John 12: The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified. Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 1 Cor 15: Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. ...

The gods must be snacking: People are drawn to Kaluapele, the sacred summit area of Kīlauea. Visitors are often compelled to leave offerings to pay respect to Pelehonuamea, the elemental deity of volcanism and creation. Native Hawaiians have honored deities at Kīlauea for centuries, and many express their reverence with hoʻokupu (offerings), personal pule (prayer), or oli (chants) to Pele. Others offer her hula kahiko (traditional dance) as a way of honoring this wahi kapu (sacred area). ...

I’m not a DHH hater nor fanboy. I became aware of him by Internet chattering about his views, Ruby on Rails, moving away from the Cloud for some of his company’s products (I think?), and something about choosing JavaScript with no build system. And yet somehow I ended up getting three of his books. Rework is all about rethinking some of the common (dare I say “best”?) practices in maintaining and leading a business. Seeing and listening to someone start-ups and other business owners trying to strike it big and “moving fast”, this is a refreshing antidote to the poisonous paradigm that pervades a lot of the entrepeneurial world. ...

When you’re a child, adults tell you to put things in your own words when writing or speaking. When you’re an adult, ideologues tell you to write and say things exactly in their own prescribed manner.

Every so often I hear this phrase come up at the start of some conversations with certain Christians. I’ll say, “Hey, how’s it going?” and I typically will get the reply, “Oh, better than I deserve…”. I’ve heard it so often now that my internal BS alarm went off and I figure there’s no better time to dig into this saying than now. I’m not sure where the phrase originally came from, but as far as I can tell, it appears to at least been popularized by people like Dave Ramsey or pastor C.J. Mahaney of Sovereign Grace church. ...