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“Christmas Sermon for Pagans”: Viewpoints, Nature; and Hope

One, maybe two, articles by C. S. Lewis reappeared about a half-dozen years back. Not that they’d been invisible. Collectors had the articles in their copies of The Strand Magazine, but “A Christmas Sermon for Pagans” and “Cricketer’s Progress” hadn’t … Continue reading

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Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A: Cool Images of Hot Gas

Webb’s high-resolution cameras are showing details that scientists have never seen before. That’s what I started talking about this week.

But the Cassiopeia A supernova’s underwhelming appearance, or maybe non-appearance, reminded me of famines, coffeehouses, and other malign menaces. Continue reading

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Advent Sunday: Kyrie, Then Death

Several dozen students in the Islamic City of Marawi were allowed to start their First Sunday of Advent Mass in a university gymnasium. Then, when they got to the Lord, have mercy part, a bomb went off. Continue reading

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Advent: Remembering, Being Vigilant, Doing My Job

Quite a bit has changed over the last couple millennia. And some things haven’t. One of the things that hasn’t changed is human nature: which is good news and bad news, depending on how I look at it. I’d started … Continue reading

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Holiday Season 2023: Here We Go Again

Advent doesn’t start for another week, but my country’s Christmas season is already off to a running start. I’ve mentioned Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Buckster Bunny and “I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas” before. Maybe I will again, but not … Continue reading

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