Tag: Faith
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Notes Along the Journey 08: Perspective and Gratitude
I recently started reading a new book this past week entitled “The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree” by Nice Leng’ete [it is part of my ongoing development aid and poverty alleviation research efforts]. The book is an amazing biographical account of Nice’s life growing up as a member of the Maasai in Kenya. It…
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In Need of Aid 05: The Seed of An Idea
In August of this past year my oldest daughter and her husband went on a vacation trip out to the West Coast to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. They love hiking and spent much of that time visiting and hiking various trails in California, Oregon, and Washington. One of their first stops was at the…
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Notes Along the Journey 07: Time, Not Distance
I’ll be honest. I was a bit torn tonight when it came time to provide a title for this particular blog. On the one hand, this specific thought came about because of my current research emphasis on development aid and poverty alleviation. So, to that end, I thought it should be a part of my…
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Simple, But Useful
I’ll begin by providing the starting point for my own thoughts tonight. I say that because I’m not feeling particularly “clever” or creative at the moment. No catchy opening. No interesting analogy to use as a base for a profound lesson. Just a straightforward thought, but also a crucially personal one that grabbed me by…
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Random Thoughts: Bread and Fish
A collection of some of my daily, random thoughts from the “feeding of the 5,000” in John 6…
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In Need of Aid 02: My Own Indifference and Apathy
Notes to myself while reading (specifically from p. 130 of the book “Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty” by Thurow and Kilman)… 𝑨𝑾𝑨𝑹𝑬𝑵𝑬𝑺𝑺 𝒊𝒔 𝑪𝑹𝑼𝑪𝑰𝑨𝑳… most people, myself included, really have no clue as to how much of the world lives out their existence on a daily basis. I know…
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Tragedy Is Not The End
[NOTE: I first posted/published this way back in 2009 when I was blogging anonymously on a self-created page entitled “Just a Thought Devotionals.” The original blog appeared this morning on my Facebook “Memories” feed. Because it was always one of my personal favorites, I wanted to bring it over here to this site. Hope it…
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Upgrade Your Value Meal? Or Change Someone’s World? It’s Our Choice…
[NOTE: This was originally published back in 2014 when I was blogging anonymously on a self-created page entitled “Just a Thought Devotionals.” Just revisted this specific blog today and wanted to bring it over to this page. The only substantive changes are in the timeline referenced. Instead of “5 years” you can now insert “20…
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Notes Along the Journey 05: To Serve and To Care
The inspiration for this particular blog comes from a marvelous work by Paul Kalanithi entitled “When Breath Becomes Air.” It is a very open and transparent book written by neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi, who was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in 2013 at the age of 36. He would die two years later while working…
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