Space: The Final Frontier

Over the weekend, I went to see Hubble 3-D. It was beautiful. It follows the Hubble telescope program from launch, up through last year's maintenance. While it's really interesting to see the work that was done, the best stuff was the galaxies and nebulas that they showed.

Here's a picture taken from Hubble (not shown in the movie):



That's my God!

I'm reading a book.

I started reading a book. It's called The Importance of Being Foolish: How to Think Like Jesus, by Brennan Manning. It's been good so far. Brennan has all sorts of deep thoughts and has some really good ideas. As I read through it, I'm planning on sharing some quotes that have caught my eye. This first one is about truth. He opens the book talking about how disconcerting it was to see an angry saviour in the temple, clearing out the money-changers.

What is even more disconcerting is Jesus' relentless passion for the truth. In our society, where money, power, and pleasure are the name of the game, the body of truth is bleeding from a thousand wounds. Many of us have been lying to ourselves for so long that our comforting illusions and rationalizations have assumed a patina of truth; we clutch them to our hearts the way a child clutches a favorite teddy bear.

Viva La Biblia!

I was eating lunch today in the food court, and I over-heard a phone conversation that the gentleman next to me was having.  He used the word "Pentateuch."  It was awesome and I told him so.  Turns out he co-teaches a class on the Pentateuch.

 

Awesome.

Talk, Talk it Out

I've been thinking over the past few weeks about how we communicate with each other. I don't know about you, but I've had problems communicating to individuals in the past. Have you ever had that problem?

I've taken on some additional work responsibilities in the past few weeks which has really magnified this issue with communication. It is more important than ever that I'm communicating clearly and effectively to people. I'm spending hours on a single email to ensure that I'm communicating exactly what I want to say. This should improve over time, but it's a reflection of how important it is to me.

So this has got me thinking about how we all communicate. And I wonder how much we miss in our conversations with each other. What were people trying to tell me that I didn't fully comprehend? How often have people missed what you were trying to say?

To all those people who I didn't understand, I'm sorry. I'm working on being a better listener and a more effective communicator. I just need some time....