God, Not Man, Makes Climate
Bob Kurland
August 6, AD2023
23 Comments
“When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of
Christmas, Hanukkah,
and Strange Physics:
the Theology of Light
Bob Kurland
December 20, AD2022
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This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness
Prayer and Recovery:
Step 11 and Catholic Teaching
Bob Kurland
November 12, AD2022
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Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood him, praying only for knowledge of his will for us
Grace and the 12 Steps:
the Cup that Sanctifies Replaces the Cup that Stupefies
Bob Kurland
May 4, AD2022
4 Comments
“Never be too hard on the man who can’t give up drink. It’s as hard to give up the drink as it is to raise
The Easter Vigil Story:
First Reading, The Creation
Bob Kurland
April 16, AD2022
2 Comments
INTRODUCTION Before the Covid lockdowns, I had the privilege of being a lector for the Easter Vigil Mass at our local nursing home. The nun
Love Your Enemies? It’s Hard!*
Bob Kurland
March 25, AD2022
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“ Ye have heard that it hath been said, ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.’ But I say unto you, Love your
Join Our Suffering with Christ’s
Bob Kurland
March 4, AD2022
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The witnesses of the Cross and Resurrection of Christ have handed on to the Church and to mankind a specific Gospel of suffering. The Redeemer
The Four Kinds of Love
Bob Kurland
February 1, AD2022
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One definition of “love”: In religious use: the benevolence and affection of God towards an individual or towards creation; (also) the affectionate devotion due to
Jewish Roots of the Catholic Tree
Bob Kurland
January 21, AD2022
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And if some of the branches be broken off [i.e. the Jews], and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and
Christ Be Our Light!
Hanukkah, Christmas and Physics:
The Theology of Light
Bob Kurland
November 28, AD2021
11 Comments
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness
Memento Mori II:
Will there be a Rainbow Bridge?
Bob Kurland
November 2, AD2021
1 Comment
“One day we will again see our animals in the eternity of Christ.” attributed to Pope Paul VI, consoling a boy who had lost his
God, Beauty, Symmetry in Science
Bob Kurland
October 3, AD2021
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Now, may our God be our hope. He Who made all things is better than all things. He Who made all beautiful things is more
Abortion and Science:
Life Begins at Conception
Bob Kurland
September 5, AD2021
5 Comments
“Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and it remains for ever in a special relationship with
Can a Faithful Catholic Believe in Science?
Bob Kurland
August 21, AD2021
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Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other into a wider
Extraterrestrial Life:
A Catholic Perspective;
Part 2: Ways to Search;
SCS Conference 2021
Bob Kurland
July 26, AD2021
7 Comments
Be confident small immortals. You are not the only voice that all things utter, nor is there eternal silence in the places where you cannot
The Theology of Science-Fiction:
Some Speculative Fiction Gospels*
Bob Kurland
April 6, AD2021
19 Comments
…when I was not prey to the temptations of this world, I devoted my nights to imagining other worlds. … There is nothing better
Addiction: A Rocky Road to Faith
Bob Kurland
June 27, AD2020
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Be not afraid of faith: some are born with faith, some achieve faith, and some have faith thrust upon them (with apologies to William Shakespeare,Twelfth
Faith in Science and Faith in God
Bob Kurland
May 30, AD2020
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I’ve wondered, since my conversion, why some found it so much harder to believe in God than in Science. When I was younger in college,
Why Catholics Can Believe in Evolution:
Part II: Adam and Eve Were Given Souls
Bob Kurland
March 29, AD2020
11 Comments
At the Easter Vigil, the journey along the paths of sacred Scripture begins with the account of creation. This is the liturgy’s way of telling
How to Listen to God:
The Oxford Group’s Two-way Prayer
Bob Kurland
January 8, AD2020
2 Comments
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind
Mathematics, the Language God Talks:
A Reflection on the Nature of Reality
Bob Kurland
November 24, AD2019
3 Comments
[Feynman] “Do you know calculus?” [Wouk]”I admitted that I didn’t.” [Feynman]”You had better learn it…It’s the language God talks.” —Herman Wouk, conversation with Richard Feynman
How did life begin?
Bob Kurland
November 17, AD2019
10 Comments
A MOST IMPORTANT UNANSWERED QUESTION Here’s a question that science has asked and not yet definitively answered: “How did life on earth begin some 3.6
