Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
While walking my dog tonight, I walked past a house and heard a large tree limb crack over the driveway where the owners' car was parked. I looked up in time to see the large limb sink about a foot or two, but not break completely or fall to the ground (or car). Immediately I …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #175: Take Time To Give and Heed Warnings
Tolerance is a big deal in today's world - at least in our current American culture. One of the most damning accusations many think they can hurl at you is to call you intolerant. Certainly, our world can use a little more effort to get along with others who are different from ourselves. We would …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #170: Don’t Be Intolerant in the Name of Tolerance
If you watched Nik Wallenda walk his tightrope across Niagara Falls earlier this week, you were probably amazed like me that anyone would be brave or dumb enough to try it, and that anyone would succeed at it. It was an amazing feat. The man is skilled at what he does because he's been doing …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #169: Walking Tightropes Is Tricky
I have the pleasure and honor of officiating at a wedding later this month. As someone who started his professional life as an ordained Baptist minister, I am still occasionally asked to officiate at weddings or funerals - to marry to bury. The wedding coming up is for a young man whose terrific family I've …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #161: It Is Encouraging When Young People Marry
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
