R.L. Loeffelbein, a physics teacher at Washington University in St. Louis was about to give a student a zero for the student’s answer to an examination problem. The student claimed he should receive a perfect score, if the system were not so set up against the student. Instructor and student agreed to submit to an impartial arbiter, Dr. Alexander Calandra, who tells the story.

The examination problem was: “Show how it is possible to determine the height of a tall building with the aid of a barometer.”

The student’s answer was…. Click here to read the rest of the story

(gee, I love physics)

Many times people think that every problem has one and only one solution. That is true if the problem is 1 + 1 or how to get to heaven (the answer is Jesus Christ, email me if you want to know how I came to this solution) but life’s problems aren’t that simple and neither are their solutions. This is probably one of the reasons I love doing computer consulting. I love to see what people need software, website or computer hardware to do, and I think of all the different ways that that can be done. Then I go through those different solutions to see which ones I actually know how to do (or someone on the team can do), which one is most efficient, which one is the most flexible for future enhancements, etc. to determine the best solution. All of them will work but usually there’s one that’s the best to solve our problem.

And that’s what I get to do with eDOT. I get to help different ministries find technology solutions so that they can help us with a problem that all Christians are called to answer. The problem of fulfilling the Great Commission of “Therfore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” (NIV Matthew 28:19-20)

If you would like to partner with us on this adventure, please email me and we can talk about all the different ways.