A little over 40 years ago, I was in my senior year of engineering school and starting to interview for a job. Campus recruiters came to my university and scheduled 1-hour interviews with job-seeking students. I would get up early and walk to the career center to sign-up for interviews as the system …
Religious Community
How did you become a Christian? I posed this question to my adult Sunday class and asked if any class members, when non-Christian, independently decided to visit a church and later joined as a believer? No hands were raised. People spoke about being raised a Christian, being asked by a friend or …
One-Way
Most mornings at 6 a.m., I exit my house to run. I run two miles through my neighborhood streets to reach the Colorado River that winds through central Austin and then I run along the Ann and Roy Butler Trail, a wide dirt trail for pedestrians and bikers that goes for many miles on the north and …
Spring Cleaning
I decided to clean and sort through my closets, shelves, and drawers. We are in stay-home mode due to the pandemic and it is spring, so I might as well spruce up the inside of the house. I wiped down surfaces and re-organized my possessions. Some items were donated to a local nonprofit. As I perform …
Liberal Arts
I am researching the subject of vocations for my next book. Part of choosing one’s vocation is deciding upon your education. This is more than choosing a field of study. One must also select the type of education: vocational training, apprenticing, local community college, large state university, …