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Solving challenging technical problems in effective and creative ways, employing 10+ years in Computer Science and SW development, along with strong interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills to help lead teams into cutting-edge effectiveness.

Back at Multnomah, my friends and I enjoyed nothing more than sitting around a dorm room for hours on end talking about, as we called it, “God, the Bible, and stuff”. What fantastic memories! It wasn’t just “theology” — it was Applied Bible Dynamics. We just wanted to know how to LOVE GOD when tempted with immature diversions. As one buddy put it: “I don’t need to know any more about WHAT I’m supposed to do; I just need to know HOW I’m supposed to do it.”

Those late-night conversations still shape me today, so I thought this would be a place to recapture some of that invigorating dialogue.

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If you have read my posts on Stack Exchange or Twitter, you may have noticed my receding hair line….

“Study of an Old Man” by Jan Lievens, circa 1630

This picture has always captivated me. In a quirky way, it represents what I aspire to become, someday: a wisened, weathered, devout man of God, still looking up to the Light, in humble resolute dependence. The artist, Jan Lievens, was a devout man of God himself (at least in his older life, from what I can tell from his other paintings [more here]). He was also a friend and colleague of Rembrandt, and the two men influenced each others styles. (Lievens’ Lamentation of Christ — another striking work of art — may have been painted around the same time as his Old Man.)