You may have some ideas of what that means already, so I’ll explain a bit to avoid any confusion. You see, we aren’t a not-for-profit organization. We’re a for profit business. “OK, so your’ value is making money?” No, not so much. I mean, we’re certainly profitable and we need to make money in order to keep doing what we do. While at the same, that’s not our highest value. “Values Driven” means (more…)
It’s a big phrase. To make it simple, it really means we were traded. We were slaves who were traded for a free person. It’s the foundation for a non-works based belief of our status with God. The Christian would say that Jesus lived a sinless life and traded it for our sinful life. Some good verses of reference are: 2 Corinthians 5:21 and Galatians 3:13
Prescribing the punishment of offenders under the legal system. In other words: (more…)
My wife and I have this discussion about once a week. No, it’s not about finances. Hold on, I’ll come back to it.
When I was a teenager my room would be a mess. Clothes all over there floor, bed not made, you get the idea. Standard Teenager. Then I got into college, and
Did you know you’re a theologian? I did. So am I.
That’s not as special and rare as it sounds. The reality is that everyone is a theologian. Everyone has a belief about God. (more…)
Every week, I lead a small group of teenagers at a bible study. Every week I start with the same questions. Keep that in mind, we’ll come back.
I was a part of a small group of college students. From that small group, a church grew up. One of the first things we did was talk about what we wanted to see out of this group and then search through (more…)
That’s right. I’m closing the door on Throwback Thursdays for now. No, I’ll still write on Thursdays. I’m just changing the scope of writing to line up with the rest of this site. I’ll probably (more…)
I have a friend, John. John does some really cool things, he’s super smart, and he’s been very helpful in terms of thinking through technology. He wrote a book that you should read. I’m telling you this, because historically I haven’t thought about technology as broad as I do now. What I mean is that, by John’s definition, anything that was created by cultivating something else is defined as technology. This draws a point about grace when you think through the biblical narrative in Genesis. (more…)
Bull RunsTomato Royale’s all over the country.
Time for the Tomato Royale!!!
Pumped to toss some fruit!!
And it begins.
After. Man…soooo intense!!! More adrenaline than a roller coaster.
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Time to run.
All banded up and ready to go.
Not sure if I’m horrified or psyched, but I’m somewhere in that zone.
Dude got pummeled…by a bull!!!
Break for lunch. Took a pic with this total stranger for the Stranger Danger challenge in my Failure Games App. Her name is Nina so I guess we’re not strangers anymore. http://failuregames.com/entry/818bf175-dc49-46ee-b533-f22bcd8aab5b #failuregames
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Today is April fools and there were some pranks around the office.
My manager’s desk. Yikes. 931 cups.
Project manager’s desk. 728 sticky notes. WOW
President’s office.
And our COO’s keyboard.
One of our values at work is Joy. We try to live out our values in practical ways around here.
Happy April Fools.
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