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  • Poison Ivy or Wild Blackberry | Posted by Mart De Haan on Aug 17 2010

    Years ago I chased a softball into patch of poison ivy. Ever since, I’ve been looking for it (not the ball but PI) along the edges of wooded areas, in fields, and even among the myrtle of our yard. Haven’t forgotten the weeks of blisters, itch, and discomfort. Along the way, I’ve appreciated the simple [...]

  • What Comes to Mind? | Posted by Mart De Haan on Aug 15 2010

    Got this picture the other day after coming upon a couple of young bucks sparring. Have been trying to think of a reason to post it. It’s a bit small. But you should be able to  enlarge the picture by clicking on it. Remembered it again this morning while thinking about the way the New [...]

  • What’s More Important? | Posted by Mart De Haan on Aug 06 2010

    In a business, what is more important, people or process, relationships or product? Or to clarify, what is more important in a commercial enterprise, people and relationships or process and product? My guess is that some of us would say that this is a no-brainer. But I’m also guessing that among those of us who [...]

  • Studies in Contrast | Posted by Mart De Haan on Nov 14 2009

    Does the Bible contradict itself? More than a few people have written books or hosted websites to say that they lost their faith after seeing how often the Bible contradicts itself. Some have spent a lot of time compiling lists of apparent discrepancies in both Old and New Testaments. Collections of alleged Bible contradictions are [...]

  • Letterman Without a Laugh | Posted by Mart De Haan on Oct 02 2009

    Long time, late night host and comedian, David Letterman told his audience last night that he has had sexual relations with members of his staff. CNN story. The story needs to be made public, he said, since he had appeared earlier in the day before a Grand Jury to give testimony in an extortion case. [...]

  • Hope for A Dying Dead Sea | Posted by Mart De Haan on Sep 14 2009

    The Dead Sea is dying. Water levels of what the Bible also calls The Salt Sea, already rest at the lowest on earth (1378 feet below sea level), and are dropping at a rate of three feet a year. The problem has developed not only from natural weather cycles, but also from the amount of [...]

  • The Geico Gecko | Posted by Mart De Haan on Sep 11 2009

    A Science article by Henry Fountain in the New York Times yesterday tells an interesting story about the little Gecko whose animated likeness has been  so cleverly used in the TV Gecko/Geico Insurance commercials. According to the author, “Like some other animals, the gecko can perform a neat trick when threatened by a predator: it [...]

  • Seeing as We Are | Posted by Mart De Haan on Aug 27 2009

    One of the thoughts that has intrigued me over the years is that, “We see things not only as they are, but as we are.” I’ve wondered whether that could be one way of paraphrasing Paul’s words to Titus when he wrote, “To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled [...]

  • Don't Kiss the Saint | Posted by Mart De Haan on Aug 24 2009

    A Madrid AP news item caught my attention over the weekend. It reported that the emergence of Swine Flu has necessitated a new rule: “Don’t Kiss the Saint.” For hundreds of years visitors to one of Roman Catholicism’s holiest shrines— claiming to hold the remains of the Apostle James—have hugged or kissed a statue Spain’s [...]

  • Peace Child | Posted by Mart De Haan on Aug 18 2009

    Don Richardson, author of Peace Child and Eternity in their Hearts, is known for a discovery that he and his wife, Carol, made among the  Sawi people of Dutch New Guinea. At the time (1960s) the Sawi people were headhunters, at war with rival tribes, and absorbed in a culture of aggressive self-protection. To the [...]

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