The saturation of media coverage for the Newtown, CT tragedy is just too much. It isn't healthy to watch the coverage constantly after a tragedy like that. At the beginning when we're in shock and trying to find out what happened, watching in disbelief is understandable. But when it reaches a point of repetition with little …
Author: Jeff Ross
Author of "Next Step Devotions"; semi-retired after a career in Christian ministry and secular information technology; available for teaching and public speaking; lives in Winchester, KY
Leap Year Lesson #350: Hang On to Imagination
This morning I spent an hour with four young children - two boys who will be three years old in a few weeks and two girls who are each four years old. I wish I had a video of the time because it was fascinating. I haven't been around that much imagination in a long …
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Leap Year Lesson #349: Dig Deeper For Understanding
As the nation deals with yesterday's tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, the long process of grieving begins. I appreciate stories from antiquity that tell of allowing long periods of mourning - a month or so - in recognition that grief isn't something that we turn on and then turn off like a switch mere days later. …
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Leap Year Lesson #348: Evil Is Real, and So Is the Cure
Like many of you, I found myself shaking my head in disbelief and shedding some tears over the unthinkable tragedy today at the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school where more than two dozen children and adults were senselessly murdered. Nobody with a heart could watch the story unfold without getting a sickening feeling in their gut. …
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Leap Year Lesson #347: Humble Pie Tastes Bad, But It’s Good For You
I had a kind, good person at work send me an email today concerned about some things I had said recently. She feared that my remarks could be harmful if taken in a way that pitted one group against another. While that was not my intent in making the remarks, I can certainly understand where …
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