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A few follow-ups to the paleo-future post below: The sad and creepy world of Ray Kurzweil, a technological genius who in all likelihood is going to die a very unhappy man. A couple of obituaries, here and here, for Arthur C. Clarke. Clarke was probably the last of the great sci-fi writers who was formed…
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It was supposed to be here by now. Where are the domed climate-controlled cities? The self-maintaining houses? The undersea resorts? The satellite hotels? The intelligence pill? And most of all, where is my four-hour work day? I love stuff like this—images of the future as it was imagined in the past. There’s even a name…
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Due to various problems with my lightondarkwater.com email address, I'm switching to gmail. New address is maclin.horton (at) gmail.com. Or click on the "view profile" button and then on the "email me" button. By the way, spammers are a very low form of vermin. Our network administrator tells me that we receive on average 1,200,000…
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Believe It Or Not I think sometimes of a conversation in the mid-1970s that helped push me toward a decision when I was hearing the call to Christian faith, but was still undecided as to what it meant and what I would do about it. My friend was an intelligent and educated Christian (and probably…
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Holy Saturday is an odd time, intermediate and suspended. There's nothing happening liturgically (at least in this diocese) between the afternoon of Good Friday and the Easter Vigil late Saturday. I’m never quite sure what to do with myself. Should I go about my business as if it were any other Saturday? Presumably one should…
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Just a couple of liturgical thoughts after last night, intended more as observations than criticisms, because the service was, as I expected, excellent: (1) Romantic (meaning of the Romantic period) music doesn’t work as part of the liturgy. The Tenebrae service last night incorporated the Stations of the Cross, and for two of the stations…
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I can’t help feeling that there is something not quite right about looking forward with pleasure to a ceremony commemorating the betrayal and crucifixion of Christ. But I also can’t deny that I expect to enjoy the Tenebrae (“shadows”) service at our cathedral tomorrow night. It will be dignified, reverent, and beautiful, especially the music.…
