Aren’t we supposed to be unfazed by this sort of thing? Aren’t we supposed to shrug it all off, attribute it to science and engineering and the sheer grit of the human psyche?   Isn’t it supposed to have more to do with willpower than wonder? We live in a post-Christian world now, don’t we?…

This guy’s not going to Disneyland. Not yet. Chilean miner Esteban Rojas, 44, gets on his knees to pray after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine, near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Rojas was the eighteenth of the 33 miners rescued from the mine after more than two months…

Well, whataya know? I got an email this morning from a reader, alerting me to this piece about Greg Hall, a Houston man who owns a drilling company involved in the rescue of the miners in Chile.  Greg Hall also happens to be a deacon candidate, scheduled to be ordained next year. That subject comes…

Some encouraging news out of Maryland this week, in the field of adult stem cell research and treatment: Nineteen-month-old Mason Shaffer has no qualms about somersaulting off a couch in his family’s Pennsylvania home. He’s equally fearless when exploring new surroundings or playing a spirited round of peek-a-boo with his mother. It’s a far cry…

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