Monthly Archives: August 2013

Out of the Fire: On Leaving Roman Catholicism 5 (From Dust to Redemption)

Posted on August 21, 2013 by pbn

Phyllis Nissila “There’s never an end to dust and dusting,” my aunt would say as her rag, like a thunderhead, scudded across the yellow oak of her little house. There she lived seventy years with a ball of compulsion closed … Continue reading →

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On “WIKIs” and Truth (Commentary/Devotional)

Posted on August 17, 2013 by pbn

Phyllis Nissila WIKI BRAIN? I was listening to an interview with a futurist, a person who makes his living predicting and estimating life ten, twenty, even a thousand years from now. As opposed to many people in these days of … Continue reading →

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The God Pod (Devotional)

Posted on August 4, 2013 by pbn

Phyllis Nissila NOWHERE TO HIDE? Remember HAL? The computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey that displayed the technological quantum leap to artificial intelligence—with attitude? Remember the following exchange? On receiving ship’s captain Dave’s request to open the pod bay doors … Continue reading →

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