April 8, 2023
distraction, mislabling, obfuscation, shell game, spin
Modern society has raised calling one thing something else to a fine art. We do this for two reasons - to avoid facing facts ourselves, and to mislead or distract our listeners.
November 2, 2022
android rights, android soul, becky bereans, human clone rights, human clone soul, human cloning, human soul, John the Baptist
Assuming that human science will soon be able to create human clones and/or artificial intelligence equal to or superior to human intelligence, what inalienable rights would such creations inherently possess?
October 6, 2022
sprinter, sprinter antenna, sprinter antenna repair, teflon sheet
Our van’s navigation system stopped working, and then the overhead light console began dripping water. The integrated gasket material at the bottom of the plastic antenna mounting shell had gotten brittle and started to crumble which was allowing water incursion into the van’s interior. Replacing the antenna mount would have...
September 26, 2022
father-son relationships, God's sovereignty, mortality, psalm 139
I reflect on my relationship with my father on what would have been his 97th birthday in connection with my own mortality, a dream I had, and the reassurance we find in Psalm 139 on all these things.
October 19, 2021
Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Pressing On, justification, Philippians 3:12-14, pressing on, salvation, sanctification
Short description of the two aspects of salvation - justification and sanctification - along with my favorite scripture and the Bob Dylan song Pressing On.
August 19, 2021
While awaiting the roofing metal, the utility rough-ins were completed