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‘Let no one who is not eager for truth and peace enter here’ (Plato)

Articles on this site express varying points of view, to encourage mature thinking on serious issues. The assumption is that you will want to study a controversial topic from various angles before you arrive at a conclusion, rather than simply believe what someone told you when you were impressionable! (So some stuff here is ‘hot’. Proceed at your own risk!). See the Statement of Faith for John Mark Ministries' theological stance.

Happiness Quotes

From someone’s Facebook page – “it’s not how many years you’ve lived, but how you’ve lived those years” choose your battles! “how old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?” “yesterday is history tomorrow is a mystery today is a gift….that is why it is called the Present” from Kung-Fu Panda!! […]

How much do you know about world history?

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Favorite Quotations

“The ship is saftest when it is in port. But that’s not what ships were made for.” Paulo Coelho … from a Facebook friend: “If you do not change direction,you will end up where you are going.” – Lao Tzu “God created you to search for meaning, He created you with a craving to make […]

Miracles

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein

Quotes for thinkers

“God is nowhere greater than in his humiliation. God is nowhere more glorious than in his impotence. God is nowhere more divine than when he becomes man.” – Jurgen Moltmann. “Grace not only means God giving himself in love to man through Jesus Christ, it also means the coming of God as man in order […]

Wisdom

Wise quotes from a Facebook friend: “The point of an open mind, like having an open mouth, is to close it on something solid.” – G.K. Chesterton “If they won’t write the kind of books we want to read, we shall have to write them ourselves; but it is very laborious.” – C.S. Lewis to […]

Apple juice can prevent Alzheimer

“US: Study says apple juice can prevent Alzheimer’s disease Feb 2009 Apple Juice “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” is a very well-known quotable quote. The reason behind this quote is very apt. An apple is believed to have many positive health effects in an individual. Now a latest study has in fact […]

How to stay young

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight, and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay them. 2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches!) 3. Keep learning: Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. […]

Happiness quotes

Collected by a Facebook friend: “Within our human tendency to defer to others lie the seeds of our own undoing.” —Dr. Leeb “It’s not the answers that guide life’s journey…rather the questions.” —Rilke “He who knows others is learned…he who knows himself is wise.” —Tszyu “One must adhere to the law of rigorous exercise in […]

Developmental Delay

(This is the disorder which describes the challenges we face with our youngest – 3 year old – gorgeous granddaughter, Bella. I’ve included one approach to cure – the Tomatis Method. Anyone know anything about it? Rowland. January 2009) Development is a broad term that encompasses a great number of progressive achievements and abilities. For […]