by joncook | Sep 23, 2012 | Everyday Life, Faith Journey, Thinking
This has been a tough year for me to wrestle through death. I’m not a grim-faced pessimist who thinks about death with any frequency at all but this year’s been a little different. Here’s why… In January my friend Shawn was killed in a car...
by joncook | May 8, 2012 | Culture, Everyday Life, Purpose, Social Justice, Thinking
The summer Olympics are going to be here in ten weeks (give or take a few days). I love watching the Olympics with all the fanfare, the patriotic showings, national anthems, broken world records, and all the attention and excitement that it causes. The Olympics have...
by joncook | Apr 14, 2012 | Everyday Life, Faith Journey, Purpose, Thinking
I first became aware of the term microclimate about a year ago. According to Wikipedia, microclimate is a small area that differs in climate than the surrounding area. I went to the Denver Botanic Gardens for an afternoon last April and entered a microclimate as soon...
by joncook | Jan 18, 2012 | Everyday Life, Purpose, The Blogosphere, Thinking, Writing
Over the past week I’ve been reminded again how brazen people can be when it comes to what they say online. I notice it each time I browse the comments sections on blogs, readers’ feedback on research journals, or news article discussions. It gets even...
by joncook | Jan 16, 2012 | Everyday Life, Part of My Story, Thinking
My friend Shawn passed away on Thursday. He was in a car wreck in Utah on Wednesday afternoon and died from severe head and spinal injuries. The Salt Lake Tribune ran an article about his death and the crash but it doesn’t tell the whole story about...
by joncook | Nov 23, 2011 | Everyday Life, Purpose, Thinking
Thanksgiving is tomorrow, which is hard to focus on when TV and radio ads for Black Friday have been playing for the past three weeks. Seriously, three weeks. It’s been almost surreal to think that Thanksgiving is tomorrow since Kara and I have been so busy with...
