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Half the world’s population (3 billion+) lives on less than $2 per day. One billion live on less than $1 per day. To communicate this idea to the senior high youth we went on a field trip to Ogle’s to see if we could buy enough food to live on for a day with just [...]
From an article in the NY Times (via 43 Folders):
“Several research reports, both recently published and not yet published, provide evidence of the limits of multitasking. The findings, according to neuroscientists, psychologists and management professors, suggest that many people would be wise to curb their multitasking behavior when working in an office, studying or driving [...]
I’m a ‘digger’. I get my news socially and digitally via web2.0. Many times you hear about a news story because your friend will say “did you hear that…” or because it is the discussion around the ‘watercooler’ or because you simply overheard a conversation. Now take this phenomenon, put it on the internet and [...]
The number of people in abject poverty today is as great as the population of mankind in 1900.
It would take $40 billion to provide the world with safe drinking water. The US is spending almost $70 billion in research and development of new weapons.
Apparently there is good documentation for homosexual animals according to an exhibition at the Natural History Museum in Oslo, Norway (see Times article). What does this do to the Christian’s belief that homosexuality is wrong? Hey, if the animals are doing it, it can’t be wrong. Right? Admittedly I struggle [...]
For the past four years I have been gradually learning that my spiritual life and accountability to God influence the way I live my life beyond the black and white morality issues. It includes daily decisions involving healthy living and environmental responsibility. We must realize that simple decisions unknowingly have results that help [...]