It's time to hearken back to your Sunday School lessons folks. Because we're talking Moses today and tomorrow. Don't worry agnostics. We're staying broad. It's just that I just heard an interesting sermon this weekend that got me thinking.When I look for a leader, both within the Church and in...
We recently purchased a Kia Soul to replace my wife's old sedan, because:A) We wanted a bigger car for our new family addition.B) In the past, my wife had to borrow vehicles for her dessert table design business simply for the larger storage capacity.Two months into the new vehicle and I...
A couple weeks ago, we discussed the brand new company Lumni, who provides educational loans for students in exchange for X percentage of the student's salary for X number of months after graduation, dependent on the size of the loan.I marveled at the potential behind the idea, but would like to...
Socrates. Plato. Aristotle.Arguably 3 of the top 10 minds in the history of the world. And guess what? They just happened to have a mentor-pupil relationship with each other?!!? What an amazing coincidence!?!?!Or else learning from those smarter than yourself is the solution to expediting your own educational journey? Let...
When we were 10, my friend and I had an incredible idea.What if we went to the rich neighborhood on Halloween?"That neighborhood with all the McMansions. They're so loaded, I bet every house gives out full-size or even king-size candy bars. This is the greatest idea we've ever had."That night,...
MyGofer is a online grocery service that lets you order online (growing selection through Sears/KMart parent company), and pick them all up through a brick-and-mortar drive-through location. (Think Peapod at WalMart prices without the delivery charge - since there's no delivery).And since I work at a local university, we are...
Firstly, thank you all for your patience during the longest (non-restful) sabbatical I've taken on this project in its five-year existence. So, now that I'm a daddy, does that mean I'm going to force-feed you post after post about baby-related interests?I hope not. Because, for many of you stranger-friends, you...
Last Fall, this critical-thought community spent an entire week discussing practical next-steps for creating a human stock market. One in which you could invest in potential at the individual level. At the end of the week, despite great participation, I was still stumped.But loyal reader and friend, Chris Stapel, came across...
Francis Chan's "Crazy Love" recently provoked my friends and I to discuss the potential beauty of communal living. Mind you, this required a whole lot of conversation to get me there, so I will not presume you see this "beauty" initially, but rather the disastrous horror that would surely come from it.In...
