tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post4968894285324453136..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: The need for gravity. . . Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-7227577679918126022015-03-24T12:40:24.004-05:002015-03-24T12:40:24.004-05:00"So in Lent we focus on gravity -- on the con...<i>"So in Lent we focus on gravity -- on the constraints that have bound us and the conscience that carries its burden.....Gravity is a good thing. We were made for it. The gravity that grounds our bodies and the gravity that grounds our lives."</i><br /><br />Great! A sermon on the gravitational force.<br /><br />Now what about the other three forces that affect us just as much:<br /><br />1. The strong nuclear force between nucleons, like protons and neutrons. <br />2. Weak nuclear force (although it is 32 orders of magnitude stronger that gravity) - the force involved in radioactive decay and sunshine.<br />3. Electromagnetic force - involved in the interaction with charged particles.<br /><br />If not enough liturgical seasons are available, the last two forces could be combined into the electroweak force, as recognized in 1968, by Sheldon Glashow, Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.com