Looking back, the past year has been filled with transition. My wife and I knew that she would be finishing her fellowship program. We knew that we would likely move to California at the end of the year. We didn’t know that half way through January, I would learn that...

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The Ecma TC39 committee, which standardizes the JavaScript language (officially known as ECMAScript), has been discussing a decorators proposal for several years. Transpilers like TypeScript and Babel implemented the initial version of the decorators proposal, allowing developers and frameworks to start using the proposal before the feature became an official...

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If you like to automate your macOS configuration via bash scripts and have recently setup Mojave, you may be wondering how to enable dark mode, the configuration is called “AppleInterfaceStyle” and can be set using the following command. defaults write "Apple Global Domain" "AppleInterfaceStyle" "Dark" If you would like...

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How joining the social networking platform helped me become a better programmer

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With the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation coming up, it seems appropriate to look at how churches work without an organizing structure. At the beginning of church history, churches were small and geographically separated. Churches could often be identified by their city or by the home where...

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I upgraded an application at work to use @types instead of Typings today. Unfortunately I had trouble finding information on the differences between the two systems. Many things that were supposed to " work with no change" didn’t seem to be but eventually I was able to please the TypeScript...

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The past two years of ministry in Springfield, Ohio have been filled with ups and downs for my wife and me. We have had the great opportunity to get to know the children who attend our church’s weekly children’s programs. We have also transitioned out of some of the ministries...

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I know it has already been three weeks since ng-conf but I wanted to highlight my takeaways from the conference. This was the first technical conference I had ever attended so almost everything was a new experience for me. The only exposure I had to the format was through YouTube...

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In October of 2014, I married the love of my life and I am so glad I did. I love being able to see her every day and having an excuse to treat her extra special. Her companionship brings me endless joy and she helps me be a better man....

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Humbled by those who know need

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For those of you who had checked our blog while we were in Liberia, I’d like to apologize for our lack of updates. We were unsure of what our housing situation would be but we knew that during Bekah’s last trip she could get online from her housing at the...

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Detour to Senegal

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An explanation of my entree into literary communication

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We love this baked mac and cheese recipe from our friend. It’s been one we’ve returned to year-after-year. WARNING: There’s a lot of cheese Ingredients: 1 lb of elbow macaroni 2 8 oz bags of shredded sharp cheddar 1 8 oz bag of Colby jack/Monterey mix 1 12 fl oz....

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This is a simplified slow cooker chile recipe from an advisor and former-professor of Bekah’s. We’ve made many variations of this but it provides a great base to work from. Ingredients Ground beef (browned) Diced tomatoes Tomato sauce Tomato paste (if want it to be thicker) Red kidney beans...

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