Aaron Troyer

There is a growing culture of suspicion in this postmodern age we have dropped into like aliens from space. Question everything with the presupposition that nothing is as it seems is the philosophy of the day. A primarily suspicious culture is rooted in the belief that we are fed lies

An adult makes about 35,000 decisions daily or about one every two waking seconds. Most are micro choices, while only occasionally macro decisions with major implications pop up. Throughout these micro choices, patterns of decision-making are operating. They have a cumulative effect, for better or worse. In Decision Making

What is the key to being a motivated person who is both positive and productive? An older fellow who drove log truck used to deliver a load of logs to our mill every day. He quietly and efficiently did his job and always had a congenial attitude. One day I

It ain’t what you don’t know that hurts you. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. —Mark Twain Belief can be defined widely on a sliding scale of commitment and intensity. For the sake of this discussion, bear with me and define belief

Christopher Knight was a young man in the mid-1980s. He had a home in Maine and a job as a locksmith. Life started to overwhelm him and every encounter with another person seemed to be a stressful, zero-sum situation. One day he climbed into his small SUV and just drove

I don’t like chickens. They could never survive on their own. They are brainless and gross, especially if you are forced to participate in the killing, cleaning, and dismembering. God did not make chickens; He made grouse and pheasants. Also, these little yapping creatures we call dogs? When God