A Two Horse Race?

…and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? Esther 4:14 For those who haven’t heard the news, the sitting president for old Alma Mater is retiring next year. Accordingly, those charged with our sacred trust have been diligently working to find the next appointed leader. After six [...]

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It’s just a fantasy

“This feels like a dream; like I woke up and had never gone anywhere”. She came home today. So did dozens of other students who’d been traveling the world of late. Some in Europe, others in the Far East, each now adjusting to their new normal back in the U.S. New normals include the little [...]

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How sweet it is

If a picture paints a thousand words, then no further dialogue is necessary…

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Something smells fishy

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created mankind in his own [...]

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Antiquated

You can tell a lot about a hotel by how it is “equipped”. How was my lodging on this trip? Pretty nice, to be honest. The place my colleagues and I stayed was a small Inn located in a quaint Silicon Valley hamlet not far from our “secret” meeting locale. Aside from there being no [...]

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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Many people have set out to write accounts about the events that have been fulfilled among us. They used the eyewitness reports circulating among us from the early disciples. (Luke 1:1-2) Richard Wright pointed out to us this morning in a discussion of Luke’s account that inspiration does not necessarily require originality. Touché. Arigatou gozaimasu [...]

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Shootin’ vids with the kids…

Celebrate whimsy. Embrace it. Thank you Donald Miller, for putting into words a description of what our friends at Oklahoma Christian University have been doing for many years. The list of characters is long and noteworthy: Stafford North, Terry Johnson, Jim Baxter, Max Dobson, Ralph Burcham, Bob Lashley, Alfred Branch, Jay Jones, Mickey Banister, Dan [...]

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Six degrees

A certain young man is currently attending basketball camp on the campus of Oklahoma Christian University. He is staying in a dormitory named Warlick Hall. The young man’s given name is Alexander. There are six degrees of separation, at the most, and multiple degrees of “interconnectedness”, to say the least, between young Alexander and Mr. [...]

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Take it back

“God is subtle, but He is not malicious. I cannot believe that God plays dice with the world.” – Albert Einstein. I’ve long thought that to be true, but now wonder if He is not often times speaking to us more directly. Take a random walk with me, and see if you agree. Many of [...]

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Brain/trust

We call it “The Vault”. It is a small 8 foot by 12 foot room, is wrapped in foot thick concrete, and has a massive metal door with an antiquated combination lock. In this protected room, we place all things tangible that are deemed to be of great value to the university where I work. [...]

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