Restoring Rapport

In this post, I'm going to explain a process that I have observed at work throughout multiple generations. You might be wondering how I can do this since I've only lived during the course of one generation. The answer to that is that I have observed this pattern in history, and also in the lives of those older than myself. I refer to this pattern as "The Pendulum of Generational Perception." I'm specifically going to address the effect this process has on the way children are raised. Here's how the process works. During a person's lifetime, that person behaves a certain way, acting either wisely or unwisely in each area of life. Some of their actions produce positive consequences and other actions produce negative consequences. Based on the consequences that their actions produce in their life, people make changes to the way they live their life as they grow older. For example, if a person did not act with financial wisdom during college and acc...

What exactly is the purpose of dreams? Dreams are simply one of the hundreds of ways that God uses to communicate with his children. Many people discount their dreams wholly as the product of their previous evening's meal. Others say that dreams are simply a function of the brain during sleep. If you do research about how dreams work, you're likely to find that there are a large number of theories, but few certainties. Like many areas of science, the study of dreams (Oneirology) is a field with many diverse opinions. In this post, I'm not going to discuss how dreams work. I'm going to discuss the purpose of dreams, and why our minds were designed to dream during sleep. I'm also going to give an example of a dream that I had and discuss how dreams can and should be interpreted.  It's important to know that dreams are not always mere inconsequential fancies of the brain. Put plain and simply, dreams can often be an inlet through which you hear the vo...