6 Sep
2013
9/6 Quote: “Whatever a person chooses to put before his religion becomes his religion even if it be his own desires.”
What comes first in your life??
OTHER POSTS
10/23 Destination: Osaka Castle, Japan
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This Is the Man Bill Gates Thinks You Absolutely Should Be Reading
“There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil,” Bill Gates wrote this summer. That’s quite an endorsement—and it gave a jolt of fame to Smil, a professor emeritus of environment and geography at the University of Manitoba. In a world of specialized intellectuals, Smil is an ambitious and astonishing […]
Going to college is worth it – even if you drop out
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/10/going-to-college-is-worth-it-even-if-you-drop-out/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein “The economic case for college is simple: college graduates make more money. In fact, they make over $500,000 more over the course of their lifetimes, on average.” “Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney, who’ve done some of themost comprehensive work on the returns to college, have estimated the returns on going to college without getting a degree. They’re very […]
Stay Awake
Jesus will often call prayer “vigilance,” “seeing,” or “being awake.” When you are aware and awakened, you will know for yourself all that you need to know. In fact, “stay awake” is the last thing Jesus says to the apostles—three or perhaps four times—before he is taken away to be killed (Matthew 26:38-45). Finally, continuing […]