Of Chaos and Order

For those curious, here’s how I answer existential questions. The Meaning of Life All that is was brought into existence and given order by God (Gen. 1:1-5), through the collaboration of the three persons of God (John 1:1-5; Gen. 1:2), and it was called “good” (Gen. 1:31). Humans were given authority as image-bearers to represent and enact God’s kingdom on the earth (Gen. 1:26-28). But a member of the ordered creation, a deceitful serpent, (Gen.

Our family climbed to the top of the Crazy Horse Memorial for the 40th anniversary of the Volksmarch! We’d wanted to since we first moved to the Black Hills, but this was the first year we thought the boys could finish the 10km roundtrip.

I’ve launched the professional face of my website! With the invaluable use of Codex and ChatGPT 5.5, I built it from scratch in three hours. I’ve refined the writing with ChatGPT, but the ideas originate from this site.

The decline motif has been a powerful tool in the rise of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement. We observe both the insular, tribal response to globalization in the rhetoric of its leaders and the appeal to a semi-ancient state of perfection to which we must return. Fear of decline and zeal for renewal have such a grip on the imagination of Americans that most overlook the discrepancies between the movement’s rhetoric and behavior.

We remain grateful for the Evanston Vineyard, though we live far away. Our I WILL from this sermon was to invite folks over for dinner. Dr. Josh Sermon 31-May-2026

Our family visited my grandparents last week. We managed the travel by splitting it into two five-hour drives with hotel pool swimming in-between. Our first full day we drove down from Meeker to Glenwood Springs and spent three hours swimming in the hot springs. The second day, after seeing how enthralled the boys were with exploring my grandparent’s 10-acre property, playing with my childhood toys and riding the ATV, we kept to the house, with only a brief jaunt into town to survey the homes…

I’ve begun two theology courses in preparation for starting a PhD cohort this fall. One is Missiological Theology (study of God’s mission), and the other is Movemental Ecclesiology (study of the church’s movement). I’d been waiting so long to start that I jumped right in, but I probably should have waited until after our Colorado trip. Between birthdays, graduations, and trip preparation there hasn’t been much time for classwork.

My involvement with AI has been exponentially growing. It’s dizzying how fast this technology is evolving. In just one week you’ve got three new things with which to experiment. While my work transforms underneath me because of AI, I’m also working out how to use it for day-to-day use. In two minutes I can get it to analyze feedback from one-hundred Westminster congregants or design a board-ready financial dashboard. What I want most, however, is for it to handle all of our clothing shopping.

I’ve been fasting from caffeine and Valheim during Lent. It’s the first time I’ve ever participated in Lent. Graham was the instigator; after he learned about it, he wanted to do it. Comically, he never did settle on something. He only roped Amie and I into it! We’re breaking our fast on Saturday’s, which has made our day of rest even more special. Coffee day!!! Yesterday’s rest day we went to the cultural expo at the School of Mines.

We’ve been sick since last week (though it feels like it’s been several weeks). That’s annoying. Also, we’ve hit a big milestone–the first full read-through of The Chronicles of Narnia! We’re starting Madeleine L’Engle’s Wrinkle in Time series next, woohoo :)