by Andy Baker | Jul 30, 2024 | Vital Men Devotions
Years ago I read the book The Big Short by Michael Lewis (which inspired the movie). The book is a re-telling of the causes and events leading up to the subprime mortgage crisis, which eventually led to the 2008 global economic crisis. While the whole subprime...
by Andy Baker | Jul 23, 2024 | Vital Men Devotions
I went through this stage of life where my body periodically decided breathing was an optional biological function. My lungs would jet off to Hawaii for the weekend, and I’d get to have a nice little party at the local hospital. During one of these lovely...
by Andy Baker | Jul 16, 2024 | Vital Men Devotions
For many centuries, between the writing of the New Testament and the Reformation, there were two spheres of life: religious and secular. Religious tasks were, more or less, solely the duty of the clergy. Most people could not even participate in communion or read the...
by Andy Baker | Jul 9, 2024 | Vital Men Devotions
We often talk about “acts of bravery.” A soldier receives a commendation for bravely running through no mans land to save a comrade. A person on a walk becomes a local hero for rushing to the aid of someone having a heart attack. A pilot lands a disabled...
by Andy Baker | Jul 2, 2024 | Vital Men Devotions
Growing up, school was pretty easy for me. Most subjects came naturally, and I could breeze through with minimal effort. Math, however, was a massive exception. No matter how much I tried, math always seemed completely incompressible (especially when random letters...
