Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
I’m writing this post from somewhere over Russia. It will take a while to process all that I have experienced these past eight days in China. I’m not sure how this experience will impact my future, my values, my hopes and dreams, my perspective on world affairs, or my faith and the practice of it. …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #113: There Is Always Someone Wiser Than You
If I have learned anything so far on this trip to China, it is that humans are more alike than different regardless of nationality. Sure, externals can be radically different. I don't look like any native Chinese I've seen. Still, there are so many experiences that are the same across cultures that it is a …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #112: We Are More Alike Than Different
I’m writing this about 4.5 hours into a 13-hour flight from Newark, NJ to Beijing, China. I took a break from my Mandarin crash course to watch the movie We Bought a Zoo. Near the end of the movie Matt Damon tells his son “Sometimes all it takes is 20 seconds of insane courage and …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #110: Sometimes All It Takes Is 20 Seconds
I went to see the movie The Three Stooges Sunday with my son and a friend. Our wives weren't interested - it must be a guy thing - so we planned a guy's afternoon out. For around 90 minutes I was transported back 40+ years when I loved to come home from school and watch the …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #106: To Know People Now, Learn About Their Past
Before leaving work today, I had to pack up all of my belongings into storage bins, labeling them and the equipment left behind in preparation for a move on Friday. I'm taking the next three days off as vacation to attend a conference in town, so I had to pack today in preparation for the …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #98: Relationships Are More Important Than Surroundings
