Next Saturday night (September 29) we’ll have a full moon over Southern California. As the legend goes, a full moon means an increase in lycanthropy—more commonly known as werewolf transformations! Monster-movie fan Sandra finds plenty of theological meat to chew on while watching her favorite creature features (like 1941’s The Wolf Man). She explains, “Werewolves are both human and monster. In a sense, they outwardly represent the inward struggle we all have between our greatness and wretchedness (the imago Dei and our sin nature).” (more…)
Moon formation
September 21, 2012
Howling at the Moon
Posted by Maureen under Astronomy, Creation, Fine-Tuning, Intelligent Design, Moon, Moon formation, Salvation | Tags: full moon, God's fingerprints, purpose of creation, werewolves |1 Comment
August 31, 2012
Once in a Blue Moon
Posted by Sandra under Collision event, Earth's Atmosphere, Moon formation, Science in the News | Tags: Apollo 11, Apollo missions, blue moon, Fazale Rana, Hugh Ross, Neil Armstrong |1 Comment
On July 20, 1969, the world watched as the first human stepped onto the surface of the moon. Today, we scroll online news reports as the world remembers the man whose mission would become a part of history. (more…)
July 30, 2009
A Stark Beauty
Posted by Sandra under Collision event, Cosmology, Earthquakes, Moon, Moon formation | Tags: Brett Dennen. Neko Case, Further Seems Forever, moon landing, Music, Neil Armstrong, Songs about the moon, The Black Ghosts, The Get Up Kids, WE LANDED ON THE MOON! |[2] Comments
Two score and, oh, about a week and a half ago, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon.
Upon taking his first step on the Moon’s surface, he uttered the now famous words “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” But what he said next seems just as profound. “It has a stark beauty all its own.” (more…)