The following is a brief confession from a series written for my Systematic Theology classes. I believe that God has fully (Isa 40:5, Rom 1:19) and purposefully (Gal 3:8, Eph 1:8-10) revealed Himself to all (Rom 1:20) without regard to our merit (Isa 65:1). By His initial act of creation (Ps 19:1) and His perpetual […]
You couldn’t pay me enough… (Choosing mission over money)
It’s true: some days you couldn’t pay me enough to do the job I do. But you don’t have to. When you’re working in a mission-driven organization, and you’re excited about the mission, the reward is so much more than money.
Skip the museum. Go shopping.
The museum deals in the primary theoretical and historical. But the grocery store, and the garage, and the kitchen table… they deal primarily in the practical, real-life sorts of things that every kid (and many adults) needs to learn.
Chasing the magic unicorn.
Sometimes, the way we define a particular job or position, makes it hard to find any one person that meets all of our expectations. So what do we do? Do we settle? Do we give up? Absolutely not. Here are a few things I’m learning to do as I continue the search.
A quality (free) education.
Our culture says we learn the really important things by taking classes at schools that we pay for. I’m not sold. Instead, I’m now looking for opportunities for my kids to have the same kinds of hand-on learning I got as a teenager.