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Welcome Clergy Letter Project Members

Welcome Clergy Letter Project Members, For years, I have been sharing my passion for the importance of mystery, awe and wonder in faith and science, and indeed in all of life. I have maintained this website and added many resources through the years. I invite you to...

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Jesus Is the Yes!

I have written a short praise song, entitled Jesus is the Yes!, based on 2 Corinthians 1:20. For much of the past two years, we used the refrain as a Gospel Acclamation verse at the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour, Greenville, South Carolina, where I served as Interim...

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Honey, I Shrunk the Solar System

Honey, I Shrunk the Solar System

A Scale Model of the Solar System NOTE: At this scale, the next nearest star, Alpha Centauri, would be 6260 miles from the Sun! Also, at this scale, the Moon would be about 4 inches from the earth and would be a tiny ball about 1/32 of...

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Mystery, Awe and Wonder in Science

ARMSTRONG, NEIL Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand. Quoted in The Magnificent Desolation, IMAX. BOHR, NIELS Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it. Quoted by N.C. Panda, Maya in Physics, p. 73....

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Mystery, Awe and Wonder in Religion

AUTHOR UNKNOWN The trouble with most of us isn’t active or deliberate wickedness; it’s lethargy, absence of caring, lack of involvement in life. To keep our bodies comfortable and well-fed and entertained seems to be all that matters. But the more successful we are at...

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