Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
In an earlier post, I commented on how we sometimes need to act our way into the right feelings. Today's lesson is similar in that it deals with a back door way of discovering something about ourselves. If given proper warning, most of us would likely answer questions about what we value most with respectable, …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #141: Look Where Your Mind Wanders To Find Your Heart
There were two occasions today where it was good and satisfying to find common ground with others. The first came at the end of a week at work somewhat dominated in my responsibilities by a controversy that provoked much discussion and debate on our internal social network - an online community I manage consisting of …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #136: It’s Nice To Find Common Ground
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
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
The world is full of currencies. We see the euro in many European countries. I just spent eight days in China using the renminbi (RMB) or yuan. For a few decades, the U.S. dollar has been the world's reserve currency. No country's currency holds that status for too many decades, so I suspect we aren't …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #116: Everyone Has a Currency. What’s Yours?
