Monthly Archives: March 2017
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- March 24, 2017
About a week ago I had the privilege of attending the annual Ligonier conference in Orlando, Florida. Since arriving home, I find myself thinking about the comment, "we're not at the cool table anymore" that Stephen Nichols made as he reflected on the cultural shift in America over the last 20 to 30 years. I think he articulated the case with pin-point accuracy.
The idea of being at the cool table is rooted in the 1980's and 1990’s when going to church provided a certain social status or was considered to be socially acceptable. Many church attenders looked at it as an opportunity to promote ones self—a place to network and be entrepreneurial. It didn’t necessarily matter if they believed as the church believed. It was more important to be seen and by inference recognized as an upstanding honorable citizen. Church membership was the moral country club; somewhere you wanted your name circulated. Membership was on the rise. However, today, to make such a public profession will get you blacklisted!
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- March 09, 2017
I took my two boys to the Lowrider Hopping Nationals in Louisville KY over a week ago. We had a mission to learn as much as we could about lowriders and find out from those in the pits what batteries they used, why they use them and how they charge them. We—well, I (my boys did not find the “grown up talk” very exciting) had the privilege of chatting at length with a couple of guys from Those Dudes and Louisville Slugger. These guys were very accommodating and patient as they answered all my questions and educated me on what it takes to build a champion and best of all, how the competition works. I found it all very fascinating as I was ushered in to a part of the automotive world I really knew nothing about. I now have a good grasp on what the perfect lowrider battery should encompass.
Competition Goals
For those of you that may have been like me and know very little about lowriders, allow me to provide a quick overview of how it works. I may get some of the facts a little wrong, but
