Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT)
Not all telescopes are for looking through. Just spend some time at the NRAO’s Greenbank facility located in Greenbank, WV, and this will become readily apparent soon enough. Isolated in a 13,000 square mile National Radio Quiet Zone, the Greenbank facility is pleasantly remote, and home to the world’s largest movable radio telescope (about 480+ ft high and weighing in at over 17 million pounds!). It took around 10 years to construct the mammoth scope which was completed in August of 2000. Visitors are afforded a free guided tour of the facility by knowledgeable staff memb

Psalm 23 – A New Translation
[A psalm of David] God as Shepherd (vv.1-4) Yhwh is my shepherd; I do not lack He causes me to lie down in grassy pastures. By restful waters he guides me He restores my life He guides me in right tracks For his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest canyon,

CEB – Matthew
There is a free pdf for viewing and reading the CEB translation of Matthew available at  http://betterbibles.com/2009/11/04/blog-feedback-for-ceb-matthew/ Please read and leave feedback on the site.

Book of the Week
This week I commend Raymond P. Scheindlin’s The Book of Job to all those interested in studies on this portion of scripture.  This book is a translation and introduction with notes to the biblical book of Job.  Scheindlin provides a lengthy but helpful introduction to the story in just under fifty pages.  The layout of the story is easy to follow and one does not get bogged down in verse numb

Let The Silence Have its Say
Lake Sagatagon with St. John's Abbey Church in the distance. - Collegeville, MN These things I thought throughout the day, The day I came here but to pray; To sit in quiet stirs the mind, But let the silence have its say… To be alone makes self-aware, And gives my life its consciousness. Justin Ridley 23 October 2009 Saint John’s Abbey Collegeville, MN