Several years ago, Rick Warren wrote a book called The Purpose Driven Life, and it flew off the shelves. It has been translated into 137 languages and sold over 50 million copies in multiple formats, demonstrating that every person has a deep, indwelling hunger to know their purpose. Even when we know it, we find ourselves doubting, "Is this the right one, or should I be doing something else?” The success of Warren's book also epitomizes our tendency to look outside of ourselves for purpose instead of within. Let's see what John says.

The trick to Rabbit Ears was to adjust them for each channel. If not, your picture was fuzzy or just video snow. Each channel had a particular frequency, and the antenna had a unique position. The adjustment process often took two people – one to change the position of the antenna and another to say, "No, no, no, back to the left," then, "Now, back to the right a little," and finally, "right there, that's just right.”

In his recent book, Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death, biochemist Nick Lane says of one of the founding fathers of biochemistry, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, “Life, for Hopkins, was the combination of information, which specifies the protein catalysts (enzymes) that channel these pathways, and flux–the flow of molecules down particular pathways to form new materials for building or rebuilding the city of the cell.” Hopkins’ definition of life, or the life force, combines intelligence and energy. 

To better grasp this, I think of the components of creativity: the creator, his creativity, and his creation. I can imagine an architect holding his plans, representing his initial intention, and then looking at his completed building, representing the final creation. The architect always had the building with him - it was a part of him from the start, and the plans accurately reflected his initial intention.

My faith became collateral damage in the valley of the shadow of my granddaughter’s death at age three. (Audio Included)