Goodbye Duke Nukem

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5-6) Today is August 31, 2011. It’s a day that’s fairly odd for me emotionally. It’s in some ways the end of the road for the biggest single “event” in my working career. You see, today’s my last day at Gearbox Software. But before I get to that, let me rewind the clock a bit. Going back to early 1992. I was living in Philadelphia then, and I was big into the BBS scene. Ran first an Apple // BBS, and then a PC BBS. Both operated under the name “The Arsenal of Freedom” (a Star Trek: TNG Episode title). Given the time then, I used to carry Apogee Software...

My Personal Testimony

This document was originally written as part of an assignment in a discipleship course my church offers regularly.  I wrote it back in late March of 2007 when I was taking the course.  I expanded it in July of 2010, picking up where the discipleship course part of this ended, and talked about what’s happened in my life since then.  I hope you enjoy reading this, as it’s been a joy to live it, thanks be to God! ————————————————————————————— My Personal Testimony …or “How I Came to love Jesus” by Joseph Michael Siegler Jesus has always been a part of my life.  My problem is that I never always acknowledged it, or even when I did, didn’t give him the attention he...

A Daddy’s Story

As some of you know who are reading this, Lynn and I found out on February 4th that we were pregnant (well, I found out anyway). We unfortunately ceased being pregnant on March 5th. This story is about our lost pregnancy, and how God was faithful to us, even during this time. I decided to put down some thoughts as to what’s happened regarding our experience in losing our baby. I explain some thoughts leading up to our decision to get pregnant, and then several thoughts from Feb 28 (when we first found out we probably weren’t pregnant) until Mar 5 when we had a surgical procedure after finding out for sure there wasn’t a baby – as well as describing some of our experiences in the hospital (don’t worry, no yucky details). This was...

I guess I’m excited

First I said there was no way I could wait till Valentine’s Day, and forced Lynn to call the parents on Monday night. Then I couldn’t wait three days and started cherry picking telling people at church on Tuesday, as well as telling more family. Then I couldn’t keep it a secret at work, and told everyone there. Then I couldn’t stop myself and told the entire church gathering at a meeting at our Rector’s house on Thursday night. And finally tonight I couldn’t keep it a secret from Samantha. Lynn is pregnant with our second child. I think I’m excited (after being initially freaked out the first night). And now there’s no point in keeping it off our blogs, although one of Lynn’s friends posted about it last...

Merry Christmas

I rather liked this message from Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria which I read earlier this morning, so I’ve decided to replicate it completely on my site… —- Christmas is here again despite all covert and overt attempts to wish it away. The celebration in remembrance of the love of God in giving the Saviour to the world is so important, it cannot be wished away. Though few human beings rejoiced at the birth of the baby Jesus, the Gospels tell about multitudes rejoicing in the heavens, about a bright star leading wise men to worship the new born king, and they also tell about the trouble his birth brought to those unwilling to have him as their Lord and King. The incarnation is the divine condescension. The birth of Christ which we celebrate...

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