Author Archives: Kerry

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Torrance updates 2025-2026

Posted on November 23, 2025 by Kerry

November 21, 2025, TFT TF annual meeting, Boston, AAR: Annual meeting page Business meeting video Website report Keynotes (with videos) November 12-14, 2025, Torrance Retreat in Killin, Scotland: Retreat page (with audios) My talk: “Theology and science: Christian life as … Continue reading →

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Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics for Everyone

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Kerry

Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics (CD) is without doubt the most significant work of Christian theology of the 20th century. But at 8 million words and more than 12,000 pages in English translation, it’s a bit hard to wrap one’s head … Continue reading →

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Geology survey

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Kerry

Looking forward to the class visit tomorrow for the history of geology. Sections: Ancient Beginnings Plato; Aristotle; Seneca; Pliny. 16th-17th Centuries Georg Agricola; Kepler; Descartes; Burnet; Kircher; Steno. Fossils: Organic or Inorganic? Cesi and Stelluti; Steno; Woodward; Lhwyd; Beringer; Scheuchzer. … Continue reading →

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Charles Magruder III

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Kerry

My gentle giant cousin, Charles III, passed away last week. He could play the piano so beautifully. He rarely spoke, but the music poured forth his whole life. One of my early memories of him is when all us cousins … Continue reading →

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Stellar 2025

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Kerry

Welcome STELLAR educators and the NASA Educator Resource Center! “Why did not somebody teach me the constellations, and make me at home in the starry heavens, which are always overhead, and which I don’t half-know to this day?” — Thomas … Continue reading →

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Love Remembers

Posted on July 27, 2025 by Kerry

In this latest episode of his YouTube series, “A Spell in the Library,” Malcolm reads and muses upon “The Healing of Harms,” the final chapter of The Silver Chair. The passage includes a poignant scene where Jill and Eustace find … Continue reading →

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Refugees

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Kerry

“You shall not wrong or oppress a resident alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 22:21) “You shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD … Continue reading →

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HPG Division sessions at GSA

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Kerry

Update: All sessions made and will proceed at the Geological Society of America’s annual conference in San Antonio. Here’s the announcement I posted on the discussion list for the History, Philosophy, and Geoheritage Division: The Connects 2025 program is now … Continue reading →

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Psalm 139 in crystals

Posted on July 11, 2025 by Kerry

He was talking to me when I glanced at the wall. All of a sudden I wanted to sit down and weep… Time seemed to stop, or I wished that it would. Now more than a month later in my … Continue reading →

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Galileo’s Inclined Plane

Posted on July 11, 2025 by Kerry

OU Inclined Plane The Galileo Inclined Plane working replica that was expertly crafted by Ron Mitchell for the OU Galileo’s World exhibit back in 2015 is urgently in need of a new home. It is a beautiful work of art … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday, Mom

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Kerry

Sue Magruder, 1932-2021

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Speak their names

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Kerry

PDFs: Key to Blessing lyrics | Liturgy Enter the wild with care, my love And speak the things you see Let new names take and root and thrive and grow… Our 18-month-old grandson was touring wild areas of Washington and … Continue reading →

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