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Are You Addicted to Facebook? Take This Test and Find Out
By
Joan Ball
I found this simple 15-question questionnaire linked to a CNN article on Facebook addiction. It was written by Paula Pile, a marriage and family therapist who practices in Greensboro, North Carolina. She states in the article that she’d had three patients in that week with Facebook-related challenges. This seemed serious, so I did what any…
A Tribute to My Mother on the Anniversary of Her Death
By
Joan Ball
My mother passed away one year ago today at age 65 a short three weeks after the death of my father who was 67. The following is a version of their story that I read at my mother’s funeral. I pray it is a fitting tribute, offered in love, on a sad day… In Memory…
Dr. Muhammad Yunus Brings Micro-finance to New York City
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Joan Ball
As organizations like Kiva, Acumen Fund and Grameen Bank become increasingly recognized for their efforts to use micro-finance and social business to help the poorest of the poor in developing nations to gain the credit they need to start small businesses and move out of extreme poverty, one might wonder how their efforts might be…
Money, Greed, Envy and Gluttony are Cruel Masters…
By
Joan Ball
Following up on a post titled, This I Believe: Money isn’t Everything, a faithful reader shared the following hard-hitting and thought-provoking wisdom. Thanks Andrea. Money is a cruel master, disguised as a bigger house, newer car, trendy clothes, impeccable lawn but at what cost? Larger mortgages with the bank owning your house, car payments with…
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