My preference would be to just come out and say “God doesn’t test us.” I considered that as the title for this piece because it’s more incendiary, but it’s not entirely accurate. Institutional education has given us a definition of “test” that is hard to shake, one whereby we are measured to a standard and …
The scripture in Genesis 1:27 has always fascinated me. It’s well known, the first half reading “So God created man in his own image”. This concept of man being made in God’s image is one of the oldest pieces of theology in my memory, so it’s a concept that I suppose strongly impacted my early …
Stack ranking is controversial. It destroyed Microsoft from the inside out, yet it helps make Valve the incredible company it is (warning, large PDF). Put simply, stack ranking is the practice of rating employees directly against one another, rather than against their job descriptions or some other standard. You’re ranking your employees… stacking them on top …
In August 2012, Barbara Yoder [1] visited Catch The Fire Toronto and shared (among other things) a picture she had recently received from the Lord. She had seen a massive ship, like the Titanic, sinking beneath the waves. She asked God what it was, and he gave her a word to accompany and explain the …
