… when an older person tells you the same story a hundred times,
it is not because he forgot he already told you.
It is because he gets to relive it every time he tells the story.
~ Enjoy all the Days of Your Life
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- Putin Has Fallen Into The ‘Dictator Trap’, Says Professor
- Full speech of President Vladimir Putin delivered on 18.03. 2022 in the Great Sports Arena of the Olympic Complex Luzhniki
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- One of my teachers said: “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if I died tonight?”
- Republican Party tinkering on fascism
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Voor hen die Hemelvaart vieren
Vandaag is het een donderdag met een speciale betekenis, waarvoor het ook een feestdag is in het hele land. Als reden voor de bijzonderheid van deze dag, of officiële feestdag, wordt opgegeven dat het speciaal is om te herdenken dat Jezus Christus opgestegen is naar de hemel, vandaar “Hemelvaartsdag“. In veel landen is Hemelvaartsdag een […]
Asking God to give Ukrainians strength and courage to go on with their lives
Asking God to provide courage, strength and patience and to be a good example to others whilst waiting for Jesus’ return.
Composted reads for the 3rd week of May 2022
From the genus of tall perennial plants in the family Asteraceae we look at things that pollute our earth.
Has Russia already started World War Three?
It is possible that World War 3 is dated as beginning on February 24th 2022 – the day Russia invaded Ukraine.
Is the climate crisis truly serious? What actions can we take?
Originally posted on The Curious Mag:
What is climate change and isn’t it a natural process? The ‘climate crisis’ refers to global climate change that is happening too rapidly for the world to adapt. Climate Change means rising average temperatures which cause extreme weather events, shifting wildlife populations and habitats, rising sea levels, and a…Find different writers on two sites founded by me
Recent Posts: Stepping Toes
Food crisis looms as landmines litter Ukraine farmer’s fields
The Times, May 2, 2022 Event Ukraine, one of the most fertile and productive countries in the world, has been known historically as the “bread basket of Europe”. Now it is facing a complex and unprecedented agricultural crisis, in which landmines are only one of numerous interlinked problems. The United Nations estimates this year’s harvest […]
Anti-Semitism: Dramatic rise in 2021, Israeli report says
BBC, April 22 + Audit of antisemitic incidents Event The number of anti-Semitic incidents around the world dramatically increased last year, a study by Tel Aviv University has found. The report identifies the US, Canada, the UK, Germany and Australia as among countries where there was a sharp rise. This was fueled by radical left- […]
‘Desperate’ Vladimir Putin may use tactical nuclear weapons, warns CIA chief
The Times, April 16 Russia’s setbacks could prompt President Putin to use tactical nuclear weapons, William Burns, the CIA director, has said. Moscow has a stockpile of about 2,000 tactical nuclear weapons, also known as low-yield or battlefield munitions, that can be deployed by air, sea or artillery. These are generally less potent than the […]
UN suspends Russia from human rights body over atrocities in Ukraine
Event: The United Nations general assembly has voted to suspend Russia from the human rights council after images of atrocities apparently showing civilians left dead in the streets with their hands bound emerged following Russian troops’ withdrawal from around Kyiv. The call for Russia’s removal from the UN’s top human rights body was led by […]
The Difference Between Reading the Bible and Meditating on God’s Word
Originally posted on Seeking Redemption:
To those now deep into biblical scripture you are probably aware of the difference between reading the bible and meditating on the world. Naturally, like many young Christians, I had assumed that once you read the bible, and you knew God’s words and it was enough. But I kept hearing…A Word on Bible Versions
Originally posted on EttingerWriting.com:
By David Ettinger A Fruitful DiscussionI recently had a nice discussion with a blogging friend regarding the Bible version I use. This fruitful dialogue led to this post, which won’t analyze the many English versions of the Bible, but serve merely as my commentary on the issue. This is one…A puzzling text from a prescientific age
“The Bible is indeed the greatest book ever written. It has shaped the cultures of the world in countless ways, and it contains the words of everlasting life. But for so many today, it is largely opaque, indecipherable – at best a puzzling text from a prescientific age.” Bishop Robert Barron, The Word on […]
Ways to Approach Difficult Bible Passages
We admit that the Bible is not easy for everyone to follow. But usually, this is because the person does not believe in himself enough and is too much weighed down by entrenched human doctrines or dogmas that obscure the Biblical text.
Wrestling with Genesis and Revelation
The inability of Christians to grasp the meaning and message of both Genesis and Revelation create a great divide in America. Christians struggle with both the beginning and culmination of the Scriptures — the Alpha and the Omega as they might be called. Both Genesis and Revelation bring a lot of baggage with them to […]
Putin lays out his demands in Turkish phone call
Turkey has positioned itself with great care to be the go-between with Russia and Ukraine – and this seems to be paying off. On Thursday afternoon, President Vladimir Putin rang the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and told him what Russia’s precise demands were for a peace deal with Ukraine. The Russian demands fall into […]
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It’s the Little Things that Matter
by: Alex Cervantes It is so important to make time in our lives to feed our faith. Alex advocates how faith grows when it is exercised, when it is stretched and challenged. Much like how we grow physically and mentally through day-to-day work, our faith grows the same way. Whether it’s through reading our Bible […]
Germany backs EU proposals for Russian oil ban
The Times, May 3, 2022 Event The European Union is moving towards a ban on Russian oil by the end of the year amid divisions over the speed of phasing out imports and the impact of the embargo on the cost of living in the West. EU energy ministers held emergency talks in Brussels yesterday before European […]
Hannah Arendt and the Banality of Evil : What can we learn?
Originally posted on The Curious Mag:
As published on Happinez Magazine -The Morning newspaper, Sri Lanka – 8th May 2022. Link to article here What if what we consider to be “evil” is something that is quite ordinary? The phrase “banality of evil” was coined by the German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt. She received a lot of…One-Liner Wednesday — On Bad Terms
Originally posted on This, That, and The Other:
“No one has ever doubted that truth and politics are on rather bad terms with each other.” Hannah Arendt, political philosopher, author, and Holocaust survivor Written for Linda G. Hill’s One-Liner Wednesday prompt.My sheep hear my voice…
Originally posted on Heeearing With Heart:
My sheep hear My voice, and the path that I take,They follow wherever I go;My sheep know My voice and come at my call,But a stranger’s voice do they not know. Refrain:My sheep know My voice, and day by dayThey abide in the fold and go not astray,They love…Nicola Sturgeon on the problems of sexism and misogyny in politics
Quote of the day “I don’t think there is a woman alive, not just in politics but in any walk of life, who will not have experienced, somewhere on the spectrum of misogyny and sexism, behaviour that is unacceptable. In some ways, I think it is worse today than it was when I was […]
Trivia: Native American Right to Vote
Originally posted on Gifford MacShane, Author:
#trivia #NativeAmerican #boardingschool #votingrights The U. S. Department of the Interior just released a study of the almost 500 “Indian Boarding Schools” that operated from 1819 to 1969, including the Carlisle Indian Industry School here in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Over 7,000 children attended this school; its most famous student was…How Can You Tell It’s God’s Voice?
Originally posted on Heeearing With Heart:
God’s voice > Satan’s voice stills you . . . . . rushes you leads you . . . . . pushes you reassures you . . . . . . . frightens you enlightens you . . . . . . . . confuses you encourages you .…From the old box: The case for Black English
How many times did not change the impact of a word used. One time you had to use a word because a previous word was considered not right. But later than new word or other words became also considered wrong. As such in our lifetime we had to change already four times the word to […]
Niet te vergeten voor kleine afstanden
Met de hoge brandstofprijzen en het milieu in acht nemend moet men er eens goed over na denken welke afstand en hoe men deze wil afleggen om de nodige boodschappen te doen.
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