Oaken Gearbox

I needed a roof rack for the 2013 Ford Focus Hatchback that I recently bought. I don't like the clamp-on racks; they always look like an afterthought, and there's also the risk of damaged paint. I wanted the rack to be bolt-on, yet fully and easily removeable. This was my solution. Pictured are Yakima "Jetstream" bars with Landing Pad 11. This should work with any type of Focus, Focus ST, or Focus RS since they all have the same body, probably other cars, too, if they have the same style rain gutter. Although it took more time than I thought, I'm really happy with the result. Overall I probably spent 16hrs, spread over a week's time, mostly because I had never done it before and was being extremely cautious so as not to damage my car.  I checked with a local rack installer before I started, but their solution was to permanently mount the landing pads, which I was not thrilled about. Instead, I opted to install threaded "T-nut" mounts...

Gospel: literally, "Good News." That humans are incapable of living good and perfect lives, as would be required to meet God's Just and Holy standards; but that Christ Jesus came to take the punishment we deserve, meaning that by accepting that gift, we all can spend eternity with God. Although I was taught the Gospel at a very young age, it wasn't until recently that I realized how central it is to all beliefs and decisions in life. Last summer, while visiting with a friend, he mentioned that while searching for a church after moving to the Indianapolis area, they had found many that were Bible centered, but not Gospel centered. I did not really understand what he meant until I read Tim Keller's article "The Centrality of the Gospel." In it, he makes the case that the Gospel should be central to every area of life by building on a concept first put forth by Tertullian. From Keller's article: "Tertullian, a Christian writer in the se...