Most of us spend our lives building something. We build careers, reputations, habits, relationships, routines. We build systems at work and patterns at home. Even when we feel stuck, something is being constructed beneath the surface. Time does not stand still, and neither do the structures that shape our lives. The question is not whether …
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Author:Robert Elliott
Clean Code Is Not Just Style — It’s Responsibility
Clean code is often treated as a matter of taste. Tabs or spaces.Snake case or camel case.Long functions or many small ones. These debates can give the impression that “clean code” is largely aesthetic — a preference shaped by personal background or team culture. But this framing misses something crucial. At its heart, clean code …
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Vocation, Not Just Output
We live in a world that measures value by output. From an early age, we are trained to ask questions like What do you do? and What have you achieved? We track progress through metrics, milestones, reviews, and results. In professional life especially, worth is often inferred from productivity. To be busy is to be …
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What Are My Defaults as a Programmer?
Every programmer has defaults. Most of us just don’t notice them. Defaults are the decisions we make without consciously deciding. They are the habits that sit beneath our awareness: the libraries we reach for instinctively, the architectural patterns we reuse, the shortcuts we allow ourselves when time is tight. Defaults are shaped by experience, pressure, …
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Beginning Again: God’s Mercies in the New Year
The beginning of a new year carries a quiet emotional weight. Even when we try to ignore it, January still arrives with questions in its wake. Some of those questions are hopeful — what might this year become? Others are heavier — what didn’t I manage last year? Most of us hold both at once. …
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Foundations
Beginnings are strange things. They carry expectation, but also weight. Even for those of us who resist resolutions or roll our eyes at “new year, new you” rhetoric, the turning of the calendar still creates a pause. January presses questions upon us whether we invite them or not. What am I doing with my time?What …
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Finding Rest in God After a Busy Year
As the final days of 2025 unfold, many of us feel the weight of the year catching up with us. The pace of life rarely slows on its own — work demands, family responsibilities, church commitments, digital overload, financial pressures, and personal expectations all accumulate until we reach December feeling drained, stretched, or simply tired. …
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Trusting God with Your Plans: Embracing the Unknown in 2026
December is a month of hope and planning. As the year winds down, many of us begin mapping out the next twelve months with renewed enthusiasm. New goals, fresh ideas, improved habits, better systems. Yet at the heart of Christian life sits a paradox: we plan, and God directs. We prepare, and God guides. We …
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Creating a Tech Project to Serve Your Church or Community
Technology has become deeply woven into the everyday life of churches and communities. From livestreaming to safeguarding, from websites to donation systems, from digital rotas to pastoral care databases — technology is now one of the most practical tools for enabling ministry. But beyond functionality, tech projects provide extraordinary opportunities for Christians to use their …
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How to Stay Connected to Your Faith During the Holidays
The Christmas season is often described as “the most wonderful time of the year,” yet for many people, it can also be one of the most spiritually challenging. December brings beauty, joy, celebration, and hope — but it also brings busyness, pressure, emotional strain, travel, expectations, and sometimes deep loneliness. Even those with a strong …
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