According to a new government report, America is doomed…. The next two decades will see a world living with the daily threat of nuclear war, environmental catastrophe and the decline of America as the dominant global power, according to a frighteningly bleak assessment by the US intelligence community. “The world of the near future will…
Read MoreCharacteristics of a Leader
Watching a video of Edwin H. Friedman during a course he raised several characteristics a self-differentiated leader should have. Vision Stamina (ability to withstand mutiny) Persistence Self-Regulation in the face of sabotage This leader would be one devoted to a vision and cause above and beyond the people involved with that cause. He goes on…
Read MoreThere is no compassion without many tears
In preparing a short essay for class based on the final section of the Nouwen book quoted below I came across this: It might sound strange to consider grief a way to compassion. But it is. Grief asks me to allow the sins of the world-my own included-to pierce my heart and make me shed…
Read MoreBall-O-Twine!
How awesome is this man from Superior, WI who has made a twine ball that is estimate at just under 20,000 pounds. Hat nod to you Mr. Kotera. (via Fox News)
Read MoreCat on a Keyboard
Below is a conversation our cat, Maximus, had with a college friend of mine over instant messenger while I was studying for seminary 4:52:42 PM Maximus: tgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZIKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK555552wwwwwwwsssssssssssssssssssss sssssssssdx “““““““““““““““““““““““1 4:55:47 PM Maximus: -=iooo0okkkkkkkkkkkkk0l;[-l0l’ 88888888888888888888888888nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnl;7byh;l3n4’b/$%%? 4:58:17 PM Rob: haha I would like to note how max figured out the shift key there at…
Read MoreMaybe it’s time I updated this theme….
I’m not exactly sure but I believe that the theme on this blog has been here since summer of 2004. For those of you who are wondering, that is probably the longest a single blog has held a single theme, probably ever. Due to my semi-recent rash of theme making for word press (two in…
Read MoreNewish WP Theme: Cotolance
This theme is actually several months old and has been around the block a bit by this point. It is called Cotolance (Coo-toe-lance) and was developed for the company blog of Nineteen05, my web development company. This blog serves as a way for me to share what is coming up on a decade of web…
Read MoreNew WP Theme: Inductaloot
I’ve launched a blogging community for the church as a whole over at www.insightsforchurch.com and just finished setting everything up yesterday. In the setup process I created a theme for the main WP site and called it inductaloot. After installing several plug-ins and modifying some scripts it seems to be working the way I want…
Read MoreUpgraded WP finally…
I can tell that I’ve been spending to much time over at Insights For Church that I only now noticed that I was many versions behind. Now upgraded to the most recent version and it is very nice. Looking forward to the re-vamped layout in version 2.7… Hopefully only a few more weeks away.
Read MoreLife as a President and a Seminary Student
Everything is really quite interesting right now. The balance of life, work, and school is quite different then the spring quarter. Just last week I finally got caught up on all my studies by completing an intensive course that met the first two weeks of September. That course was Global and Contextual Studies that laid…
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