Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
One of yesterday's posts was about pausing to catch your breath. Today's is still on the "breath" theme but a little different. I want to ask you this question: "When was the last time you saw something so beautiful that it took your breath away?" It might have been a scene from nature, some form …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #149: Never Confuse an Image With the Real Thing
24 years ago when we moved into our current home, there were a few houses on the block inhabited by much older people. We were in our early 30s at the time and most likely thought the older neighbors were ancient. They had lived in their homes here since the homes were built in the …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #148: Now We’re the Old Folks On the Block
Most of us live very busy lives - a result of combining things we must do with other things we want to do. There are occasional periods where the sum of the two seems to be more than we can sustain for a long period. I've had stretches of weeks and months where working 60+ …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #147: It’s Nice To Catch Your Breath
This week I tried something new in my scheduling at work. I blocked out all morning hours on my calendar between 7:30 and noon to work on major, newer initiatives. There is always a much longer list of tasks to get done than can be done, but the issue that was starting to bother me …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #146: Take Control of Your Schedule
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
