Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
I spent about 24 hours from Friday night until Saturday night visiting my parents this weekend. It's always a great time and more often than not I hear some new story from the past that is as entertaining as it is informative. I should probably write them down, but I'm frankly more concerned while there …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #155: You Know Someone Well When You Know What They Are Thinking
There were two occasions today where it was good and satisfying to find common ground with others. The first came at the end of a week at work somewhat dominated in my responsibilities by a controversy that provoked much discussion and debate on our internal social network - an online community I manage consisting of …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #136: It’s Nice To Find Common Ground
I've had several occasions lately where I had to walk away from a disagreement, or I witnessed others disagreeing and wished one of them had walked away. Most of this has been on social networking sites - both internal where I work and on Facebook which I am on nearly all day every day because …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #134: Learn When To Walk Away
One of the fascinating experiences of my recent China trip was speaking through an interpreter. That was a first for me. Once we were past the basic greetings, I was out of my element due to my limited Mandarin. When asked to speak to a Chinese church congregation a couple of times, the talks were, …
I did not expect to have two posts within three days on the subject of being offended, but since the most thought-provoking incident of the day today was related to the subject, I thought I'd better tackle it again from a different angle. My leap year lesson #107 was "Before taking offense, have an adult …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #109: Words Have Meaning, So Choose Them Wisely
