The blog of a Cuban who became an Eastern Orthodox priest.
Over the last 30 years, a quiet revolution has been taking place. Among black teenagers, the rate of church attendance has been steadily rising since the mid 1990's while white teenage church attendance has been very flat. Almost one out of two black … [Continue reading]
"Numbers are the universal language given to us by the deity as confirmation of the truth." ~ St. Augustine Numbers are interesting. Provided that you know the base number, you can do an infinite number of calculations. Much of reality can be … [Continue reading]
Feast: November 30 Â [The acts of this apostle's martyrdom, though rejected by Tillemont, &c., are maintained to be genuine by Nat. Alexander, Hist. t. i. and by Mr. Woog, professor of history and antiquities in Leipsic, in learned … [Continue reading]
Here are the answers to my "Three Laws of Robotics" quizz in a previous post. I have not forgotten or ignored some of the questions yet to be answered, however, Thanksgiving, heading into the weekend have kept me quite well occupied. I should be able … [Continue reading]
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own … [Continue reading]
Today is not a day to discuss theology or politics or disagreements, but a day to give thanks and to acknowledge that what we have we have in spite of ourselves (see earlier posts). In that spirit, let me simply post President Bush's Thanksgiving … [Continue reading]
There is a wonderful series of stories published by G.K. Chesterton that have to do with a Roman Catholic priest in England who solves mainly murder mysteries. His name is Father Brown. It is a series that I highly recommend and has been published … [Continue reading]
"Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision." -- G.K. Chesterton I replied to a comment made on something I wrote on another blog and I thought the answer was worth posting … [Continue reading]
On another blog I read the following C.S. Lewis quote: “We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is ‘good,’ because it is good, if ‘bad’ because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our … [Continue reading]
One of my favorite Thanksgiving hymns, though the Eastern Orthodox do not sing it, is "We gather together." I think it is a hymn that mixes together both the aspect of Thanksgiving and the idea that God does work with us to guide us and to chasten us … [Continue reading]
