Notre Dame

And finally the big cathedral.

Sacre Couer

And we climbed the tower ...

Rouen, France

City of a thousand spires!

Bayeux, France

I love this tiny little town. The first time I came to Normandy it was my favorite, and it did not disappoint!

Fun shots around Paris

Just a few classics from our explorations. We stopped in a few small (but old) churches.

St. Chappelle

Hands down the favorite church of the trip.

Cambridge, King's College

An older set of photos from England just surfaced. This is the highlight reel from Cambridge, King's College.

University of Portland in the Fall

A glimpse at the awesome color on campus in the fall. What an amazing place!

Merry Christmas

Joy to you all!

The Feigenbaum constant

I had previously blogged about my new series on faith and math, but today seemed like a good day to post another picture in this series.

This piece is about the Feigenbaum constant, another transcendental number. Every chaotic system that corresponds to this description will bifurcate at the same rate. Feigenbaum's constant can be used to predict when chaos will arise in such systems before it ever occurs.

Exploring Faith and Math

I am starting a new series exploring faith and mathematics. Many scientist write about the ties they see between religion and mathematics including Carl Sagan, John C. Polkinghorne (my favorite) and many more.

My series is based on transcendental numbers and scientific constants. Hopefully they are a thought-provoking look at your own faith, whether you believe in God, science, or both.

This image is called "the transcendental nature of prayer". None of the 5 trillion digits of pi calculated to date repeat. Can we quantify prayer?