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Quote Of The Day

2011-12-22T00:39:00.001-06:00

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2011/12/19/banking_and_morality.html

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This is very cool.

2011-12-10T01:47:00.000-06:00

Helping dads smile when they think of the future | Heroic Fatherhood Development

Necessary Endings, by Henry Cloud

2011-12-09T01:14:00.000-06:00

Book Notes by David Mays

Not easy, but important!

The Wisdom Of Steve Jobs

2011-10-09T15:33:00.001-05:00

What is focusing your life?

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The Wisdom Of Steve Jobs

via NPR Blogs: Planet Money on 10/6/11

by Jacob Goldstein

L.A. Cicero/Courtesy Stanford News Service

Stanford, 2005

Steve Jobs died yesterday. He reflected on mortality in a 2005 commencement speech at Stanford:

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked.

...Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. ...

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Here's the full text of the speech. Here's a video. Here's more on Jobs from NPR's Laura Sydell, the WSJ's Walt Mossberg, and Slate's Farhad Manjoo.

Full disclosure: I played Oregon Trail on an Apple IIe in elementary school; fell in love with fonts on an early Macintosh in high school; danced to an iPod playlist at my wedding; and read about Steve Jobs on my iPhone on the subway this morning.

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Robert Reich: "The ratio of corporate profits to wages is now higher than at any time since just before the Great Depression."

2011-09-02T07:26:00.001-05:00

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/sep/01/robert-reich/robert-reich-says-ratio-corporate-profits-wages-hi/

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Reader

2011-07-23T08:42:00.001-05:00

http://www.google.com/reader/i/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fsahelblog.wordpress.com%2Ffeed%2F

Shared via Dolphin Browser

2011-06-17T14:46:00.001-05:00

We thank God for the life, service and friendship of Illiya Ibrahim.

We grieve his passing this week.

NYTimes: The Bilingual Advantage

2011-06-05T07:52:00.001-05:00

From The New York Times:

The Bilingual Advantage

Among other benefits, the regular use of two languages appears to delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease symptoms.

http://nyti.ms/jjxeRs

Take The New York Times with you on your Android or other mobile device, free of charge.
For more information, visit: http://www.nytimes.com/services/mobile/apps/

Fasting, a story by Timothy Seitz-Brown | Jesus Creed

2011-04-13T08:20:00.000-05:00

Fasting, a story by Timothy Seitz-Brown | Jesus Creed

The World According to USAID

2011-03-23T10:29:00.000-05:00

The World According to USAID

Watch where USAID funds have been going for the past 25 years.

Is Your Life Confusing?

2011-03-19T03:38:00.003-05:00

http://donmilleris.com/2011/03/18/is-your-life-confusing/

I love the new ideas I get when I read Donald Miller. This is a gem.

What's Really Causing the Budget Deficit?

2011-03-19T00:43:00.000-05:00

http://blog.faithinpubliclife.org/2011/03/whats_really_causing_the_budge.html

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Taxes: The Long View

2011-03-17T23:54:00.003-05:00

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/03/17/134628812/taxes-the-long-view?ft=1&f=93559255

Relative U.S. Income Tax Burden 1913 - 2011

Are we all carrying our fair share? Are we better off or worse than we used to be?

Defending the Global Common Good

2011-02-23T00:08:00.001-06:00

http://blog.faithinpubliclife.org/2011/02/defending_the_global_common_go.html

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Michael Lewis, Financial Disaster Travel Journalist

2011-02-12T01:00:00.001-06:00

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/02/11/133687935/the-friday-podcast-michael-lewis-financial-disaster-travel-journalist?ft=1&f=93559255

Michael Lewis is a terrific writer

Tea with Hezbollah | Books and Culture

2011-02-08T23:51:00.001-06:00

I want to be like Carl when I grow up.

http://www.google.com/gwt/x?source=reader&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.booksandculture.com%2Farticles%2Fwebexclusives%2F2011%2Fjanuary%2Fteawithhezbollah.html

New Meningitis Vaccine Brings Hope for Africa

2010-12-10T05:13:00.000-06:00

New Meningitis Vaccine Brings Hope for Africa - NYTimes.com

Seth's Blog: Sure, but what's the hard part?

2010-12-07T00:51:00.000-06:00

Seth's Blog: Sure, but what's the hard part?

It's failure to identify and actually do the hard part that keeps us from producing the results we want.

35 Gifts Your Children Will Never Forget

2010-11-28T01:19:00.001-06:00

http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2010/11/26/35-gifts-your-children-will-never-forget/

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Keeping the Men in Mentoring

2010-11-11T00:57:00.001-06:00

Museum or movement?

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DGBlog/~3/DdYw3MEc7Mw/keeping-the-men-in-mentoring

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10 Inspiring “Buy One Give One” Projects

2010-11-08T13:48:00.001-06:00

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mashable/~3/3lv-VpLC34c/

What Happened to Change We Can Believe In? - NYTimes.com

2010-10-25T01:17:00.001-05:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/opinion/24rich.html?_r=3&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1287986433-rPq9793xogM18JCjxbnTUg

Do You Have a Team of Good Life Editors?

2010-10-23T10:49:00.001-05:00

http://donmilleris.com/2010/10/21/do-you-have-a-team-of-good-life-editors/

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"We are to be the dream-bearing, Kingdom-bearing, Jesus-beliving people. Which means that we are to..."

2010-10-15T08:34:00.001-05:00

http://jeremyhunt.tumblr.com/post/1310428572

Transitions: a Way of Life at Galmi

2010-10-12T00:46:00.003-05:00

We have a telephone system connecting the expatriate and medical residences and many locations in the hospital, which helps us communicate and saves us a lot of running around. I just noticed that our kitchen phone list is two months old. I glanced down the list of the houses, and suddenly realized how many names are no longer here, just a short time later.

Dr. Ron & Dr. Peter, both surgeons, were here for two weeks, and they did a lot of surgery in a short time. Dr. Aaron spent ten days here, his second visit, and among many other things, did a fabulous job of conducting training in neonatal resuscitation for our nursing and OB staff. Dr. Graham did a massive quantity of orthopedic surgery and his wife Marilyn was a huge help with Guest House during their (roughly annual) three weeks with us. Dr Iris spent three months with us brushing up her OB and C-section skills before returning to Tanzania, where she'll be running a remote rural clinic. Amy and Cheryl, both senior medical students, spent 8 weeks doing a tropical medicine rotation with us. All of them are back home now, and when we stop and remember, we miss them.

In the next few weeks, Alice, retiree, Dr Ted, surgeon, and Dr Roger and Dr Claudia, residents, will all leave. We're preparing our hearts already for the next round of goodbyes.

Welcoming people we've never met because we share a sense of calling, for however long or short a time; growing to love them and allowing our lives to intertwine; and then blessing them with gratitude and grace as they leave; this is a cycle we repeat, again and again.

We're very grateful to have such a strong core team to carry the many responsibilities related to welcome, orientation, hospitality, and mentoring during their time here. All those who come to Galmi enrich our lives, teach us new perspectives and skills, and help us give competent and compassionate care in the name of Jesus to the suffering many who come to us for help.

It's an exclusive club, Galmi Alumni, with amazing members. We are richly blessed.

About Love or Why I Hate Attraction

2010-10-03T04:24:00.001-05:00

http://www.ccef.org/about-love-or-why-i-hate-attraction

The real Stephen Colbert

2010-09-25T07:49:00.003-05:00

http://blog.faithinpubliclife.org/2010/09/the_real_stephen_colbert.html

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The Tweet That Shook The World | USA | English

2010-09-15T01:56:00.002-05:00

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/The-Tweet-That-Shook-The-World-102777604.html

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Merton Mondays #9 – A Patched Up, Crazy Existence

2010-09-06T09:17:00.001-05:00

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/flowerdust/aILX/~3/A5qhRjia70g/

Matt Megill talks about being Salt and Light at Galmi

2010-08-28T16:21:00.000-05:00

YouTube - World Medical Mission - Salt and Light
Matt and Tara are great friends and colleagues. We're looking forward to their return to Galmi.

Disease and intelligence: Mens sana in corpore sano

2010-08-04T01:20:00.001-05:00

One should pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
Read the article in the Economist
Another reason why physical health matters.

He's doing better.

2010-07-24T07:22:00.003-05:00

This is one of the kids who arrived at Galmi recently, malnourished and sick enough to require hospitalization. He got help in time. His mom and he will hopefully spend a month at our residential Nutritional Rehab and Education program, where she'll learn about best food-preparation practices for healthy children using foods available in her area.

He's doing better. There is much to be thankful for. There is hope for him. (Thanks to Ann Birch for the photo!)

AIDS Team off to Niamey, on the way to Ethiopia

2010-07-15T14:02:00.000-05:00

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3D Street Art

2010-07-08T06:38:00.000-05:00

Edgar Mueller - 3D Street Art

50 Awesome Quotes on Risk Taking

2010-06-13T11:04:00.001-05:00

http://www.ideachampions.com/weblogs/archives/2010/06/security_is_mos.shtml

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Group Portrait

2010-05-30T10:39:00.000-05:00

One of them is very beautiful. The others, not so much.

Prayer of Blessing

2010-05-30T10:30:00.000-05:00

Area pastors and SIM Niger Director praying for new Galmi Hospital director and his wife

Early relational skills in development

2010-04-27T01:57:00.000-05:00

New kid on the block: Asa

2010-04-27T01:54:00.000-05:00

And his proud big sister!

New Prince of Hearts

2010-03-18T15:17:00.000-05:00

Asa Clayton, son of Sus and Jon, born March 8, 2010

2010-03-11T05:31:00.002-06:00

Picasa Web Albums - Stephen - 2010-03

Kendrick Lau -- "My Africa"

2010-01-12T20:24:00.000-06:00

Kendrick is one of the amazing people we get to work with at Galmi.

International Experience—Galmi Hospital, Niger

2009-12-21T05:16:00.000-06:00

Anita Cheng shares an experience at Galmi.

peeps per doc

2009-12-18T09:57:00.004-06:00

(Click image for full size)

Yep, Galmi is right there in the middle of 35.500:1 territory. There are worse places, but not many.

Image from Ads of the World

Thanks, NG Killoren, for the lead!

2009 Global Hunger Index

2009-12-17T16:27:00.001-06:00

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Holy Experience : Ann Voskamp

2009-12-10T06:22:00.000-06:00

A visit with Ann is always enriching. Learn to see beyond, high, deep, with new eyes. There is so much more.

Advent Conspiracy

2009-12-05T13:42:00.000-06:00

It's that wonderful time of the year! Visit Advent Conspiracy

I like Shane Claiborne

2009-11-24T18:56:00.000-06:00

Letter to Non-Believers

When You're Just a Tad Overwhelmed ....

2009-11-22T15:24:00.001-06:00

Holy Experience is a newly discovered blog for me. It is rapidly becoming one which I want to follow closely.

Lord, help us to lean into you, and live your wild adventure.

How To Be a Disciple

2009-11-21T21:19:00.000-06:00

How To Be a Disciple, By Dallas Willard

Impatient Optimist Speech

2009-11-03T15:07:00.001-06:00

Bill & Melinda Gates - Live Webcast: Tuesday, October 27

This is extremely interesting, intelligent, and well presented. Take the time, and watch it!

New Life for the Pariahs in Niger

2009-11-01T17:09:00.000-06:00

Nicholas Kristof writes a compelling article on a new hospital approved for Niger

The mysterious box

2009-10-30T17:56:00.001-05:00

YouTube - Owen surprises us all

Bite my neck

2009-10-30T17:29:00.003-05:00

YouTube - Why is this so much fun?

This is an expressive face

2009-10-30T17:19:00.007-05:00

YouTube - Princess L. entertains us...

Niger: Production deficits across Niger

2009-10-30T17:05:00.000-05:00

ReliefWeb Niger: Food Security Alert 27 Oct 2009

Human Development Report 2009

2009-10-09T09:49:00.000-05:00

Statistics from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the year 2007

Find your favorite country. There are a lot of surprises.

Niger is in last place, again.

Talks from The Nines conference 09/09/2009

2009-09-30T08:53:00.000-05:00

Rich Nathan on Both/And

The Nines was a terrific conference. There are lots of other great juicy 9 minute nuggets here. A few of my favorites: Nancy Beach, Skye Jethani, Rick McKinley

Committed to Diversity and Community among disciples of Jesus

2009-09-22T20:03:00.000-05:00

Church Unity and Transformation in Five Easy Steps

Your thoughts?

Social Media Revolution

2009-09-18T09:08:00.000-05:00

YouTube - Social Media Revolution: ""

Blogger, Facebook, LinkedIn, I get. I'm still not so sure about Twitter. I just can't handle the volume. I need better filters.

I wish I could communicate this well

2009-09-16T12:37:00.000-05:00

Nice 67 y.o. male has brush with mortality

Stand By Me | Playing For Change

2009-08-24T18:30:00.000-05:00

YouTube - Song Around the World

I'm sure glad my baby stands by me.

40 years in 2010

Self Pity, How to be Downwardly Mobile

2009-08-21T10:51:00.000-05:00

Don Miller Blog - a work in progress, but very thought provoking

Health care in the United States

2009-08-18T20:05:00.000-05:00

This will be a very interesting Wikipedia article to watch over the coming months, as contributers contend to describe and substantiate what is true and what is false about our context, and how it compares with others throughout the world.

Alliances for Health

2009-08-18T13:14:00.000-05:00

On Faith and Science collaborating, by Katherine Marshall

Moulin à Images is simply astonishing

2009-08-15T12:59:00.000-05:00

An EX MACHINA creation. Watch the videos

An Open Letter to Conservative Christians

2009-08-11T16:49:00.000-05:00

An Open Letter to Conservative C - Brian McLaren

Be harder to manipulate!

2009-08-10T06:03:00.000-05:00

Five New Rules for the Photoshop Era | Fast Company

You don't have to let them fool you.

Failure: The Secret to Success

2009-08-01T09:31:00.000-05:00

Honda racers on Failure

Bill Moyers exploring Health Insurance

2009-07-30T15:08:00.000-05:00

Bill Moyers Journal . Watch & Listen | PBS

I think Bill Moyers is one of the highest-integrity and most deeply-thoughtful journalists out there.

John Piper on the Bible

2009-07-28T10:37:00.000-05:00

The Bible Frees Us From Being Swayed by Overstatements :: Desiring God

Who's on your side?

2009-07-22T14:08:00.000-05:00

Professor Elizabeth Warren speaks about the Consumer Financial Protection Agency

The Thing about a Crossing

2009-07-22T11:30:00.000-05:00

Don Miller Blog : Another Sample Chapter from A Million miles in a Thousand Years

Transparency is not just a majority world problem

2009-07-10T08:21:00.000-05:00

Check out the Sunlight Foundation

Centered-Set Communication in a Globalized World / Vince Brackett

2009-07-05T13:25:00.000-05:00

Not The Religious Type: Centered-Set Communication in a Globalized World / Vince Brackett (Chicago, IL)

I know this guy, and I think he's great!

2009 Nigerien constitutional crisis

2009-06-30T18:45:00.000-05:00

A new development I'm seeing now on Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, is the emergence of new, constantly updated, articles that track significant current events around the world.

Here are a few recent examples:

2009 Nigerien constitutional crisis

Air France Flight 447

2009 Honduran coup

It provides one-stop shopping for a complete, fully-annotated account of developments related to the event. I think this is very cool.

I want to get better

2009-06-28T17:55:00.001-05:00

Marshall Goldsmith Library - Okay, so you've know about this resource for a long time; I just discovered it. Simple, practical, honest, fun. Lots of good stuff here. How do you want to change?

Undecided? Check this out: Leading@Google: Marshall Goldsmith

Getting better is achievable.

Nerd humor at its best

2009-06-22T10:18:00.000-05:00

John Hodgman challenging President Obama at Radio & TV Correspondents' Dinner

Awakening to Third Culture

2009-06-15T14:46:00.000-05:00

headsparks* thoughts on The Monkey and the Fish: Liquid Leadership for a Third-Culture Church, by Dave Gibbons

Dave defines third culture as “the mindset and the will to love, learn, and serve in any culture, even in the midst of pain and discomfort.”

I've added it to my Amazon wishlist.

President Obama Appoints Antiabortion Pro-Obama Catholic to Senior Health Position – Causing Controversy

2009-06-10T22:00:00.000-05:00

Political Punch

"Québec, ce n'est pas Chicago!"

2009-06-08T10:40:00.000-05:00

Quote frome the front page of leSoleil, 24 Mai 2009. The rest of the article is here: Colline parlementaire: densifier ne fait pas l'unanimité

Nous sommes d'accord.

Healthy Foods for Under $1

2009-06-08T10:09:00.000-05:00

Well Blog - NYTimes.com

Don't you like being healthy? And saving money?

Why I'm a fan of del.icio.us... and now commoncraft

2009-05-31T18:40:00.000-05:00

Social Bookmarking in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Product is Explanation

the good samaritan

2009-05-02T12:18:00.000-05:00

Carl Medearis l Engage the World

Christian Witness in a Plural Society

2009-04-25T13:25:00.001-05:00

An article by Lesslie Newbigin over 30 years old and still pretty insightful. Read it. It's not that long. You can do it.

How to avoid getting hooked

2009-04-20T20:32:00.000-05:00

The Official Google Blog on how to avoid phishing schemes

A Good Story: ‘I’m Going to Kill You’

2009-04-17T11:57:00.000-05:00

Bart Campolo - God’s Politics Blog

I would like this kind of spirit to be more alive in my life.

Check to see if you are infected

2009-04-15T06:38:00.001-05:00

Conficker Work Group - HomePage:

This is a reputable antivirus project.

A Thousand Questions

2009-04-04T05:43:00.005-05:00

From Willow Creek Leadership Summit via YouTube

View HQ: A Thousand Questions

Human Development Report - Niger 2007/2008

2009-03-28T21:09:00.000-05:00

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) monitors annually the relative development of the countries of the world using a few broad indicators. The Human Development Index is derived from statistics on life expectancy at birth, adult literacy, school enrolment and GDP per capita.

Niger ranks 174 out of 177 countries. It is categorized as a Least Developed Country.

Human Development Report 2007/2008 - Country Fact Sheets - Niger

Days with My Father

2009-03-28T09:17:00.000-05:00

Phillip Toledano opens a beautiful window into his life.

Why we think it's OK to cheat and steal (sometimes)

2009-03-19T21:44:00.000-05:00

YouTube - Dan Ariely on TED

Yet another example of why I like TED.
Intelligent. Human. Thoughtful. In pursuit of understanding.

Constance Aman: I lift up my eyes...

2009-03-14T21:02:00.002-05:00

"Je lève les yeux"

Je lève les yeux vers les montagnes
D'où me viendra le secours

Le secours me vient de l'éternel
Qui a fait les cieux et la terre

Il ne dort ni ne sommeille
Celui qui garde Israël
Il ne dort ni ne sommeille
L'Eternel me gardera

Il ne dort ni ne sommeille
Il gardera mon pied de tout mal
Il ne dort ni ne sommeille
L'Eternel gardera mon âme

Psaume 121:1-4

Future Tech

2009-03-11T12:00:00.000-05:00

Pattie Maes demos the Sixth Sense | Video on TED.com
I'm still waiting for the neural interface.

TED is my favorite video source.

This is a WOW!

2009-02-18T22:58:00.003-06:00

Gustavo Dudamel leads El Sistema's top youth orchestra on TED.com

Get your best speakers or earphones, turn up the sound, and watch it!

Here's a little background: Jose Antonio Abreu: Help me bring music to kids worldwide

Well Worth Watching

2009-02-17T21:15:00.000-06:00

Les Choristes (The Choir)

Un Jour à la Chute de Montmorency

2009-02-17T12:46:00.000-06:00

How we spent Valentine's day - a hike through a winter wonderland.

New Patrick Lencioni Project

2009-02-13T15:06:00.000-06:00

The Simple Wisdom Project

I have come to really appreciate Patrick Lencioni's work. I recommend that you sign up for this e-newsletter.

Bill Gates: How I'm trying to change the world now

2009-02-11T08:57:00.001-06:00

Bill Gates unplugged | Video on TED.com

Two big problems getting attention: malaria and education

My favorite line: "There's no reason that only poor people should have the experience."

Snow bunnies

2009-01-27T15:39:00.000-06:00