Nature versus nurture. A common debate. Scientifically, we can view this debate as genetics vs epigenetics. Genetics is the DNA we are born with, the unalterable part of us, and epigenetics is the expression of the underlying gene code. The field of epigenetics shows how external factors, such as stress, can affect gene expression patterns… Continue reading Nature vs Nurture
Running cadence is the amount of steps you take per minute. Research shows that a higher cadence reduces impact, decreases injury risk, all while preserving energy. It’s the concept of little by little. In life, we often want to take big strides, quick success and shortcuts. But, the real change is in small, consistent movements… Continue reading Little by little
A grain of sand is so tiny that we can basically ignore it. So are ten or even 100 grains of sand. It’s nothing. In Namibia, there is a town called Kolmanskop. When the mining failed, the people left. Being on the edge of a desert, a few grains of sand blew in. And a… Continue reading A grain at a time
There’s a crazy story in the Bible where Jesus encounters a madman called Legion. “This man lived in the burial caves and could no longer be restrained, even with a chain…Day and night he wandered among the burial caves and in the hills, howling and cutting himself with sharp stones” (Mark 5:3-5). But despite his… Continue reading Mar 5v15 – A Crazy Story
Life often feels like a circle – Monday to Sunday, back to Monday. Repeat. Solomon lamented about the meaningless of it all, saying, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9). However, life is not really a circle as the… Continue reading 2Ki2v11 Whirlpool or Whirlwind
There is nothing more amazing than seeing someone totally transform for good. Sometimes, we see the process, but other times, the process is unseen. All we see is the remarkable change. In Psalm 22, David writes a beautiful psalm that is firstly a prophecy of Messiah (Matthew 27:46) but also David’s life’s struggles. The first… Continue reading Psa 22v21-22 – The unwritten space
We live somewhat of a gypsy life, always on the move. Sometimes we sleep in a different place every night for several weeks – everything from our rooftop tent to a timeshare apartment. The issue is that every place has a different bed – some hard, some soft, some with huge pillows, some with lumpy… Continue reading Exo 33v14 – My pillow
One of the most important attributes of a car is reliability. There is nothing worse than a car that lets you down, especially when you are really relying on it. The same can be said for people too. However, like cars, people do sometimes let us down. Even friends or family who may have been… Continue reading Heb 13v8 – Unchanging
We were hiking up a mountain; however, I had chosen the wrong hiking socks, and one kept slipping down. I kept stopping to pull it up, but a few minutes later, it would slip down again. Eventually, I decided to try something different, so I turned the sock around with the heal portion on top.… Continue reading Jer 13v23 – Nothing’s changed