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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Keep going, keep growing
The example of a pastor during a visit to Payatasin the Philippines included how he lost what was probably a decent job. It made me think about how we have to keep building our skills. I thought about Daniel, Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael and how Nebuchadnezzar...
Trends for the church in 2015
The social transformation work seen during recent trip to the Philippines could be an example for American churches to engage their communities. Thom Rainer began a blog series about trends in 2015 for churches. Rainer (2015) suggested one of the trends would be...
Leda and the swan for the 21st century
Via Vimeo. The Leda/swan trope would be more compelling than the wolf image in the video. seagulls from Mato Atom on Vimeo.
Making the blind see
Via The Atlantic: There hasn't been much that science has been able to do to help those who suffer from RP. While those afflicted with deafness might be able to turn to devices like cochlear implants to improve their hearing, those who suffer from retinal degeneration...
Making the blind see
Via The Atlantic: There hasn't been much that science has been able to do to help those who suffer from RP. While those afflicted with deafness might be able to turn to devices like cochlear implants to improve their hearing, those who suffer from retinal degeneration...
Why Bureaucratic Managers Are Essential
Via Business Insider: Most of us, write Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan in their new book The Org: The Underlying Logic Of The Office, "imagine a world without managers as a kind of paradise where workers are unshackled by pointless bureaucracy… a place where stuff...
Why Bureaucratic Managers Are Essential
Via Business Insider: Most of us, write Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan in their new book The Org: The Underlying Logic Of The Office, "imagine a world without managers as a kind of paradise where workers are unshackled by pointless bureaucracy… a place where stuff...
Casino panopticon: a look at the CCTV room in the Vegas Aria
Via Boing Boing: The valuable trend in surveillance, Whiting says, is toward this data-driven analysis (even when much of the job still involves old-fashioned gumshoe work). "It's the data," he says, "And cameras now are data. So it's all data. It's just learning to...