I will start training to get #RichmondReady next week. This weekend, I’ll be preparing my training plan and looking over my calendar for the next three months or so to identify the problematic spots of the training cycle. I’m ready to #RunRichmond, but I have to get over my fear of failure before I’ll be…
Am I crazy? I just signed up for Richmond marathon #RunRichmond #realliferealfit
I love running. But a marathon is a really long way. The last time I ran one, I spent the last 10 miles in pain. The training cycle is long. Really long. I could think of so many reasons why this is crazy. But the marathon is addictive. Plus, I told myself that if I…
Rights and Responsibilities: Reflecting on the Paris Accord Decision
The United States faces several converging transitions which have come to a flash point culminating in the 2016 election of President Donald J. Trump. The United States faces demographic, political, economic, and social transitions each of which have the potential to cause major societal upheaval. In combination, the synergistic effect could have unpredictable global impacts…
Engineering is an Identity
Society is reliant on our ability to harness technological advances in order to facilitate economic, social, and political activities that make us “human.” Our ability to do so has advanced to a point where now the boundaries between policy and engineering design are no longer clear. This is especially true if you have the same…
Love Redeems: Crime and Punishment Book Review
It’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to read fiction, and I like to at least read one every few months to make sure that my heart remains full and refreshed. I read plenty of narrative prose for my research and day job, and I read plenty of prose for learning about Christ…
Love Redeems: Reflections on Crime and Punishment
It’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to read fiction, and I like to at least read one every few months to make sure that my heart remains full and refreshed. I read plenty of narrative prose for my research and day job, and I read plenty of prose for learning about Christ…
false humility
So, last night we had prayer meeting and I was so excited to attend and lead it, although I knew I’d not been going to the church long enough to command a following of most of the members and that I didn’t know how things happened here. I remember being frustrated that everyone weren’t participating…
Book Review: “Slave” by John MacArthur
The Mystery of Total Devotion Review of Slave: The Hidden Truth About Your Identity in Christ. by John MacArthur, 2010, Thomas Nelson, Inc. Royce Francis, 22 October 2015, Fundamentals of the Faith Book Review In Slave, John MacArthur asserts that our English Bible translations obscure one of the most important truths of the Christian…
Book Review: Battling Unbelief by John Piper
The premise of this book is that we are tempted to unbelief when we fail to live by faith in the future grace of God. It is the promise of God, in every situation, that inspires the believer to live in radical obedience because we trust in Him. Our trust in His promises sustain us…
Henri Nouwen on Obedience
To be obedient means to be constantly attentive to this active presence and to allow God, who is only love, to be the source as well as the goal of all we think, say, and do. Henri Nouwen, Spiritual Direction (2006)