Jim Rising’s Personal Blog

Feature Article #1

Decision making within the life cycle of complex systems

Matt and I were talking today about the role that decision making plays in our lives… and I mentioned how when you’re younger, you have fewer decisions to make… but they are more critical, while as you age, you have a greater number of decisions to make the older you get (until it plateaus at [...]

Jim | August 19th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #2

Momentum as one of your greatest assets

A few months ago, I had a friend who’s car would not start while he was visiting me at my house. Fortunately it was a stick shift… and anyone who has driven one of these knows what it means to ‘pop’ start it when the battery is dead. For those who have not had the [...]

Jim | August 14th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #3

Hosting Provider Challenges

1 year.
That’s about my average stay at any given hosting provider. I think it must be timed with hosting software product releases or something, because it’s actually pretty spooky… but it always seems like right around 1 year renewal is when I inevitably start looking for a new relationship. Like that car that ran great [...]

Jim | August 3rd, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #4

We’re Pregnant!

Last week, Melissa started feeling a bit ‘icky’, and while she wasn’t exactly ‘late’ … we haven’t been exactly ‘careful’ lately, and she was definitely symptomatic, so I urged her to take a test. Sure enough, it came back positive! This past saturday (the 19th) we went to see her doctor for a second opinion. [...]

Jim | July 22nd, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #5

10 Simple Things YOU Can Do TODAY to effect your marketplace for Christ!

 Ask 1 new person if you can pray with them about any need or desire in their life.
If they say no (trust me, 9 out of 10 won’t say no!) … ask someone else! Once you are done praying, ask them if it would be ok if you called them / emailed them to [...]

Jim | July 16th, 2008 | Continued

About this Site

This site has started basically just as a stomping grounds for my thoughts, a journal of sorts used to get things out of my head and into a format where if anyone was interested, including me, they would be able to read it. Some of the things here are about my job, but most of [...]