Category Archives: Events

Computer Revolutions

Computer Revolutions labels (draft) Computer Revolutions photos It’s been a delight to select materials and write the labels for Computer Revolutions, an exhibit in Bizzell Memorial Library, University of Oklahoma. We expect to have installation completed before the first home … Continue reading

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No Ordinary People

The C. S. Lewis Center of Sterling College (Kansas) is hosting a conference, “No Ordinary People,” March 26-27, 2026. It kicks off with an evening presentation by Dan Hamilton Thursday evening, and features a keynote by Nathan King on Friday … Continue reading

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Letter to OTA

Dear Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, I and my family live in the proposed path of the North-South Connector near 60th SE and Lindsey in a beautiful wooded neighborhood of 60 homes on 2½ acre lots that has been here for 50 … Continue reading

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Leland Graves III (1959-2024)

Obituary Celebration of Life service (video) Some examples of Lee’s photography on Kitti Carriker’s blog. I heard the news of Lee’s passing only after the memorial service had already taken place. Laura woke up last Monday morning with the song … Continue reading

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The Genius of George MacDonald Conference

2024 is the 200th anniversary of George MacDonald’s birth (1824-1905). Sponsored by Drexel University and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, the “Genius of George MacDonald” conference will close the bicentennial year which has been celebrated in numerous events throughout … Continue reading

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Turn the page

Kamala Harris has earned my deep admiration and respect. I’m so happy and proud to be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. She is my favorite presidential candidate since Bush 41 in 1988. I’m delighted to vote … Continue reading

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Chad and Mary

I’m so glad that I was asked to officiate the wedding of Chad and Mary on August 31, 2024, at beautiful Klondike Park in west St. Charles County. Here’s the script (PDF). Prayers and blessings for Chad and Mary! Procession … Continue reading

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Marilyn B. Ogilvie Celebration

Above: Marilyn B. Ogilvie, portrait by Mike Wimmer in the Marilyn B. Ogilvie Room, Bizzell Memorial Library, 5th floor, University of Oklahoma History of Science Collections. Marilyn B. Ogilvie, a specialist on women in science, served as the second curator … Continue reading

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Galileo and the Church

Watch at Vimeo | Download slides/script PDF This coming Wednesday, May 3, 2023, I’m looking forward to speaking at McFarlin Methodist Church here in Norman on Galileo and the Roman Church. This post is a landing page for resources related … Continue reading

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Starstruck Tonight

Starstruck Tonight, draft version (1 hr, 5 mins) Thursday night, April 27, at 6pm, Candace and I presented a virtual program for the Pioneer Library network. Here’s the event page. My thanks to Pioneer Library and Librarian Catherine Wahpeconiah for … Continue reading

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Twitter note

Over Thanksgiving break, I decided to quit Twitter. I don’t want to follow the Musk melodrama, nor become invested in the platform given its current instability, nor subject myself to the disruption of threads of people I follow due to … Continue reading

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I’ll remember this day

Such a strange feeling this memorable day brings. I received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on the same day we passed the milestone of half a million deaths from Coronavirus in the United States — in only a … Continue reading

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