Free Bach organ works: http://www.blockmrecords.org/bach/ http://www.bach-fest.org/podcast.aspx#Schmidt I haven't listened to organ music much in the past, but this stuff is growing on me. For one that you have heard, try "Toccata & Fugue in D Minor BWV 565" from the second site (www.bach-fest.org). Thanks to: Cyberbrethren Grace and Peace
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Forget "White Christmas" and "Miracle on 34th Street." THE movie to watch for Christmas is "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians." (click for the movie at Google video) The Wikipedia article says this film "regularly appears on lists of the worst films ever made." It is so bad it is actually fun to watch. Internet Movie …
Wisdom from Sally Brown
I was looking for a quote from the "Peanuts" character Sally Brown. These are from her reports written for school: When writing about Church History, we have to go back to the very beginning. Our Pastor was born in 1930. This is my report on Rain. Rain is water which does not come out of …
A Montana Native’s Perception of New York City
A couple days ago I commented (click here) on a map of Montana printed by The New Yorker Magazine. (I got the map from Strange Maps). Those Easterners know that Montana has everything from militia groups to radical environmentalists, but they didn't know what part of the state to put them in. I was thinking …
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Prince Caspian trailer
The movie trailer for "Prince Caspian" can be found here. I'm looking forward to it; Disney did a good job of remaining faithful to the Christian elements of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. At the opposite end, Albert Mohler comments on the intensely anti-Christian fantasy "The Golden Compass" (which I will not bother …
Following Jesus
From the introduction to The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer: When the Bible speaks of following Jesus, it is proclaiming a discipleship which will liberate mankind from all man-made dogmas, from every burden and oppression, from every anxiety and torture which afflicts the conscience. If they follow Jesus, men escape from the hard yoke …
A different map of Montana
A few weeks ago I commented on the new geologic map of Montana. A beautiful work of art. Strange Maps has a map called Montana: The gorgeous mosaic: This map, from The New Yorker Magazine, is proof from once again that Easterners know nothing about Montana. The "obsessed environmentalists" are really concentrated around Missoula, in …
HIV/AIDS: A.B.C., S.L.O.W., or S.T.O.P.?
Christianity Today has an article on Kay Warren's framework for fighting HIV/AIDS. (Kay Warren is the Wife of Purpose Driven Life author Rick Warren). The article is HIV/AIDS: S.L.O.W. It Down, or S.T.O.P. It? The approach that has been promoted by many Christians in places like Africa is ABC --- A -- Abstinence B -- …
Divorce is bad for the environment
Divorce is bad for the soul. Divorce is bad for the children. Divorce is bad for the environment too. Headline on Yahoo News: Mother Nature feels the pain of divorce. Divorce can be bad for the environment. In countries around the world divorce rates have been rising, and each time a family dissolves the result …
For the Beauty of the Earth — Chapter 6
Chapter 6 of For the Beauty of the Earth by Steven Bouma-Prediger is "What kind of people ought we be?" In this chapter, the author develops seven ecological virtues: 1. Act so as to preserve diverse kinds of life. Biodiversity is an intended result of God's wise and orderly creative activity. Creatures exist to praise …
Unirii Day 2007
December 1 was the Romanian national holiday, Unirii Day, celebrating the unification of Transylvania with the rest of Romania at the end of World War I in 1918. The biggest celebration in Romania was at Piata Unirii (Unification Square), a twenty minute walk from our apartment. The highlight was the lighting of the "largest Christmas …
Feline diet program
Cat survives 19 days with jar on head
Despair.com
Welcome to The GeoChristian. Out of over 600 posts on my blog, this one on demotivational posters is the one people find most often via search engines. The purpose of The GeoChristian is twofold: 1. To enhance science literacy within the Evangelical Christian community. 2. To present a Biblical Christianity that is hostile to neither …
Stem cells from adult skin cells
This is very important news. After years of having abortion advocates and liberal politicians pushing embryonic stem cells on us---despite the greater promise all along of other stem cell techniques--- researchers have found a way to coax human adult skin cells to become stem cells. This takes care of both the ethical problems of using …
For the Beauty of the Earth — Chapter 5
Chapter 5 of For the Beauty of the Earth, by Steven Bouma-Prediger is called "How should we think of the earth? A theology and ethic of care for the earth." The most promising ecological ethic is one that asks not primarily, What do we need to do? but Who do we need to be? Neither …
BCA Seniors’ Personal Mission Statements
The seniors at Bucharest Christian Academy recently wrote personal mission statements, some of which are posted on BCA's Virtual Refrigerator site. Here is my oldest son's statement: Click here to see more statements. Grace and Peace
An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything
In Physics, we just finished a unit on Einstein's special theory of relativity. Relativity is counterintuitive at first, but most high school seniors can grasp the basic concepts once some groundwork is laid. After going through time dilation, length contraction, the twin paradox, and E=mc2, we took three days to watch "The Elegant Universe," a …
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Mass Movement Videos
I'm doing a section on mass movement in Earth Science, and showed a couple videos to introduce the topic: Landslide -- someone knew this one was coming, and were ready with cameras. Colorado debris flow -- a mixture of rock, soil, and water after heavy rains. Grace and Peace
Venus — Lightning, Solar Wind
The European Space Agency has animations of lightning on Venus and the interaction of Venus' atmosphere with the solar wind. Grace and Peace
Google Maps — Terrain
Google maps (maps.google.com) has added a "terrain" option. Until now, one could view maps, aerial images, or both together. Now there is a terrain option, which allows viewing of a shaded relief map. It looks pretty good; my only complaint is the green-yellow-brown-white color scheme they included with it. When viewing maps at a state-wide …
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