Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson is a writer of biographies whose previous works include the life story of Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein. I find biographies to be interesting insights into public personalities and have read Isaacson’s Einstein: His Life and Universe. Recently, Isaacson completed what will likely be his biggest selling book, the authorised biography…
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When I grew up in Western Canada there was a weekly CBC television show called “Marketplace.” The theme song was sung by Stompin’ Tom Connors and the lyrics I most remember said, The Consumer, they call us, We’re the people that buy While everyone else is out to sell Some kind of merchandise Another sale…
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I had a surreal experience tonight. I had just finished a day of work and I was waiting on Maureen as she was walking home from her job. I was sitting in our condo on the 14th floor of a 27 storey skyscraper watching the sun go down and the people bustling home from work.…
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“You can’t lay down any pattern for God. There are many different ways of bringing people into his Kingdom, even some ways that I specially dislike! I have therefore learned to be cautious in my judgment.” “But we can block it in many ways. As Christians we are tempted to make unnecessary concessions to those…
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I was listening to some of Michael W. Smith’s music today and heard “Live and Learn” from the I 2 (Eye) album. The beginning of this song quotes the last stanza of the William Knox poem, “Mortality.” In an attempt to make the entire poem more accessible I present it to you today. Mortality (aka…
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