Each month I update the list of the top 10 most visited posts since this blog began in 2011. I've published over 500 posts in the past 2.5 years and it's revealing to track what's popular over the long term. "The Worst Mistakes I've Made As An Employee" remains by far the most viewed post. …
Killing Terrorists – Cause For Joy?
Friday night I watched the evening news broadcast from ABC. One of the stories was of the U. S. drone strike in Pakistan that killed a terrorist leader. In reporting the story, ABC's Brian Ross quoted an unnamed government official as saying "Life is good" in response to the news that the terrorist was killed. …
Do Not Equate Busyness With Significance
Perhaps the biggest lesson I am learning this year is one that I've known for a long time, yet must continually re-learn. While it has been good and helpful for me to spell out my many goals for the year related to body, mind and spirit, and to post monthly progress updates here, I have …
Book Review: “The Insanity of God” by Nik Ripken
Nik Ripken is not the actual name of the author of The Insanity of God. The author uses a pseudonym out of concerns for the safety of the many people he and his wife have met with through many years of Christian service and missionary activity. The book tells the remarkable story of a young …
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Good Advice From Someone You’ve Never Heard Of
Around the year 1627 a German Lutheran theologian named Rupertus Meldenius wrote a small tract on the subject of Christian unity. The tract was written, according to an article by Dr. Mark Ross, "during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), a bloody time in European history in which religious tensions played a significant role." From that …
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