The resurrection would come later. First, death. The empty tomb would come later. First, crucifixion. The Eternal One became mortal, the Divine became dirt, for this purpose: to confront our necrotic nature and make life in its place.[1] The prophets called Him Wonderful[2]; flesh-bound as He was, there was no better name. Incarnate God — […]

I don’t believe there’s ever a “right” age for a son to lose his father, or even the right words to eulogize a man like my dad. But the first time I was ever asked to speak at a church, on this stage, in fact, my father was the one who broke the news to

The rest of the world came to know it as The Last Supper. The disciples called it dinner on Thursday night. Two thousand years ago, they had wrapped up a meal with their Rabbi and stepped out into the night for a walk down to a garden in the valley below Jerusalem. The city set

It’s official – I’m a published (co-)author! If you’re interested, you can read “Pedestrian and light transit accidents: An examination of street redesigns in Atlanta and their safety outcomes” now. If you’ve read the article, share your thoughts with me! I’d love to hear more views and opinions on the content we presented. But if

If you’ve read the other posts on this blog or known me for any length of time, you know that I like cubing. It’s not a secret that a little block of plastic, 2 inches to a side, has kept me occupied for well over a decade now. The last I checked, my solve time

Forty-eight years ago this week, humans left Earth’s gravity for another heavenly body. Apollo 17 launched on December 7, 1972, marking the last space mission in which humans would leave Earth orbit. For almost 50 years, we’ve been constrained to a 500-km sphere above the Earth’s surface. But today, we witnessed something that could change

Just over a year ago, I started this blog with a look at my cubing performance over the years. It was a fun project, but I think it’s time to broaden the scope. This time, I’m looking at every* official 3×3 solve. Data My data comes courtesy of the World Cube Association (WCA), the governing

Hello, friends! It’s been a while since I’ve posted here. In fact, it’s almost a year since my first post in October 2019. A lot has changed since then, but I’m glad that I’m making time to do this again. Here’s are some thoughts that I’ve been thinking about lately. Jesus did many miracles in

I remember once, as a child, learning the basics of subtraction. It was an exciting discovery; I now possessed the ability to undo every change I made with addition. I felt as though I had conquered the entire breadth of knowledge that mathematics had to offer. For a short time, I was the greatest mathematician

Update: 17 minutes before scheduled liftoff on the 27th, the launch was scrubbed due to weather. The next opportunity is on May 30 at 3:22:45 PM, and I’ve updated the timetables below to reflect that. When I was 12 years old, I watched the Space Shuttle Endeavour lift off on mission STS-127. It launched into