http://emptyreflection.com Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:56:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In my last blog (Countdown) I talked about watching on TV the early days of America's space program. We watched many of those pre-dawn broadcasts with great anticipation, waiting patiently for those precious words "we have liftoff" - sitting awestruck as the rocket slowly rose from it's holding platform into ... http://emptyreflection.com/liftoff/ I'm part of that 'boomer' generation that grew up with the space program in it's infant stage. Due largely to the fact that my older brother was deeply entrenched in anything that had to do with rockets - from NASA to his own homemade "October Sky"-like projects - we usually ... http://emptyreflection.com/countdown/ Empty Reflection is on the verge of being published - although the title has been changed to "Blood Reflection", tying in more pointedly to the issue of the blood of Christ on the soldier's cloak, thus the 'origin' of the main character, Brock Auzman. I actually wrote this book, which is ... http://emptyreflection.com/prophet-or-kook/ I've had several people ask why I wrote this book. It is a novel, but I hope it brings forth a couple of messages. For one thing - in fact, the most important thing - there are several places in the book where various characters struggle with their spiritual "place". They ... http://emptyreflection.com/why-empty-reflection/ The main character of Empty Reflection is a young man who has a lot of charisma and seems to have a lot of influence on people. He has a near "rock-star" personality when it comes to influencing people - especially voters - but people really don't know him. In reality, ... http://emptyreflection.com/struggles-of-self-identity/ I preached this morning on Moses, with the opening point being "Passion Without Knowledge". Moses saw a problem - 'his' people being persecuted, and even beaten - so he took matters into his own hands and killed the Egyptian who was beating the Hebrew slave. Not only did that result ... http://emptyreflection.com/fixing-symptoms-as-opposed-to-real-problems/ I had a very unusual experience this past week. I was asked to become guardian of an elderly man in our church - a man who has no relatives and no one else who could make medical decisions for him, and a man who was not able to make such ... http://emptyreflection.com/it-just-goes-to-show-you/ One of the main characters of the book "Empty Reflection" has an ongoing battle withing himself (that usually spills onto others) - mainly because he has a struggle with his identity. He knows, or perceives, that there is something unique or different about him, but he doesn't know what that ... http://emptyreflection.com/character-counts-revisited/ This story is about a young man who seemed to have what it takes to be "successful" - but the problem is that what he has is mostly surface. There simply is no depth of character. In my days as an assistant baseball coach, my 'boss' - head coach Al Worthington ... http://emptyreflection.com/character-counts/ I've now added a mailing list on the sidebar. If you'd like to be notified of how to buy the book when it's available or for any updates regarding the book, please submit your email address on the sidebar. Also, if you have a facebook, digg, or any other social media ... http://emptyreflection.com/hey-everybody/