A few years ago I downloaded a free calculator App that requested access to the Location Services (i.e. the GPS functionality on my phone). I╬ô├ç├ûm paranoid around my privacy so I thought that was really strange. But it doesn’t compare to how some apps are trying to invade my privacy by offering services they were not advertised or designed for.
Month: January 2017
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Featured Podcast: The RobCast
There is probably no figure more controversial in Christian circles today than Rob Bell. Here was a church pastor who had to step down from the church he founded because of a book he wrote. Some say he has turned his back on the faith but heΓÇÖd probably claim he embraced it to even greater depths.
In my opinion, Bell sees a side of life that his Evangelical background either is blind to, plays down or outright ignores. He is asking the tough questions that, although aren’t new, must be embraced and worked-out by a new generation of Christians (or perhaps by every generation of Christians). He won’t accept poor substitutes for answers and encourages his audience not to either. He’s a great communicator and leader tempered by fire. Where he is leading people to is left for you to decide.
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Life is more than work
It╬ô├ç├ûs Sunday and the end of the first week of 2017. Already my inbox is full. Just another day 🙂
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Stop punching that wall
There are things in my life that have made me angry. Like, really angry. And I want justice. I want to see the wrong-doer pay for their crimes. I want reparations.
Unfortunately that doesnΓÇÖt always happen in Life. But holding on to this sense of righteous indignation is like punching a wall of solid rock. I keep going at it hoping that it will finally crumble under my efforts but mostly whatΓÇÖs happening is that IΓÇÖm getting really tired.
Is this how I want to spend my energy?
I’m beginning to get tired of punching that wall. It has taken a while but I’m realizing that all this energy I’m expending could be put to better use. More than that, I realize there have always been other (more effective) ways to see justice done but I was just too chicken to go through with it. Deep down I know that had I gone down that road, it would have just been more energy spent towards something that doesn’t build the life I want for myself.
I suppose this is what they mean by ΓÇ£letting goΓÇ¥.
No doubt that moving forward from this, there will be some latent anger resurging every now and again. I will need to put in some energy to manage that. But I want most of my energy to go towards getting what I want in Life.
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Perfectionism and the scourge of ΓÇ£Not Doing EnoughΓÇ¥
My head was in a much better place today and I managed to exercise for about half-and-hour. Instead of my usual routine I opted to cut it in half because I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to go all the way. No guilt on my part… kind of.
Okay, maybe a little bit of guilt.
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Noticing my Anxiety reactions
Today wasnΓÇÖt the best of days for me. Anxiety triggered last night and I still felt the effects for most of the day. But I did get a good nightΓÇÖs sleep last night so thatΓÇÖs good.
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Jumping back into Jump Rope
Exercising is such a cliché New Year’s Resolution that it may be hard to believe that it isn’t among mine for 2017. If anything, exercise was my 2015 New Year’s Resolution which, if you’ll allow a humble-brag, has gone quite well. Sure I’ve hit bumps and fallen into slumps but have (so far) been able to get back on the proverbial horse and expand my exercise regime with each passing year.
At 2016’s twilight, YouTube suggested a jump rope video. Jump rope. Now there’s something I haven’t done in a while.