Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
While walking my dog in our neighborhood earlier tonight, I walked past a young family with three little girls. As I was walking by, one of the girls looked up on the roof of the house in front of us and, upon seeing the skylight, said "Oh, is that an iPad?" The dad chuckled and …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #209: We Only Know What We Know
In the movie Shrek 2, Shrek tells Donkey "You have the right to remain silent. What you lack is the capacity." I know several such donkeys. There are two very different contexts in which this thought comes to mind. The first scenario may be in a meeting at work, in casual conversation with a group, …
The presidential election is over three months away and I am already completely sick of it all. I hate the false accusations, the negative ads, the lies, the posturing, every attempt to make your candidate look perfect and the other candidate look like a complete idiot, and I hate the way it infiltrates daily conversation, …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #205: Political Polarization is Destroying Us
The dominant news story of the day today has been the mass shooting in the movie theater in Aurora, Colorado - a tragic, senseless act of some deranged man whose motives and psyche we may never understand. My heart goes out to all those directly and indirectly impacted by the tragedy. My prayers are with …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #200: Don’t Jump to Conclusions
I am consistently terrible at the subject of today's lesson - remembering names. There really is no excuse for it. We remember what we want to remember and what is really important to us, so I can't throw out some lame excuse like "I'm not good at remembering names" and then abandon all effort at …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #198: Learn People’s Names
