I've not been posting much, and that won't change until sometime in mid-August. We have been in 17 states in the past eight weeks (all by automobile), visiting supporters, supporting churches, family, and friends. Most of the time we have had dial-up internet access, or no access at all. We have plane tickets to return …
Month: July 2006
The Periodic Table of Desserts
Next time you are in Big Timber, Montana, stop at the Country Skillet Restaurant, where the back side of the dessert menu has a "Periodic Table of Desserts." Click on image to see details Grace and Peace
Bird Droppings Update
As I reported earlier, bird droppings survived the July 4th launch of the space shuttle Discovery. It turns out that they survived the fiery re-entry as well! My oldest son suggests that perhaps NASA should start making their heat-resistant tiles out of bird droppings instead. Grace and Peace
Life Goals
I was blessed today by being stranded while our minivan was in the repair shop. Being that we have only one car, I had no easy way to get "home" (we are staying with a family until we return to Romania and don't really have a home) so I spent the day at the public …
Evolution on the Galapagos Islands
From livescience.com: For the first time scientists have observed in real-time evolutionary changes in one species driven by competition for resources from another. In a mere two decades, one of Charles Darwin's finch species, Geospiza fortis, reduced its beak size to better equip itself to consume small sized seeds, scientists report in the July 14 …
Space Shuttle Discovery Videos
NASA has videos of the July 4th launch of the space shuttle Discovery. Links can be found at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html An interesting note: bird droppings survived the launch (but are unlikely to survive the fiery reentry). An interesting astrobiological investigation would be to take a sample of those in space, and to see if any bacteria …
EFCA Leadership Conference
Shirley and I recently attended the Evangelical Free Church of America Leadership Conference in Denver, and were greatly encouraged. The teaching was excellent, with a focus on the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. If we ever lose this focus on what Christ has done for us by his life, death, and resurrection, we will …
Rock Creek, Beartooth Mountains, Montana
We have been able to relax some while on our working vacation in Montana. This photo is of the glacial valley of Rock Creek, near Red Lodge in the Beartooth Mountains. This is a classic U-shaped glacial valley, featured in many introductory Earth Science textbooks (though usually from a different location). Note the hanging valley …
Noah’s Ark Found… Again?
I noticed posts on several Christian sites today regarding a group that claims they have discovered Noah's Ark in Iran. For example, World Magazine Blog had a post that said: A group of Christian archaeologists have discovered what they believe could be the remains of Noah's Ark. Climbing 13,000 feet up a mountain in Iran's …
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