Day: July 14, 2012

  • Bessy’s Story: The Follow-up

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    My wife, Rosanne, suggests that I explain some of the story behind Bessy’s decision not to come to North Carolina.  YOU, the wonderful worldwide community of compassionate people, contributed plenty of money for the trip, but she could not get off from work for the time needed, and she could not suffer the loss of…

  • Gut-level Goodness

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    to sum up, let all be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kind-hearted and humble in spirit”  1 Peter 3:8  NASB Kind-hearted – eusplanchnoi in Greek.  Wow! Don’t even try to say this word.  The prefix eu means “well” or “good” (you remember eulogize?).  But “good” what?  The second part of the word (splanchnon) means “intestine” or in…