Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
Once your children leave the nest, there are no guarantees how often you will get to spend time with them. Will they move far away? Will they be so busy with their own lives even if they live nearby that you won't be able to spend much time with them anyway? The past week has …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #132: Time With Your Children Is Time Well Spent
With the growth of Facebook to over 800 million users and showing no sign of going away anytime soon, we have a new element in our relationships that simply didn't exist too many years ago. We have the ability to easily stay in touch - even to the finest level of detail - with whomever …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #130: Facebook Can Deepen Relationships
Sunday and Monday were the first two days my wife and I have ever spent alone on my parents' farm. It was very nice - relaxing and peaceful with the natural sounds of the geese, frogs, horse, cattle, dog and, of course, the unnatural sound of the TV we impose on the serenity. It was …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #125: It Is Not Good For Man To Be Alone
In his novel You Can't Go Home Again, Thomas Wolfe wrote: "You can't go back home to your family, back home to your childhood ... back home to a young man's dreams of glory and of fame ... back home to places in the country, back home to the old forms and systems of things …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #123: You’d Better Go Home Again
On Tuesday morning, if someone had suggested I take the bulk of the day off to stay at home, I would have given several reasons why I could not do that, including: It was only my second day back at work after eight days of vacation; There were still over 100 emails and dozens of …
