Turn into almost any suburban street after dark and streetlights cast globs of light every 250 feet or so. Now imagine the streetlights gone, but in their place light emanates from every tree on the block. Not twinkling Christmas lights or mere specks of radiance, but trees that literally glow…  [more]

"And on the 8th day God looked down on His planned paradise and said, ‘I need a caretaker!’ So, God made a farmer." In an attempt to rekindle the buzz from their 2011 “Imported from Detroit” Super Bowl ad, Chrysler Group once again made a bold advertising move this year:…  [more]

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, there has been renewed debate over whether or not it’s responsible to continue to build in disaster-prone areas. “We can’t turn back the clock,” Dauphin Island Mayor Jeff Collier is quoted as saying in a recent New York Times article. Implicit in this remark…  [more]

“Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm…” Job 40:6 As I watched the International Space Station fly over Hurricane Sandy this morning, I found my eyes continually drawn to the arc of the earth. Who are we that You are mindful of us? From a cosmic point of view,…  [more]

A recent news item described how the occupants of a federal courthouse in Phoenix, Ariz., were upset by temperatures in a large atrium that can exceed 90 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. Certainly this level is outside the classic “comfort zone” used by engineers to design heating, ventilating and air-conditioning…  [more]