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Aging, Humility and Perspective: A Dose of Reality From An Honest 13 Year Old
By
Joan Ball
My 13 year old niece posted the following note about “life going by so quick” on her Facebook status and I couldn’t resist responding. Check out her reply and you’ll understand why this 43 year-old titled the post age, humility and perspective. Talk about keeping it real…
Must We Sacrifice Everything for Success?: Sorry Chris Brogan, I’m Not Buying It…
By
Joan Ball
Chris Brogan is a thought leader in social media circles. I, like many other people interested in connecting through blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Ning, etc., receive updates and nuggets of online community wisdom from him in my email inbox once a week or so. Today he posted a piece about what it takes to be and…
“We Christians are a Bunch of Scheming Swindlers.” Pretty Harsh, Mr. Kierkegaard.
By
Joan Ball
Picked up this quote from Soren Kierkegaard on my friend Peter Walker’s blog today. For me, it dovetails with yesterday’s question regarding the point at which believing may or may not become poor judgement. Kierkegaard writes: “The matter is quite simple. The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to…
At What Point Does Believing in God Become Poor Judgement?
By
Joan Ball
A friend and I had a Facebook dialog yesterday that was precipitated by a news story about a couple whose 11 year-old daughter died of a curable diabetic condition while they and a group of people chose to pray rather than seek medical treatment. This friend, who is at least agnostic (possibly atheist), posed an interesting…
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