Despite sounding like a sub-division of NASA, the Global Anglican Futures Conference has released their closing statement [pdf link].

In terms of world-wide Anglicanism, it’s got some strong words to say. Those words are, however, excellent. There’s a real focus on proclaiming the gospel to the world, staying faithful to our Lord Jesus, and defending the truth from heterodoxy (i.e. divergent beliefs). Awesome stuff.

In terms of the ‘Anglican communion’ that formally exists around the world… well, it now seems as there might be a communion within the communion, a fellowship of confessing Anglicans.

Perhaps the acknowledged, already-present split will become more formal.

It will be fascinating to see what kind of fallout there is after this.

[UPDATE: Insightful commentary by Tony Payne on what this statement means for Anglicans both here and abroad.]

Someone once told me that you can tell everything that is worth knowing about someone by looking at their bookshelf, and their record collection.

Two choice titles spotted at a doctor’s surgery today:

Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice.
Endoscopic Interpenetration.

I wonder what kind of music he listens to?

Minor database updates:

• I-Guttural Niphal 1cs Yiqtol/Wayyiqtol
• I-Guttural (stative) Qal 2ms Imperative
• Geminate Niphal 3ms/2fp/1cp Qatal

It’s also a universal binary.

Thanks to Bathgate, Bek, Chris, and Rick for error checking.

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In Aristotle’s ethical thought, virtue is the golden mean between two extremes – generosity is virtuous, positioned between prodigality on one side and miserliness on the other; bravery is virtuous, positioned between the extremes of foolhardiness and cowardice.

This photo, I think, expresses perhaps more of the foolhardy side.

It was taken by Lori Mehmen in Iowa, tornado country (via Associated Press).

In the comments a number of people praise her presence of mind to capture the light, tighten the composition, hold the camera steady in low light, etc… while another remarks that true presence of mind might have been to head for the basement, pronto.

Theorem: One can tell how guilty another’s conscience is by how many kilometres per hour under the speed limit they go when travelling past a speed camera.

Proof is left as an exercise for the reader.