As Hannah Wilberforce aunt of British abolitionist William Wilberforce lay dying she wrote a letter in which she mentioned hearing about the death of a fellow believer in Jesus ldquo Happy is the dear man who is gone to glory now in the presence of Jesus whom unseen he loved My heart seemed to jump for joy rdquo Then she described her own situation ldquo Myself better and worse Jesus as good as ever rdquo Her words make me think of Psalm where David writes ldquo Even though I walk through the darkest valley the valley of the shadow of [... more]

Imagine life without mobile phones Wi-Fi GPS Bluetooth devices or microwave ovens That rsquo s the way it is in the little town of Green Bank West Virginia known as ldquo the quietest town in America rdquo It rsquo s also the location of the Green Bank Observatory the world rsquo s largest steerable radio telescope The telescope needs ldquo quiet rdquo to ldquo listen rdquo to naturally occurring radio waves emitted by the movement of pulsars and galaxies in deep space It has a surface area larger than a football field and stands in the center of the National [... more]