The Blessing of the Messy Kitchen
One of the key personal philosophies that guided me as an engineer can be worded as follows: “The first one to the river builds the bridge.” Whether it was creating a reusable block of code or establishing testbeds and running miles of cable in the lab, I found myself standing on the bank of many […]
The Bible From 10000 Feet
In the last year I have read four “Bible at a glance” type books. Why undertake such a task? Why zoom out to the 10,000 foot level and take in the Bible in overview fashion? It seemed like a good idea at the start, and in fact the endeavor became a remarkable faith booster. We […]
IKEA Trip Report
Although the activity had no appearance on my bucket list I made a pilgrimage to Charlotte, North Carolina to visit the IKEA store. Many of the ladies in my circle of acquaintance go gaga over IKEA, and somehow shopping from a web page when a brick and mortar (or cinder block in this case) building […]
The God of Action
The doctrinal statement of the American Humanist Association, Humanist Manifesto II (dated 1973), states: “We find insufficient evidence for belief in the existence of a supernatural; it is either meaningless or irrelevant to the question of survival and fulfillment of the human race.” Is God real? Does He have personality or is God simply a […]
The Insidious Nature of Spiritual Dri...
The late Napoleon Hill, famed self-help author, shared with radio listeners his list of the major causes of failure in life. Number one is the “habit of drifting through life without a definite purpose or a definite plan for attaining it…Drifting. Lacking in singleness of purpose. Lacking a plan for carrying out the purpose. There […]
Shortcuts
Today the GodPlantedAGarden blog shares a guest post… People seek shortcuts. Get rich fast. Lose weight quickly. Improve relationships in days. Own it now with easy financing. Self-help gurus offer titles such as “Six Steps to XYZ” and promise results for the price of the book or the monthly subscription to the training materials. There […]