Deborah has started a new center for children. It is called the Family
Resource and Recovery Center and it is located on 13th and Missouri, Suite 100.
If you are in Behavioral Studies you should go down and take a tour.
Current News
Off to Korea
Our son recently (January of 2009) left for Korea to teach in a small
school about 5 minutes from North Korea. We miss him but know God is going to
stretch him and teach him many new things. He will be a blessing to those
he meets and his mom and I will definitely have to go over and visit him.
Update January 2010 - We just finished a fantastic visit with J and Siwon (his
fiance). The pictures at the top of the home page are of them, enjoy.
Recent Events
My Dad's Book
My father has just finished writing a book and my brother and I finally got
it published. It is titled "How Big is Your God?" and dedicates one
chapter each to the different names Scripture gives to God in the Old Testament.
You can go to Amazon and buy it now, yea!!!! In the search box put the
title and my fathers name - Richard Pettitt. I had no idea how long it
would take to get this done, but we are certainly excited that it is out there
now.
God's Physical World
What is your teacher thinking?
If you are taking this course please have some empathy for your instructor, who is under the illusion that you are taking this course because you have an insatiable curiosity about things around you and a phenomenal motivation to learn about these things. You, on the other hand, may think of physical science as an incomprehensible hocus-pocus of jargon and numbers. You are probably in the course because you are looking for credits in science and have no idea about your instructor's illusions.
The truth, of course, is probably somewhere between the two extremes. Your motivation and curiosity should be sufficient if you are aware of the world around you.
You live in a culture where science and technology are everywhere, touching almost every part of your life. It appears that many people in the general population are interested in learning about science. (Did you know that more people visit science museums than art and history museums combined?) A proficiency in or at least an understanding of physical science is a basic requirement for every educated person. Click on the links below if you need access to the following:
The textbook we are using this year is the 7th edition of a book by Tillery
titled Physical Science.
I am not an astronomer but I love studying astronomy. Here are a few
photos that just amaze me from NASA - Click on an image and it will stop
rotating and enlarge. Click again and it will spin.
Here is the lecture link and the lab link for Compounds - Chapter 9. Click below.
