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Merry Christmas! War is Abolished!

December 22, 2013

christmas / jesus / peace

But then a doom-obsessed dispensationalist performs an eschatological sleight of hand and takes the hope away from us. On one hand they admit that Jesus is the Prince of Peace who has come, but on the other hand they say his peace is not for now…it’s only for when Jesus comes back again. Bait and switch. Yes, swords are to become plowshares…but not today. For now plowshares become swords; but in our day, it’s war, war, war! They abuse Jesus’ prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem in the first century by always applying it to the latest contemporary geopolitical events. They replace the hope of peace with an anticipation of war! They find a way to make war a hopeful sign.

Grunt for People Who Think Things Like Grunt are Weird and Hard ◆ 24 ways

December 22, 2013

design / grunt

They are pretty vital parts of website development these days. If you already do all of them, that’s awesome. Perhaps you use a variety of different tools to accomplish them. Grunt can help bring them under one roof, so to speak. If you don’t already do all of them, you probably should and Grunt can help. Then, once you are doing those, you can keep using Grunt to do more for you, which will basically make you better at doing your job.

How to Cure UX burnout

December 22, 2013

design / user experience

There are times when we, as designers, feel the UX burnout. When we don’t feel inspired to come up with new solutions or when we constantly revert back to what we know already. Like many other types of burnouts, it may be attributed to a variety of reasons.

The Least Have the Answers

December 22, 2013

activism

We all know that Jesus said that his followers were to serve those in need and to consider the last to be first and the first to be last. Usually, we see this as a call to alleviate suffering, show compassion and grow in love. Which is certainly true. But I also think that these teachings are a bit of a trail of crumbs he left for us as well. That he knew the answers to the problems we face would be found among the least and not the greatest.