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Ever-growing list of publications that I plan to read: Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next Democracy under Threat: A Crisis of Legitimacy? (Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century) Wrecked: How the American Automobile Industry Destroyed Its Capacity to Compete McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America’s Journey from Slavery to Segregation Richard White - Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, published as part of the Oxford History of the United States The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor The Violent American Century: War and Terror Since World War II A Nation Unmade by War F.U.B.A.R.: America's Right-Wing Nightmare Let Justice Roll Down The Hungry Brain Spice Spice Baby: 100 Recipes with Healing Spices for your Family Table The Economists’ Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Soci...

One of my good friends who majored in urban planning sent me a blog article from an organization named Strong Towns some time ago. I had always planned to read it so now is that time, I suppose. The time is good because I'm currently brainstorming about how faith and real-world concerns can be integrated. As an engineer myself, I've had the nagging thought of whether my current profession is contributing a net good to the world. I worked on a project in graduate school which involved sustainable, environment-friendly materials and structures but now I work in the private sector, far removed from that type of arena or way of thinking. That's a story that I'll expand upon later. In the meantime, beginning to read this blog has given me a bit of perspective on how one can practically serve communities in need, being a source of that aforementioned net positiveness. Strong Towns is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that is geared toward helping municipalities to become su...

This started out as a religious blog centering on communicating my thoughts about the Bible and Christian theology. I read some books on theology and early church history, developed a bunch of questions and began to rethink my view of the Bible and Christianity. It was an interesting period of searching and agnosticism, one which turned out to be beneficial as it helped me to come to a place of authenticity. Anyway, so now I'm switching the focus of this blog. I'll still post about the Bible and Christianity but I'll also throw political commentary as well. After all, Jesus Christ himself was unapologetic ally political as he critiqued the religious-political order of his day (for they were inextricably intertwined). I don't have a ton of time to write or think, but I'd like to post articles and my short commentary on them so that I can at least say that I didn't let time slip through my fingers being busy with other things in life. I like writing and thinking ...