Thoughts on Data, Culture, and Organizational Development
There’s a concept in Christianity called Trinity. Small word, big idea.
Glad you asked. First used by ancient church father Tertullian. It’s short way of saying a lot of biblical truth.
The Westminster Confession of Faith summarizes: Continue reading “The Trinity – Part 1”
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 Continue reading “Values – In Work”
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: Continue reading “Penal-Substitution”
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. Continue reading “Everyone is a Theologian”
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 Continue reading “Values – In Church”
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 Continue reading “Ending Throwback Thursdays”
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. Continue reading “If God is a hacker, He likes to upgrade”
Ah yes, life before cell phones. I remember that time.
My Freshman year of college I drove several hours to visit a friend and had to call them from a pay phone to get directions to their house. Continue reading “Life Without Cell Phones”
Andy Stanley has said “You’re going to cheat someone. The question is who?” In fact, he wrote a book on it. You may, or may not, have noticed that the blog has been dead for about a week. There’s a reason. Last week we had a difficult family situation and Continue reading “Who will you cheat?”