Appearing suddenly like a pterodactyl from the age of the dinosaurs, the lumbering avian giant flew by at eye level, two meters above the narrow stream. It didn’t just part…
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With science replacing religion, and religion becoming a hollow imitation (or worse) of its former position and power in human civilization, the mad scientist trope has receded in movies and…
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One bright sunny Sunday morning as a senior in high school, I came downstairs and announced to my stunned parents that I wouldn’t be going to Mass that day or…
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Talked with a woman recently who had major surgery for a large but thankfully benign cyst. The mass was in a very delicate area, and three surgeons wouldn’t even perform…
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Talking to an unorthodox chaplain at the University of Victoria (UVic) in British Columbia recently, he stated his faith in that there is a higher intelligence operating in and on…
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World News – There is a point where I sometimes feel really bad for far left and right wingers and their thoughts about everything. This interview by Fox News with…
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Meditations – As Einstein discovered, matter is actually a dense form of energy, which can be converted into pure energy–the basis of nuclear fission and fusion. Thought is perhaps the…
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As a practicing contemplative and ‘fallen away Catholic,’ I’m both chagrined and amused by the new pope’s recent statement: “In the Curia, there are also holy people, really, there are…