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Toil under the Sun

I recently have been removed from my career. I will not discuss the circumstances here, simply because it is irrelevant and in the past. (I have no hard feelings, except that a severance package would have been nice :) ) With that being said, it is not so bad being unemployed (so far). In the most precious time in our families growth I have been able to witness the past month or so of my son growing up and learning new things every day. I never would have been able to bond so much with him, and he with me, if it weren't for this opportunity. My wife, my son, and I have been able to spend more time together than we ever have! It has also gotten me to reflect on my life and choices. I decided I would post Bible verses/passages that either do or do not relate. Maybe people have used the Bible to try and encourage you or guide you in your career or career search. Maybe people have used these verses or passages and they have helped you out, or maybe they have made things worse and
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Education

I've been thinking about a few things lately, and helping my brother in law Tyler study last night really set me off. He is in middle school science, which granted cannot be the deepest and in depth study, but there is nothing meaningful being taught. We were going through flash cards to study information about the Periodic Table, and with a little help Tyler knew all of the answers. However I know somethings about the Periodic Table and decided to test the waters about the cohesiveness and real understanding of what the table really tells someone. Ok so you know how there are so called energy levels outside the nucleus of an atom.... and each layer can only hold a certain amount of electrons, right? That is 2, 6, 10, 14....... (2n^2). Now I don't expect Tyler to know the equation, but he did know the total if each layer was filled to max; 2, 8, 18.... So I asked the question, "If an electron layer is not filled to capacity, what then does the nucleus, the protons and
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After Dinner Conversation

So we just finished having a great discussion, Holly, Lorena, Jack, and I, and I wanted to say I enjoyed it. I set up the text messaging thing for blogger right after the talk, so that maybe I would post on here more. This is more of a test text, but I'd like to talk about it more with you all.    Our discussion involved being disappointed in situations that we see..... and that led to ultimately discussing about what it means to really be in a relationship. Specifically that was about relationship with God, but we talked about how it should be very similar to how relationships with other people work. The only problem is that we are always taught that there is a destination of high intensity, being on fire, and being right and holy with God. The way to be in a relationship with God is to simply be in a relationship with him, no destination, just a journey. Almost like a healthy relationship with another person, or your spouse, but with God.     We don't get this message fully
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How Do You Use the Bible? (Also Genesis Understanding)

So far so good guys and girls. We are definately getting some good conversation. Instead of responding to "Attum" in the "fences" post I decided to start a new post since the conversation is leading to a more specific topic. The topic is moving toward the inspiration, authority, translation, exegesis, and interpretation of the Bible. Harry brought up the idea that science seems to be trying to find ways which it can make the Bible untrue, or depending on how you look at it, science has found things that seem to be leading towards having us interpret the Bible in deifferent ways. Which one do you think? I think that what harry is saying leads us to think negatively of science and its findings, even if what they find is unrelated, we do have to take a look at what our faith is actually founded upon. Let us say that what Harry says is true and the sea never parted for Moses. What does that do for your faith. I feel that if your faith is shaken just because some part
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Meaningless, Everything is Meaningless Under the Sun.

My last post was in October, and I have a feeling that this may be because I switched to working overnights at work. Not really sure what that has to do with it since the internet doesn't close and is open all the time, but working 12 hour shifts overnight does throw your schedule way off for a long time. Anyway, most of my posts to date have been pretty much not very personal, relating to my life, at all. I was just wondering why that is, and I remembered something that my pastor said to me a while back. He told me that it seemed as though I tend to get more joy out of serious things and things that have a lot of meaning. This being the opposite of things that have no real purpose or meaning to them, wastes of time. This would be in my definition, Folly (if you are familiar with Ecclesiastes). I listened to my pastor tell me this and it amazed me. I didn't think that I believed him. If you knew me when I was younger, you would have said the very opposite. I was obnoxious I
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Obama is a Socialist and/or a Communist!!!!!

I keep hearing everyone ( Christians ) getting nervous about our president and the decisions that he has been making with regards to our economy and our way of life. They are saying that he is a socialist and that he is going to drive our nation into even more debt; that he is un -American (which cannot be possible). So I have been thinking about this a bit and had a conversation with my friend which sparked a few thoughts. First of all you should read my post entitled "I pledge allegiance to the flag.........." and you will get further insight into this topic. Let dig into the foundation of why Christians are saying these things about our president. As stated in past posts, for the most part Christians support that which America does to fullest without much questioning, especially after the fact. This means that democracy must be the way that God wants us to have government.... and so on (read my prior post). Pertaining to this post, this means that God wants us to have a
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Behavioral Science and Biblical Interpretation

It has been a few months since I posted anything. I have been contemplating a few things. About 3 months ago (around the time I stopped posting) I met with Pastor Tim from our church. We talked about a bunch of things, and it was a very positive and thought provoking conversation, also the breakfast sandwiches were delicious. We talked about a lot of the things that I post on here, and we disagreed on a bunch of things, however it was exactly what I wanted this blog to be.... responsible and productive. One of the main take-aways that I took from the meeting was something that Pastor Tim talked about. He had been given a piece of writing that works with behavioral sciences and The Bible. The title of the article is "Idols of the Heart and "Vanity Fair"" by David Powlison . Much of what it says was condensed down into an auto-biographical story from Pastor Tim. He also warned me of something that he struggled with when he was younger and in seminary like I am. H
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