The Final Step of Deconstruction: Letting Go
Leaving evangelical Christianity is rarely a straight line. For me, it took a journey through doubt, aggressive atheism, and a period of deep anger before…
The Difference Between Technical Delivery and Creative Expression
After decades in government and private sector IT, I’m shifting my company’s focus toward game development. In doing so, I’ve realized a fundamental truth about…
From Deputy Chief to Prompt Engineer: How I Learned to Manage Through AI
I climbed the corporate ladder to become a Deputy Chief Information Officer, only to find myself trapped by the Peter Principle. I struggled between suffocating…
The Danger of the Easy Out: Why I Avoid the Label of “Buddhist”
Is your belief system a bridge or a wall? While it’s convenient to use a label like “Buddhist” to end a debate, doing so creates…
George Carlin’s “Seven Words” and the Philosophy of Profanity
We’re taught from a young age that certain words are “bad” and others are “acceptable.” But is there really a difference between a swear word…
More Than a Dream: Revisiting John Lennon’s “Imagine” in a Divided America
John Lennon asked us to imagine a world without borders, religion, or greed. But in today’s hyper-polarized climate, why does that vision feel like a…
Understanding Confirmation Bias: Why We See What We Want to See
My grandmother always said that if it rains on the first of the month, it’ll rain for fifteen days. As a kid, I tried to…
The Blogger’s Checklist for Picking Stable WordPress Plugins
With over 60,000 plugins in the WordPress repository, finding a tool is easy—but finding one that won’t crash your site is the real challenge. Here…
The New Calling: From Hellfire to Hard Truths
I spent years in the cogs of the evangelical machine, driven by a fear of infinite fire and a desperate need to do the “right…
How to Securely Manage Passwords and API Keys in Bash Scripts
Slapping -p’password’ into your BASH script is a security disaster waiting to happen—anyone running ps -ef can see your credentials in plain text. But how…