Sun and Shield

Musings on science, the Bible, and fantastic literature (and sometimes basketball and other stuff).
God speaks to us through the Bible and the findings of science, and we should listen to both types of revelation.
The title is from Psalm 84:11.
The Wikipedia is usually a pretty good reference. I mostly use the World English Bible (WEB), because it is public domain. I am grateful.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Happy Birthday, C. S. Lewis!

Clive Staples (Jack) Lewis , was born on this date in 1898, in Belfast, Ireland. He also died in November, on the same day that U. S. Presid...

Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: In case you were planning to commit a murder, Slate has...

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, by Alan Garner

I recently re-read Alan Garner's The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (see here for a brief Wikipedia article on the book). The book I have ...

Monday, November 26, 2007

"No more sea" -- is John the Revelator telling the whole story?

John begins his description of the new heavens and new earth with this statement: "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the firs...

Sunday, November 25, 2007

"Head of Thy Church, Whose Spirit Fills," by Charles Wesley

This year is the 300th anniversary of Charles Wesley's birth. Wesley wrote many hymns. One that I have never heard is "Head of Thy...

Friday, November 23, 2007

I'm thankful for vibration

I'm thankful for vibration. Why? Here's why. Vibration makes it possible for waves to exist. Something vibrates up and down, or b...

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Sunspots 136

Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: I have recently found "Quintessence of Dust,"...

Monday, November 19, 2007

"The Golden Compass:" more on Pullman

The Golden Compass is a film scheduled to open in theaters on December 7th. There are Christians who are up in arms about Pullman's mil...

Dare I say it? I'm thankful for carbohydrates

I'm thankful for carbohydrates! I know, carbohydrates have gotten a rather bad reputation. There have been fashionable diets that tried...

Sunday, November 18, 2007

"Depth of Mercy, Can There Be," by Charles Wesley

This year is the 300th anniversary of Charles Wesley's birth. Wesley wrote many hymns. One that I have never heard is "Depth of Mer...

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Sunspots 134

Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: The Onion tells us that Fall has been cancelled . Pol...

Sunday, November 11, 2007

What Shall I Do, My God to Love? by Charles Wesley

This year is the 300th anniversary of Charles Wesley's birth. Wesley wrote many hymns. One that I have seldom heard is "What Shall ...

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Sunspots 133

Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: This amazing statement: I also don’t think that there ...

Monday, November 05, 2007

More on The Golden Compass

I recently posted about The Golden Compass , an upcoming movie based on a book by Philip Pullman. It's not out yet, but there's som...

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Thou God of Glorious Majesty, by Charles Wesley

This year is the 300th anniversary of Charles Wesley's birth. Wesley wrote many hymns. One that I have never heard is "Thou God of ...

Saturday, November 03, 2007

What influences the political choices of Christians? Immigration as an issue

A recent poll of likely Republican voters in South Carolina, my state, indicated that illegal immigration is the most important issue to s...

Thursday, November 01, 2007

Travel hiatus coming

God willing, we will be traveling soon. I don't expect to post much, except, perhaps, a Sunspots or two, and another hymn of Charles Wes...

The origin of humans (and a little about the meanings of "evolution")

I have recently discovered a pretty good attempt to differentiate among the meanings of evolution , by Steve Martin, of "An Evangelica...

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Sunspots 132

Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: Seen on a tee-shirt: "I'd put something clever h...

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

The Golden Compass is an upcoming movie , based on a book by Philip Pullman. There is apparently an e-mail campaign, aimed at telling Chr...

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Martin LaBar: I have retired from teaching science at Southern Wesleyan University. That's my wife with me in the picture.

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