It Does Not Illustrate

This past summer, the great American painter, Cy Twombly, who had lived in Italy since the 1950’s, died at the age of 83. As an artist he was difficult to Continue reading →

Feeling and Believing

A recent article in the science section of the New York Times reported on the research of a team of cognitive neuroscientists who discovered that “ballet lovers may ‘truly feel Continue reading →

Another Earth

NASA recently announced the discovery by the Kepler space telescope of a planet 600 light years from Earth that is situated in the middle of the habitable zone of a Continue reading →

Degrees of Separation

The just released results of a study conducted by researchers at Facebook and the University of Milan found that the average number of acquaintances separating any two people in the Continue reading →

Contemplating Infinity

I’ve been spending more time with the children; visiting them in the classrooms, the nursery, and on the playground. During fellowship after services many of them seek me out. I Continue reading →

Carved in Stone

The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan on the afternoon of March 11th triggered the largest tsunami to hit the islands in over a thousand years, causing over $200 billion Continue reading →

Empty Energy

A few years ago while driving a U-Haul from New York to Chicago I encountered some bad weather in Pennsylvania. Already tired from loading the truck I knew that if Continue reading →

Take the Plunge

In her best-selling book, Bossy Pants, Tina Fey, the award winning comedian, writer, actor, and producer looks back on her career beginning with her days doing comedy improvisation with Chicago’s Continue reading →

Drinking from the Spring

I grew up in northern Wisconsin on the dairy farm my grandparents started after settling on land that before their arrival had been a white pine forest, home to Chippewa Continue reading →

Melting Our Illusions

As the temperature of the Earth continues to rise, the world’s glaciers and snow fields are melting at a faster pace. The phenomenon of global warming is having a direct Continue reading →