Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
I read a brief article today called Top Five Regrets of the Dying. The author, a nurse, has spent years with people in the final weeks of their lives, and she has documented in a blog and a book her findings. In a nutshell, the top five regrets of those near death in this nurse's experience …
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I read a brief article last weekend by Jeremiah Owyang that led me to try something new at work this past week. The article was called "Pay Yourself First" and it dealt with being more intentional about getting your to-do list items done early in the day instead of allowing others to impose their to-do …
When I posted my last lesson about saying yes to saying no, I suspected that I had already posted something on the topic earlier. A search of the blog yielded the lesson from January 5 - Learn to say no. There is a lot of similarity in the posts, although they aren't exactly the same. …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #342: Sometimes We Need To Learn the Same Lessons Over and Over
This weekend is the annual big event at my church where we have our Christmas program repeated multiple times from Friday evening through Saturday afternoon. While four performances is significant, it is nowhere near the time commitment of some previous years when under different leadership and with a different focus we had as many as …
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In a hectic life and world where too many commitments can easily fill one's day, it's a nice reminder that others care when they check in on you to make sure you're OK. That happened to me today when a dear friend of many years sent me a message expressing her concern because of my …
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