Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
I have extremely good memories of Christmas from my childhood. Forever locked in my mind's eye are spending time at each set of grandparents' house, exchanging gifts with the extended family, listening to my Aunt Nonie read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, seeing the Chrismon tree at the front of the church, and the Christmas …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #359: Start Your Own Traditions
Amazon claims that the average length of all books sold there is 64,000 words. If you Google a question about the average number of words in a book, you'll find sites with a variety of stats, usually based on the type of book and age of the audience. For example, a novel for adults might …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #358: If You Want to Write a Book, Start Blogging
One of the annual Christmas season rituals for my wife and me is to watch the movie It's a Wonderful Life. We did that again tonight. Given the number of years we've been doing this, it's safe to say that I've seen this movie more times than any other movie. You know the story line: James …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #357: It’s a Wonderful Life
More out of curiosity than necessity today, I used the smart phone app Waze on the 190-mile round trip to and from my parents' farm. I wanted to see how accurate it was in mapping my progress using GPS and warning me of potential trouble spots along the route. It does much more than that, …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #356: Listen to Early Warnings
Very few days go by without someone complaining to me about something happening in our company's internal social network. Usually it's about a specific discussion that someone takes offense at or because they think a rule or two have been broken that requires my intervention as community manager. That goes with the territory of managing …
