SG Jones | April 9, 2019 Renaissance physicist, mathematician, philosopher, and theologian Blaise Pascal once said: “People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.” I think he is on to something here. By no means is Pascal saying that arguments and [...]
In the opening scenes of Patriot Games, retired CIA analyst Jack Ryan (played by Harrison Ford) heroically thwarts a terrorist attack on a member of the Royal Family in London. During the attack, Ryan kills several of the terrorists including the younger brother of one of the group’s leaders, Sean Miller (played by Sean Bean). [...]
We all fail. We all stumble. We all invite ridicule. Some efforts are simply so important we must endure endure failure in order to get better at them. This is one of those things. Our most important job is to show up and press on in the face of discouragement.
The Peaceful Warrior is a Chinese story about an apprentice talking to his warrior master while walking through a garden. The apprentice asks his master if it wouldn’t be more peaceful to be a gardener and live among his plants and trees. The master responds, “Tending the garden is peaceful, but it doesn’t prepare us [...]
SG Jones | March 2, 2019 If you are paying attention at all to the current back-and-forth over abortion, you’ve probably noticed a discussion about the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) rules on federal funding and their impact on abortion providers, especially Planned Parenthood. An HHS rule is undergoing revision that regulates the [...]
