tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post114887037715645267..comments2023-11-04T00:19:12.362+11:00Comments on I'm ramblin' again: A Post Dedicated to Connie Coulianos of NYCJustinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04773963984084893424noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post-1149665771968007322006-06-07T17:36:00.000+10:002006-06-07T17:36:00.000+10:00As to who caused the big bang--just a couple weeks...As to who caused the big bang--just a couple weeks ago a team of scientists led by Dr. Abhay Ashtekar at University of Pennsylvania published the resutls of their research in which they describe a viable mathematical model for the existence of our universe before the "Big Bang", except that it was contracting rather than expanding, thus leading them to rename the Big Bang the "Big Bounce". You can read about it here: http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1646206.htm<BR/>Sounds fascinating. By the Way, have you read about the infinite tortoise theory? It's mentioned in Hawking's Brief History of Time. Very entertaining stuff.Benjamin Adyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325520894212279303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post-1149199139184444652006-06-02T07:58:00.000+10:002006-06-02T07:58:00.000+10:00ahh! Now it all makes sense. I was looking throu...ahh! Now it all makes sense. I was looking through your other poosts and the grandparents and cousins in Georgia had confused me.Priscillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17112988669895238674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post-1149187026153838012006-06-02T04:37:00.000+10:002006-06-02T04:37:00.000+10:00Hi Priscilla,My story is somewhat similar.I am an ...Hi Priscilla,<BR/><BR/>My story is somewhat similar.<BR/><BR/>I am an Australian. I grew up in Sydney. I'd best be described as an evangelical and orthodox believing Anglican. I went to seminary at Moore College in Sydney. While I was there, I become good friends with a couple of Americans. One of them got married to his long term American girlfriend in the States in 98. I came for the wedding, and met there the bride's sister. I married her two years later in Atlanta. <BR/><BR/>We then lived 6 years serving in Sydney. My wife is now a dual citizen as are our kids.<BR/><BR/>But I accepted a call to our new position in NYC this year.<BR/><BR/>Hope that helps.<BR/><BR/>Good to have another New Yorker in my Blog world.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773963984084893424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post-1149185477775103882006-06-02T04:11:00.000+10:002006-06-02T04:11:00.000+10:00ok...I am confused. Are you originally from Austr...ok...I am confused. Are you originally from Australia or the U.S?Priscillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17112988669895238674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post-1149183973240554892006-06-02T03:46:00.000+10:002006-06-02T03:46:00.000+10:00Hi Justin,I read about your connection to Australi...Hi Justin,<BR/><BR/>I read about your connection to Australia in your bio. I get it now.<BR/><BR/>A few years ago we had a young couple (Ruth and Colin) come intern with us from Cairns, Australia. We made wonderful friends with them and miss them! In return...our church sent a group of 4 to Cairns (aside from children) to do ministry there. Anyway...they all returned home eventually....except one of the single girls had fallen in love with an Aussie...so he came here, married her and took her back to Cairns. (Hey....it's the risk you take when you get into ministry!)<BR/><BR/>Anyway...the other girl who was also single, got married since her return and convinced her husband to return with her, this time to Melbourne area...to do more ministry with Ruth and Colin. They just got there and are supposed to return in about a year and a half. You can find their link on my blog page. (Chris and Liz)<BR/><BR/>Well...that is my limited connection with Australia.<BR/><BR/>Oh...I live in upstate NY...about a 6 hour drive from NY city. I live in the beautiful and rural Finger Lakes Region. Make sure to visit places in NY state other than NY city....there is so much more! Whenever I tell people from anywhere else in the world that I live in NY...they automatically think I live in NY city.Priscillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17112988669895238674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post-1149181200064017022006-06-02T03:00:00.000+10:002006-06-02T03:00:00.000+10:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Priscillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17112988669895238674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post-1149121142410028252006-06-01T10:19:00.000+10:002006-06-01T10:19:00.000+10:00Those letters are pretty sweet!Those letters are pretty sweet!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post-1148967131587072102006-05-30T15:32:00.000+10:002006-05-30T15:32:00.000+10:00PS Hi Justin - Sydney is the poorer to have lost y...PS Hi Justin - Sydney is the poorer to have lost your gentle wit and insight. Enjoying your blog.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post-1148967063993418112006-05-30T15:31:00.000+10:002006-05-30T15:31:00.000+10:00Surely the point is that neither letter cuts the m...Surely the point is that neither letter cuts the mustard? The second letter as parody of the first merely negates it, rather than providing any additional ground for being Christian. While this helpfully shows the limits of understanding discoverable in either approach (or at least the limits of a secondary teacher to explain either satisfactorily to a 12 year old...), it simply provides a mirror for recognition: my belief in science is as silly (or as coherent) as my belief in God. As such, perhaps it is an invitation to further thinking on the matter, over against the closure of thought with which both letters conclude (the first seriously, the second, hopefully in jest!).byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post-1148950076048686472006-05-30T10:47:00.000+10:002006-05-30T10:47:00.000+10:00James Says: Thats Gold.<B>James Says:</B> Thats Gold.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140583488910081140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post-1148885601518649372006-05-29T16:53:00.000+10:002006-05-29T16:53:00.000+10:00love those letters justin - amusing yet also scari...love those letters justin - amusing yet also scarily real hey! Love how straighforward it all is in the second one.<BR/>...it also reminds me of what Scotty said in the TC talk on sunday - just how we cant know all the answers so why not trust and have a relationship with the God who does?!<BR/>Makes sense to me! heheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com