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This is my first venture on to Tumblr and it is really an experiment. Integration is the key in social media networking. Let’s see what we can do on this demonstration project.

“Frequently Asked Questions” from  http://www.earthday.org/earth-day-history-movement   When is Earth Day? Earth Day is honored around the world on April 22, although larger events such as festivals and rallies are often organized for the weekends before or after April 22. Many communities also observe Earth Week or Earth Month, organizing a series of environmental activities throughout…

When we act out of gut reactions, we often say and do things we either regret or should regret. Acting on instinct does not say much about setting us apart from other mammalian creatures. Instincts are useful, but are not dominant for us as human beings. The psalmist gives us three ideas that can help…

Risen Indeed (John 20:8-9) Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. He came first to the tomb, but he did not enter at first. Whatever held him back,…

Happy Pi day. In the right circle, you can leverage your way to real success and there is a formula for building that circle. π (pi)r squared …. It is articulated by the same guy, Archimedes who explained leverage and declared that he could move the world with the right pulley and fulcrum upon which…

Peering eyes barely opened, recognized his mother from a bed of straw. He squirmed, tentatively exploring his world, not knowing it would so soon reject him or that for it, he would lay down his life. Yet to discover what in eternity he knew, that he was the Savior-Sovereign, he whimpered as any infant would…

“Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God.     Do not forget the helpless. Why does the wicked man revile God?     Why does he say to himself,     “He won’t call me to account”? But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted;     you consider their grief and take…

2  It is about arrogance. Arrogance drives the ruthless quest for cravings and reviling of the LORD. In all the thoughts of the arrogant man or woman, the key factor is that there is no room for God.  In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,    who are caught in the schemes he devises.3 He…