Folding Circles
Bradford Hansen-Smith believes the simple activity of folding circles provides a rich learning experience, observations that occur within the greatest context, and discoveries that have profound meaning. Consider the Source
3D Printing with Cells
Anthony Atala asks, “Can we grow organs instead of transplanting them?” His lab at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine is doing just that — engineering over 30 tissues and whole organs.
Positive Qualities – Rascally & Sapid
Dear Seekers, You could be better than you are You could be riding on a star. — Jimmy Van Heusen (1913-1990) Composer It is often about degree. We humans are famous for overdoing it. Once we do, it is often an impulse to control our appetites. A little bit of a Rascally attitude will go … Read more
Revitalizing an Addled Christianity
The teachings of Jesus, even though greatly modified, survived the mystery cults of their birthtime, the ignorance and superstition of the dark ages, and are even now slowly triumphing over the materialism, mechanism, and secularism of the twentieth century. And such times of great testing and threatened defeat are always times of great revelation. Religion … Read more
Are Peace and Harmony Attainable?
Quite often, men of the world refer to believers as troublemakers; as Ahab called Elijah a “troubler of Israel” (1 Kings 18:16-18). Interestingly, Jesus might appear more of a troublemaker than a peacemaker, as people could not agree about him. Jesus explains, “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did … Read more
Past Masters at Present Imperfect
“We cannot predict what Protestants and Catholics will be fighting about in a hundred years from now. Only that, on past form, they will be fighting about something.” The first thing that would strike a time-traveller from the 1970s is how secular the protests in Belfast, Northern Ireland are; suggesting that what is still with … Read more
Bridges Across an Impossible Divide
Marc Gopin of George Mason University explores what makes peacemakers tick in Bridges Across an Impossible Divide. The book emanates from the “Unusual Pairs” film project, a series of videos that focuses on Israeli and Palestinian partners in the quest for peace. The narrative unfolds in the words of the peacemakers themselves as they search … Read more
Get to Know Your Neighbors
A new book that tells a story set in war-torn Iraq sends a straightforward message applicable to everyday Americans: Get to know your neighbors. Greg Barrett, who worked in The Charlotte Observer’s Rock Hill bureau in the early 1990s, recently spoke at Covenant Presbyterian Church, where he told the story of his book “The Gospel … Read more
Ranking the Colleges Producing the Most Peace Corps Volunteers
For the past decade, the Peace Corps has released an annual ranking of the top large, medium and small schools that graduate students who then serve overseas for a little more than two years. The organization, an independent U.S. government agency that has been around for more than 50 years, has more than 8,000 volunteers … Read more
Formlabs Form 1 3D Desktop Printer
Most 3D printers use a technique called extrusion, through which the printer melts plastic and lays it down in layers to create a 3D object. But the Form 1 features stereolithography, which uses a laser to cure liquid resin into microscopic layers, resulting in much more precise creations. For $3,300, the Form 1 package includes … Read more