A Christian Worldview from Silicon Valley

Cough! Cough! Cough! GASP!!

That’s how I feel about now. And, if someone else can think of a better way of expressing the sounds of coming up for air, please let me know.

For the past couple of months, SamW has been a slave driver. Uncharacteristic of many such drivers, he has no whip. He’s right down here in the trenches with me. We have been trying to get a project done by an unbending deadline.

We did it. But, in the end, as hard as we worked and planned in advance, it still took more than 40 hours of work in less than 3 days with time out for worshiping God in the middle on Sunday. (more…)

It’s almost always easier to discern God’s will, His direction, His hand in our daily lives AFTER the fact. That is, we can often more easily see how God worked things out for the good when we reflect back on the way things unfolded in our lives.

But what about BEFORE or DURING?

How can we see God working now, today? If things are going well, we say God is blessing us. If we perceive things to be going badly, we begin to wonder. No? Or is it just me?

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I am not an activist.

I don’t do picket lines, marches, or sign petitions outside Trader Joe’s.

The Roe-vs-Wade decision was remembered a couple of days ago.

The anniversary of ML King’s birthday was celebrated earlier this week.

There’s a war going on Iraq.

Business as usual for me.

So, what gets me riled up? When do I feel compelled to act, speak out, join in, carry a sign?

I’m thinking hard about this, but can’t come up with an answer.

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My wife dislikes the word blog, which all of you astute readers will know is derived from combining the words Web and log, then removing “we.” There is something ironic in that.

But blog it is, and bloggers we will be, those of us who are part of PACC. Several people will contribute to this page, and if you follow it and pay attention you will be entertained and educated and maybe even edified, all in one fell swoop. Or at least all in one place.

-Lewis