The title of this article is a quote from a favorite book of mine by Fr. Thomas Dubay, entitled The Evidential Power of Beauty: Science and Theology Meet (Ignatius Press: 1999). In it he discusses the vast wonder of the created world. He, more than anyone I’ve read, sees the natural world as a [...]
The famous Irish Poet John Keats (1795-1821) began his famous epic poem, Endymion, with the words of our title, "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." That observation certainly applies to the peacock featured in the video below, which needs no elaboration. Thanks to Sahar Saeed who originally posted this video on LinkedIn. [...]
And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams / call to the soul when man doth sleep, / so some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, / and into glory peep. ~Henry Vaughn, “They are all Gone into the World of Light” (Poetry Foundation) One of the wonders of science is the Periodic Table [...]