Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
As pervasive as social media is today, a majority of the people on earth still don't use it. That's hard to imagine for some of us whose work lives and much of personal lives seem to revolve around it, but it's true. Facebook's nearly 1 billion users is a genuinely impressive number, but so is …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #145: Social Media Brings the World To You
As I left work today and crossed the street, I met a jogger who stopped at the same corner waiting for a light change. As I always do when walking down the street, I made eye contact and we briefly acknowledged each other. He was about to go a different direction than I, so I …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #144: You Never Know Who’s Watching
Today is the first day in over 33 years I went without wearing my wedding ring. No, nothing is wrong between Linda and me. Something wacko happened to the ring finger on my left hand Sunday night that made it hurt considerably all day Monday and swell to the point where I could not get …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #143: Some Things Become Part Of You Over Time
Yesterday was a holiday, but you wouldn't know it by looking at either my wife's or my schedule. She had to work from dawn until mid-afternoon (and throughout the holiday weekend) preparing and serving a meal for about 170 people. I was home all day, but chose to work most of the hours between 10 …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #142: You Are Fortunate If You Enjoy Your Work
In an earlier post, I commented on how we sometimes need to act our way into the right feelings. Today's lesson is similar in that it deals with a back door way of discovering something about ourselves. If given proper warning, most of us would likely answer questions about what we value most with respectable, …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #141: Look Where Your Mind Wanders To Find Your Heart
