Brian Lula

In 1960 my Dad took me outside one evening to watch the ECHO 1 satellite glide over our house in Toronto, Canada. Wow! I was 5 at the time and remember going to the library weekly from that point on to read books on astronomy, telescopes, space exploration and machines. We were very poor therefore getting a telescope was out of the question even though I waited anxiously every Christmas for one. When I was ten I chanced upon a broken cardboard telescope that someone had thrown in their garbage can. What a treasure! I tinkered around with the objective and a couple of lenses I had removed from "box" cameras that I had bought at a local Salvation Army store. Once I seemed to have a pretty good working combination I turned my first scope on the moon. Unbelievable!!!!!!! To this day few sights have been as awe inspiring. The passion continued through high school and university. I made just about every project related to my science, engineering and shop classes involve some aspect of designing and making parts for my telescopes. I drove my teachers and professors crazy because I was always racing to finish the standard curriculum to get on with my telescope projects! One day while showing some of my high school friends views through my telescope this cute girl came along to see what was up there. Little did I know however that this cute girl named Linda, noted as “Brian’s favorite stargazer” in our yearbook would lead to me to personal relationship with Jesus Christ and a whole new understanding of the heavens, our creation and purpose. Our backgrounds were quite different but my favorite stargazer became an angel of a wife, whose support and patience for this aspect of my life has been inspiring and guiding especially when I’ve gone overboard with it. I confess it’s very easy to do when the skies are clear and the stars are bright! We’ve been married now for over 26 years and have 3 daughters with two in college and one who just wants to snowboard! My career has followed my passion and I thank God every day for blessing me with great people to work with and a very interesting business to work in manufacturing scientific equipment for a wide range of applications including professional astronomical observatories, national laboratories and aerospace companies. My backyard observatory and website, both named Heaven’s Glory Observatory, are dedicated to Jesus Christ for His sacrifice for me and my undeserved eternal salvation. The verse of Psalm 19:1 on the famous "Pink" clubhouse at Stellafane has real meaning to me and each time I go out to image the heavens I marvel at the complexity and beauty of His creation. It really does call out and praise His name!