Natural World & Laws

God’s Nature in the Mundane

By Jim Virkler / August 29, 2018

Published 8-29-2018 Mundane is a word with an interesting and varied meaning. Usually it connotes earthly, everyday, or commonplace as opposed to spiritual or heavenly. Sometimes it carries the meaning…

Birds–A Special Class

By Jim Virkler / August 8, 2018

Published 8-8-2018 Fantasize with us: If visitors from a faraway planet were to visit our Solar System, what would be their impression of our planet ? If our visitors have…

Buoyant Backyard Birds

By Jim Virkler / December 23, 2017

Published 12-23-2017 Our neighborhood in autumn is often full of riveting excitement. When we moved to this area in 2002, I pronounced it “bird heaven.” This judgment has not changed.…

Earth without Seasons

By Jim Virkler / October 27, 2017

Published 10-27-2017 Planet Earth’s annual sequence of seasons is a defining characteristic. Weather and climate manifestations are intricately related to conditions generated by our seasons. As we travel north or…

Sustained by Seasons

By Jim Virkler / October 20, 2017

Published 10-20-2017 The seasons of Planet Earth sustain humanity in several ways, including supplying emotional needs. Seasonal changes are enjoyable to many Earth residents, especially those who choose to live…

Hurricane Genesis

By Jim Virkler / September 17, 2017

Published 9-17-2017 Genesis: the origin or mode of formation. In the context of hurricanes, two of which devastated the Caribbean region and the US mainland in late summer 2017, we…

Pondering Hurricanes

By Jim Virkler / September 12, 2017

Published 9-12-2017 The onset of two deadly hurricanes in late August and early September 2017 broke a twelve year stretch of relative calm with respect to the most destructive Category…

Repeating Natural Wonders

By Jim Virkler / July 13, 2017

Published 7-13-2017 In ten years of our science/faith blog we have made 14 references to the unique monarch butterfly. Four entries were detailed personal family accounts of the monarch phenomenon.…

Particle Reality

By Jim Virkler / May 30, 2017

Published 5-30-2017 Our recent posts concerning air pressure did not address the sequence of scientific discoveries concerning the causes of air pressure. Only in the last two centuries were concepts…

Air Power

By Jim Virkler / May 24, 2017

Published 5-24-2017 Our choice of “Air Power” for this post evokes multiple images. Are we talking about military strategy, an aviation technology, or a cleverly named industry? Few search engines…

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