Category: ATB

Once upon a time (starting in 2010 and running for a little over a year) Ben put in a lot of hours on a blog named “Assume The Best.”

It chronicled his life as a full-time staff member of Campus Crusade for Christ, attempting to make light of and encourage specifically around the process of raising financial support.

We had left staff at that point, and this writing is an interesting look into his process of grieving that loss, with an eye toward “becoming a writer.”

Here, in the order they were released, are those posts.

September 15, 2011

Pat Robertson. A Case-Study in Assuming the Best.

The blogosphere has more fuel, ladies and gentlemen.

Behold, Pat Robertson, king of the soundbyte. This looks really, really bad, I have to admit. Continue reading “Pat Robertson. A Case-Study in Assuming the Best.”

September 19, 2011

That Family at Our Church With the Drug Problem.

The family at church that parks in the far corner of the lot? It’s not because they have drugs in the car. They aren’t “ridin’ dirty” as the prophet Chamillionaire would have you believe.

And even if they are, at least they are at church, am I right? Continue reading “That Family at Our Church With the Drug Problem.”

September 30, 2011

Fire Someone Today: Best Advice I’ve Heard This Week.

Once when we were relative newlyweds we decided to “swing by” the pet adoption clinic, because we had a free afternoon. That turned out to be a great way to come home with a lovable dog. Continue reading “Fire Someone Today: Best Advice I’ve Heard This Week.”

October 24, 2011

EntreLeadership Made me Sick.

I just finished EntreLeadership by Dave Ramsey. The thing is downright depressing. In fact, to be perfectly honest with you, it made me sick. Continue reading “EntreLeadership Made me Sick.”

October 26, 2011

Home School Vs. Christian School Vs. Nazi Internment Camps.

If you don’t put your 3-year-old into Christian school that costs more than a Mercedes, they are probably going to do drugs, or listen to death metal.

I know, because my kid has a thriving illicit drug business going out of his cubby at the YMCA preschool. But Continue reading “Home School Vs. Christian School Vs. Nazi Internment Camps.”