The Core Questions

Core Questions

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn’t, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence. -Honore DeBalzac Let’s review where we have been so far, shall we? Know Yourself. Do you have a single clue about who you really are and the kind of work you are supposed to do in the universe?  [...]

The Transcendence Factor

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We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over the ordinary ones that lie directly in the road before us. -Hannah Moore The Transcendence Factor is when we engage in our calling, and it engages us back.  No matter [...]

The Individuality Factor

Individuality

“If each one does their duty as an individual and if each one works in their own proper vocation, it will be right with the whole.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe We are perfectly casted to play a role that only we can fill.  We have no understudy.  Our unique combination of passions, talents, gifts, and [...]

10 Reasons I Am A Libertarian Christian

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This is a re-post of something my good friend Matt Bianco wrote. He is a Reformed Presbyterian, but I love him anyway. 1. The Biblical maxim to “love your neighbor” and the Libertarian principle of non-aggression[1] are essentially synonymous. 2. With the exception of defensive wars in the case of attack, war is an evil [...]

The Gratitude Factor

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We have to be thankful for who we are. My apologies if this is sounding a bit Stuart Smalley-ish. Sometimes cliches are cliches because they are so true. We can go through our entire lives never getting comfortable in our own skins, but no matter how hard we try, these are the skins we’re in. [...]