I have been to Africa a number of times, both for business and pleasure. It was business that first took me to this large continent where I met with national energy companies in Algeria and Nigeria. These trips were strictly professional travel and I just visited hotels and corporate offices. I only …
A Significant Life
My father spent the past weekend with us in Austin. On Friday morning, my wife and I drove to his west Houston senior community and picked him up. We then returned along the same route back to Austin arriving mid-afternoon. The Austin to west Houston 154-mile drive along good roads takes about 2.5 …
Deep Freeze
My wife and I moved to Austin in 2014 after living in London (UK) for over four years. When I told my European friends we were moving to Austin, they spoke of the hot Texas summers and mild winters. We looked forward to more temperate winters and later purchased a condo on Vancouver Island (Canada) …
Bitcoin
I took a seminary course titled The Theology of Money. It fulfilled a required credit that I needed to graduate, and I was curious about the topic since I have an MBA. We learned basic macroeconomics, researched Scripture about money, and read both conservative and liberal Christian economic …
Citizenship
I worship at a central Austin Methodist church that is almost 100% Caucasian. A few years ago, a new pastor, Daesub, joined the church staff. He is South Korean and traveled to the United States to attend university. He later attended a Methodist seminary and became an elder in the UMC. Before being …