facebook right now, I’m participating in one of those memes where someone nominates you and you, in turn, nominate someone else to do the same. I usually don’t participate in those exchanges, but because a good friend nominated me, I thought, “That shouldn’t be hard! And it should be fun!” The challenge was…
I live in Ottawa. Despite how poor our skies generally are, there are quite a few astronomical enthusiasts I’ve met at the monthly Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) meetings I try to get to. I often marvel at their dedication to the hobby. They stay up all night, observing, writing in their notebooks, and…
I love the way Schaff describes the relationship of the Bible to a Creed: The Bible is the Word of God to man; the Creed is man’s answer to God. The Bible reveals the truth in the popular form of life and fact; the Creed states the truth in the logical form of doctrine. The…
For many years, I’ve maintained Theommentary, a place where I worked out ideas and made theological comment on whatever it was that was catching my attention day by day. It has been stale for awhile, but I have no intention of abandoning it. However, I wanted to start something where I was less worried about…
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David Guretzki, PhD 