May
21
Team Meeting
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We’ve all read about it or seen it reported on ESPN. When your team is going through a rough patch and things just don’t seem to be going right, you hear about the dreaded team meeting. It can be the coach, behind closed doors, calling the players out and telling them to step up. It [...]
May
20
Performing Out of Position
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We all like getting a pat on the back. Most of us even enjoy being rewarded in front of our peers. It’s a good feeling to have folks recognize your hard work. I won a couple of scholarships and I’ve won a few scholastic competitions. I even won a chess tournament when I was in [...]
May
19
Cut. Gouge. Throw.
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I am convinced that one of the biggest reasons people resist Christ is because they don’t want to give up the life they have. Despite the heartache and pain, despite the confusion and emptiness, and despite the slavery to sin, people don’t want to give up the “fun” stuff. I’m remembering the scene in “The [...]
May
18
He Knows
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More than few TV shows and movies have had plots where it was key that one character didn’t know the identity or location of the other and, in a crucial scene, it was discovered. You’d hear the hero say, “I know who you are!” or the villain say, “I know where you live!”. Discovering that someone else [...]
May
17
Imperfect Messengers
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There is a common criticism of Christians. Those who do not share our belief will often point to our failings and call us hypocrites. From their point of view, it seems that if we preach one thing and do another, then we are hypocritical. Well, that’s true only if we claim that both are acceptable. [...]
May
16
Hanging With God
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I’m seeing God in many different ways lately. Like most American kids, I grew up imagining God as the old man with a long beard and white robes and very deep voice. He was serious and moved deliberately. Every motion had a purpose that I couldn’t fathom. Every act rippled through eternity. He was solemn [...]
May
15
Weak Power
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I have played golf. I’m not very good at it. I play basketball rarely now. I consider myself passable for a man heading to middle age. I enjoy woodworking when I get time. I would rate myself slightly above average. I make my living writing software. I would call myself a talented professional. That’s not [...]
May
14
Cherished
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One of the joys I have in software development is the act of creation. That is a theme with the activities I find the most satisfying. As a child, I enjoyed working with Lego bricks to create what I imagined. I like working with wood to create objects that are useful. I enjoy the feeling [...]
May
13
Equal and Not
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I have tried for years to help explain the difference between equal opportunity and equal outcome to those who seem confused. I have always felt that, given an equal opportunity, I had a better shot at succeeding. At least, then, my success would be based on hard work and effort and not some head start [...]
May
12
Start the Circle
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So, what came first: the chicken or the egg? You can’t have a chicken without it being hatched from an egg, but you can’t have an egg without a hen to produce it. Not surprisingly, this is called a “chicken and egg problem”. While this may not be crucial to your life, I run into [...]