Passages and Patterns of Paschal Faith

(Except) The Roman Catholic Rite for the Christian Initiation of Adults has been a marvelous instrument for facilitating liturgical renewal throughout the church. Its culmination in the celebration of the paschal feast has contributed mightily to making the Easter vigil the primary liturgical event of the church year. The rite has also helped us to recover the emphasis on the unitary nature of the sacraments of initiation: baptism-confirmation-communion, all celebrated in sequence at the paschal feast. The RCIA can also provide us a perspective from which to examine the formation and transformation of paschal faith. What makes it such a useful perspective for such an examination is that there is such a clear line of differentiation between the before and after of adult initiation, and the term we most often use to make that line of demarcation is conversion. Before the sacraments of initiation comes the training of the catechumenate, climaxing in the Lenten cycle prior to the paschal feast. After Easter comes the mystagogy of post-baptismal catechesis, unpacking the meaning of the sacramental life of the church for the new converts to enable them to reflect on the mysteries they are now experiencing from within the full fellowship of the redeemed

Stochastic particle acceleration in solar flares

It is proposed that particles during the second phase of solar flares are accelerated by stochastic resonant scattering off hydromagnetic waves and first order Fermi acceleration in shock waves generated in the impulsive phase of the flare. Solutions allow arbitrary power law momentum dependences of the momentum diffusion coefficient as well as the momentum diffusion coefficient as well as the momentum loss time. The acceleration time scale to a characteristic energy approximately 100 keV for protons can be as short as 5s. The resulting electron spectra show a characteristic double power law with a transition around 200 keV and are correlated to the proton spectra evaluated under equal boundary conditions, indicating that electrons and protons are accelerated by the same mechanism. The correlation between the different spectral indices in the electron double power law and between electron and proton spectra are governed by the ratio of first to second order acceleration and therefore allow a determination of the Alfven Mach number of the shock wave

Memos to BBS Observer

Regarding BBS routes from 1987 and 198

Correspondence from Sam Droege, 1985

Regarding Danny Bystrak\u27s move into a new position, surveys, and field sheet

We still need a theory

Woodruff (2017) has compiled a convincing array of data to support his contention that teleost fish feel pain. However, in the absence of an explanatory theory about the nature and function of consciousness, a checklist of criteria is insufficient to allay skeptical concerns. I offer a theory that can explain why features like selective attention and behavioral flexibility indicate consciousness. Consciousness represents the present moment in order to allow dynamic changes in actions or goals in response to situational demands

A Practical Program of Adult Evangelism

The purpose of this paper has been to present a unified program of adult evangelism on the congregational level. The need for such a program became evident to the writer during his vicarage year in West Portal Lutheran Church, San Francisco, California