(This post has been adapted from a former iteration of this website and various other websites that reposted it in March of 2010. Posted here in October of 2012 and edited June 27, 2013) I grew up fatherless. I saw my dad a few times […]
Year: 2012
The Great Anger
The following post has been adapted from its original posting on a previous iteration of this website, a Facebook note, and other places it was reposted. I’m reposting it to both keep my thoughts for posterity and in the hopes that it may be encouraging to […]
Those Beautifully Horrible Moments in Life
I’ve had, like most everyone, less than ideal moments that elicit gratefulness later in life. I call them “those beautifully horrible moments in life.” I faced childhood challenges largely alone, moved out of my mother’s home when I was 14, moved away from friends time […]
Your Tiny Loan Can Go A Long Way
Join me in supporting Kiva and its many small business owners from around the world that could use a hand-up in the form of a microloan. You can click here to join me. I’ve been making loans for a number of years now and love […]
An Open Blog Post To Republicans From An Average Guy
Everyone knows the Republican Party is in the midst of a Civil War. On one side you have those who would go the same direction the rest of the world is going, but in a much more “pragmatic” and “realistic” way. They figured out most […]
SBA List Bus Tour Stops in Iowa
I attended the Susan B. Anthony List’s bus tour yesterday on the West Terrace of the Iowa State Capitol. The name of the bus tour is “Women Speak Out: Abortion is Not Healthcare” and the Iowa stops were sponsored by SBA List, Iowa Right to Life, […]
Perseverance Of The Saints
This is my last post on the individual doctrines of T.U.L.I.P. (Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace, and Perseverance of the Saints). I believe the doctrine of “eternal security” or “perseverance of the saints is – more than any of the others – […]
Why Politics And History Do Not Mix
“Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares. She cries out in the chief concourses, at the openings of the gates in the city She speaks her words: “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their […]
My Brief Review of Ooma Phone Service
I got real sick of paying Mediacom insane amounts of money for a home phone with no voicemail. So I quit paying Medicom for TV and phone and now only have their internet service (at 20 mbps it isn’t East Coast fast but it’s enough […]
Irresistible or Efficacious Grace
If you look at the “five points” of Calvinism as a timeline or storyline of how salvation works, then I believe they are easier to understand and appreciate than if you look at them in a disjointed or segregated way. Consider that “Total Depravity” describes […]