Patience: Listen to God

Posted on Mon 02 February 2015 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Growth, Christian Life

As I write this, I am sitting in a airport waiting on a delayed flight. It is not that we don't have a airplane; we don't have a flight crew. A winter snowstorm that passed through the area (and later hit the East Coast) has caused the mess.

This set …


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Faith, or Fooling?

Posted on Wed 07 January 2015 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Growth, Christian Life

In the Thru The Bible daily bible study, we are currently studying the book of Hebrews. We have arrived at chapter 11, a chapter that some call "The Hero's of Faith". This chapter opens with a definition of what faith is:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for …


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For or Against?

Posted on Sun 21 December 2014 in Blog • Tagged with Christian Life

On this, the fourth Sunday in Advent, I have been thinking a lot about events this year. I'd like to ask my fellow Christians a question: "Are you for or against?"

"What do you mean?" you ask, "For or Against what?".

What I mean in this; when evil confronts you …


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Myths vs Reality

Posted on Sat 29 November 2014 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Awareness, Christian Life

Duane updated part of this article with some more recent examples in early 2021. The reader may not remember some of the original news items from 2014

I don't think anyone can refute this statement: "In this world, we are being given more and more propaganda and encouraged to think …


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Linux / Windows Dual Boots and Daylight Savings Time

Posted on Sun 02 November 2014 in Tech Blog • Tagged with Linux, Network, Slackware, Windows, DST

You've got a laptop computer that dual-boots Slackware and Windows. When installing Slackware, you probably answered the question about whether or not the hardware clock is set to Coordinated Universal Time with "No", because Windows wants to keep the clock at local time. Today, you log into Linux first and …


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