James Davison Hunter has written the incredible book To Change The World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World. If you read my blog, you probably need to read this book. Hunter studied under a longtime friend of mine, Stan Gaede. Stan and I go way back, having first met [...]
Archive for January, 2011
To Change The World
Posted: 31st January 2011 by Roy Goble in Book Reviews, WestmontTags: Christian Politics, Cultural Shifts, Google.org, James Davison Hunter, Religious Right, Stan Gaede
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Family, Blogging, and Links
Posted: 28th January 2011 by Roy Goble in Book Reviews, D'Oliva Olive Oil, Family, Random Thoughts, UncategorizedTags: Bay Area Professional Videographers Association, Olive oil, Reading Lists, The SOLD Project, videography
I have several links for you to click today…trust me, you’ll have fun with this… A lot of people who read this blog were supporters of my son when he went to Thailand last year. Jedd was there to create a video for The SOLD Project, which combats child prostitution in that country. Well, here’s [...]
Drifting from Prayer
Posted: 23rd January 2011 by Roy Goble in PathLight, Random Thoughts, WestmontTags: Horatius Bonar, Prayer, Spiritual Growth
My prayer life has drifted lately. Meetings, travels, and all the other exercises of life have drawn me away from the times of reflection and quiet that our souls need. What’s curious is that this happened without me even realizing it. My times of prayer continued, but my focus and energy had waned. Nothing new [...]
The Laundry Room That Became a Wine Cellar
Posted: 18th January 2011 by Roy Goble in D'Oliva Olive Oil, Wine ReviewsTags: Bordeaux wines, Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Wine Collecting
The first house D’Aun and I bought was a rickety old home built in 1913 that had a most un-californian feature: a basement. After our first wine experience in Bordeaux I built a small rack and collected my first bottles of wine. Eventually we moved and lost that fun basement, but I still kept collecting. [...]
Civility, Humility, Tragedy
Posted: 11th January 2011 by Roy Goble in Junkyard Management, Random ThoughtsTags: Emanuel Cleaver, Gabrielle Giffords, Humility in Negotiations, Political Rhetoric, Tucson
The tragic violence in Tucson has led to more conversation about civility in our society. Whether the action of an unstable young man was fueled by the violent language of politics or not is important, of course. I tend to think that he was not. But having said that, this is the time to reflect [...]
Competition
Posted: 6th January 2011 by Roy Goble in Goble Properties, Junkyard Management, Random ThoughtsTags: Competitive Edge, Junkyard Management, Rent negotiations
I’ve been thinking a lot about competition lately. We compete in business, politics, global affairs, sports, and even in many personal pursuits (I know people who live in angst because they have fewer twitter followers than a competitor). Competition can be good because it can bring out the best in us, but other times it [...]