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Here's a Christmas Child for You
I At church we have this Christmas tradition of providing gifts for the Children’s Home. Paper ornaments, on each a name is written,...
Blaine Paxton Hall
Nov 26, 20243 min read
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Andragogy: Toward a Philosophy of Adult Education
Education for John Milton had a lofty, dual objective--a public objective: To "fit a man to perform justly, skillfully and...
Blaine Paxton Hall
Nov 6, 202421 min read
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A Spherical Cow Named Mu
An ekphrastic poem inspired by the Conrad Shawcross piece “Schisms” from his exhibition “Cascading Principles” at Oxford University,...
Blaine Paxton Hall
Sep 18, 20241 min read
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Opening Ceremony Sparks Outrage at Paris 2024 Spring Olympics
There are more things on heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Hamlet , Shakespeare This painting is: Le...
Blaine Paxton Hall
Aug 2, 20244 min read
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Rituals of Transition
Recently I witnessed the liturgical rite of transition of a much-loved pastor and his wife, retiring from active, full-time Christian...
Blaine Paxton Hall
Jul 4, 20244 min read
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The Nature of Numbers
Initially published in the Raleigh NEWS & OBSERVER on 23 March 2016 “Mathematics is the language by which God has written the universe,”...
Blaine Paxton Hall
May 6, 20223 min read
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Exploring Space is Our Destiny
Initially published in the Raleigh News & Observer November 23, 2016. Two thousand years ago, effusive in his wonder and reverence, the ...
Blaine Paxton Hall
Apr 11, 20223 min read
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