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Management: Delphi Politics (Updated)

Good evening, readers. Tonight’s lesson falls under the headings of Organizational Theory and Systems Analysis. (I offer a Christian spiritual version of this same material on my other blog. Edit: that blog has been shut down.) Every collection of humans … Continue reading

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Cascade of Choices

How far do you go chasing truth? One thing leads to another, as the old rock song says. The title of my blog indicates I want to do what’s right for myself, and I write to give others a chance … Continue reading

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On Accountability

Dear Readers, I hold myself accountable to you. My life is an open book; my mission requires I leave myself open to inspection far greater than required by civility. Ask what you dare, what you believe is of significance in … Continue reading

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Blundering Oppression

The most competent people in government service have a tendency to leave that service. What’s left is a vast army of idiots. You realize, of course, I am attacking the popular social orthodoxy which reveres the military in particular, and … Continue reading

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Having a Mission

David asked me how I manage to keep making a significant post or more virtually every day of the year. The starting place is mission — having a sense of something you really must do lest you lose your very … Continue reading

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Ritual of Foot Dust: Vox Popoli

This is a virtual ritual, because it references events entirely confined to cyberspace. I am a prophet of the God of the Bible. It wasn’t my idea. It’s a claim to divine authority, and the exercise of that authority rests … Continue reading

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Trailblazing

While I no longer have access to the trails I cut through the local woodland, it was merely a symbol of something I’ve done for most of my life. My woodland trails didn’t really go anywhere. One big loop through … Continue reading

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Parable of the Sandbox

He was master of his domain. None dared oppose him long; many had been sent away in derision. Not a few left flying through the air. He didn’t expect any to take his word for it, and openly derided their … Continue reading

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Manhood and Intimidation

We are all on the path, and I would hope I’m not the same man I was even a week ago. To be human is to be variable. It does no good to envision truth and reality as somehow objective, … Continue reading

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She Needs You

There is no short course in having a shepherd’s heart. The quintessential man is a shepherd. He doesn’t need the sheep; they need him. There are blessings and rewards for getting involved, for tying yourself to their needs, but you … Continue reading

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