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How to be humble

Posted on May 10, 2020     Leave a Comment

”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

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Stargazing woes

Posted on April 28, 2020     Leave a Comment

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 […]

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The Bible is to the Creed…

Posted on April 28, 2020     Leave a Comment

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 […]

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This and That

Posted on April 25, 2020     Leave a Comment

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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