“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. ” (Col 3:12–13)
News, Thursday, November 24, 2005
Perhaps you’ve heard the warnings or just intuitively known. America is on a losing path with respect to the global economy. Now a comprehensive report and proposal has been drafted and set before Congress.
America is on a losing path in the global front of science and technology. This is not just related to the outsourcing that we have seen, but it’s related to the huge increase in highly educated people in other countries and the decline of the quality of highly educated workers in the United States. The report was commissioned by Congress and created by a committee of science and technology professionals. It can be downloaded for free from the National Academic Press website.
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Christianity, Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Check out the Hall of Contemporary Reformers
It has comical pencil sketches of the likeness of each of today’s popular reformed pastors and theologians. Some of the faces include RC Sproul, John MacArthur, John Piper and others. Click on their face and you get a concise biography about each person, including books and publications. There’s quite a few faces that I don’t recognize, I’m going to learn who these people are. Check it out for youself. Hall of Contemporary Reformers
Family, Monday, November 21, 2005
Somehow he managed to wedge himself under the Step and Play.
We have no idea how it happened. He has yet to take his first crawling steps. Perhaps he was crawling when we were not looking? Or he just rolled his way in there? Or he backed his way in there. One moment he was in the middle of the floor, and the next he was stuck underneath the Step and Play.
It was funny for a while, and we laughed together with him until he started lifting his head, banging into the Step and Play.
News, Friday, November 18, 2005
A consulting firm, 5-D Leadership released has found that adopting a
command style of leadership as a general way to lead, causes widespread low
morale, high turnover, and mediocre performance.
I’m willing to bet that this style of leadership wouldn’t work well in a
family. The problem with family, is they don’t quit, you don’t fire them,
and you don’t go out of business if they have poor performance. However,
life can really turn into a living hell.
Read the full article
Christianity, Friday, November 18, 2005
Bread for the World, an organization aimed at reducing world hunger, has
released it’s 16th annual hunger report today. Still half the childhood
deaths in Africa are attributed to malnutrition, and in Africa, more than
300 million people live on less than $1 a day.
Read the full Christian Post Article
Or go to Bread for the World for the Hunger 2006 report.