Archive for April, 2007

Made to Stick

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Last week I finished a book by Chip and Dan Heath called “Make to Stick.” It is without a doubt one of the best books I have read on basic principles of teaching. I couldn’t let it sit on my shelf without first giving you a quick review.
The authors (utilizing their own approach) [...]

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The People formerly known as The Congregation

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

There is a super post over at achievable ends by Bill Kinnon. It goes back a few weeks but has just now come to my attention.
It resonates with me - I am not going to pontificate on it - just read it and comment over at Kinnon’s site if you like it… or don’t.

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Martyrs

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Reports are continuing to surface (click here or here) about Turkish martyrs that were slain for their belief in Jesus. The doctor who looked at the bodies stated that one of the men “had scores of knife cuts on his thighs, his testicles, his rectum, and his back… His fingers were sliced to [...]

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Heavenly Father?

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

A colleague was recently showing pictures of a trip he had taken to India where he and his daughter worked with street kids. In the group of rag-tag, dirty little kids was a blind two-year old girl. In passing, he mentioned the reason for her blindness: her parents were beggars, and had gouged [...]

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Abstinence

Monday, April 16th, 2007

There is a great deal of hype on the recently published report regarding abstinence training and its inability to stem promiscuous sexual behavior. This report was immediately sent up the web food chain on digg.com and reddit.com.
It’s always interesting to me how these sites promote just about any pro-sex article that comes along, but quietly ignore [...]

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Been going, going, gone!

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

Where have I been?  Wow - months since a post to the blog.
Well, I have been working on two other writing projects and doing a lot of stuff at work that has kept me from being able to give much time to the website.  Have no fear… I am back.  Podcast will be coming back [...]

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