Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
Writing Next Step Devotions was a labor of love that started in late 2020 and culminated with its publication in November 2022. Since this was my first book, I learned a lot along the way, doing some things well from the start but having to backtrack and improve afterward what I didn't do well initially. …
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I'm pleased to announce that on November 10,2022 I published Next Step Devotions, a collection of 366 discipleship lessons based on passages from every New Testament chapter. This project was more than two years in the making, and it feels great to finally have it available for purchase on Amazon. As I write this, it …
I set a number of goals for 2013, most of which were achieved as reported in this end-of-year progress report. After careful consideration of what worked and what didn't last year, and after determining some directions I'd like to go in 2014, I've settled on the following personal goals for this year, not including those …
This is my 500th blog post at JeffRossBlog.com. What started as an experiment related to PhD studies I was pursuing in April 2011 has gradually morphed into something very meaningful for me and hopefully of occasional value to others. I want to devote this post to reflections on the journey, a few lessons learned along …
I read with interest this week a brief note from the Harvard Business Review blog regarding a recent study of pronouns used in books published in America between 1960 and 2008. According to the study: Use of singular pronouns like "I" and "me" increased 42% over the time period. Use of plural pronouns like "we" and …
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