JetBlue has requested authorization to launch an ab initio pilot training program in the United States. I’ve written about ab initio training before (see here, here and here.) The main difference between this proposal and the European practice is that JetBlue will send their candidates out to fly at a smaller airline until they get … Continue Reading
Usually advice is too general. The previous post, Pay Yourself Second, was a good example. It promoted the idea that a young person should save regularly but didn’t show how. You could set up automatic distributions, from your paycheck, to a savings account in a bank ($100 per paycheck when starting out) to build up … Continue Reading
My oldest son is in college. He is studying engineering. His first semester was unremarkable; we were surprised how quickly he took to social life there, but not much because his university attracts young people exactly like him – on the serious side, but with some sense of humor. Not a party school. But that … Continue Reading
This is an interesting YouTube video about the top 10 jobs most likely to be outsourced to a robot or other technology. The part I found most interesting was #9, Drivers. The narrator states that “Those who make a living ferrying people and cargo around in vehicles could one day have their livelihood [sic] taken … Continue Reading
Sycamore Presbyterian Church Friday Men’s Bible Study Psalm 28 (see notes) Question 4. What seems to happen in verse 6? Has this ever happened to you? Should we expect this every time? Why or why not? 6 Blessed be the Lord! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy. David was praying … Continue Reading
Sycamore Presbyterian Church Friday Men's Bible Study, Theology
Sycamore Presbyterian Church Friday Men’s Bible Study Psalm 28 (see notes) Question 3. We have seen what David was petitioning for. What do we learn in the psalm about how we should petition God? (a) What attitudes or beliefs underlie his requests? (Think especially of what “uplifted hands” (v. 2) symbolize. Why is each attitude/belief … Continue Reading
Sycamore Presbyterian Church Friday Men's Bible Study, Theology
Sycamore Presbyterian Church Friday Men’s Bible Study Psalm 28 (see notes) Question 2. Now look at David’s definition of “wickedness” in verses 3-5. (a) Define and describe the “wickedness” that so concerns David (v. 3 and v. 5). (b) How is verse 3b a complete reverse of what our relationships should be with others? (c) … Continue Reading
Sycamore Presbyterian Church Friday Men's Bible Study, Theology
Sycamore Presbyterian Church Friday Men’s Bible Study Psalm 28 (see notes) Question 1. This psalm is a prayer of petition. (a) What two things is David asking for with regard to the wicked (v. 3 and v. 4)? (b) Why do we have more assurance than David did that the petition of verse 3 will … Continue Reading
Sycamore Presbyterian Church Friday Men's Bible Study, Theology
Sycamore Presbyterian Church Friday Men’s Bible Study Psalm 73 (see notes) Question 8. Think back over the psalm. What have you learned that can help you “pray through your doubts and difficulties” better? In a way that is similar to the lesson learned in the previous study, I have learned a difficult lesson about prayer. … Continue Reading
Sycamore Presbyterian Church Friday Men's Bible Study, Theology
Sycamore Presbyterian Church Friday Men’s Bible Study Psalm 73 (see notes) Question 7. How does knowing about the work of Jesus Christ make it even easier for us (a) to understand the idea of a God who seems to sleep through the world’s storm of injustice (v. 20), and (b) to know that God will … Continue Reading