Bliss McKnight

World Renowned Heart Surgeon Speaks Out On What Really Causes Heart Disease

We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong. So, here it is. I freely admit to being wrong. As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having performed over 5,000 open-heart surgeries, today is my day to …

The 6 Worst Guys You See At The Gun Range

Anyone who has spent any time on a gun range knows there’s an element of truth to these hilarious stereotypes.

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

Have you purchased A Wrong Life Insurance Policy? Here is a Solution

Have you purchased A Wrong Life Insurance Policy? Here is a Solution, There are various incidents where one person has chosen a wrong insurance policy.

Tips for Getting Insurance for Your New Business

Tips for Getting Insurance for Your New Business: Here are some of the things you should do when insuring your new business.

Hot Tips for Riding Your Motorcycle in Warm Weather

If you’re going to be riding a motorcycle in a hotter climate, you need to carefully consider your hot-weather riding gear.

Useful Tips To Go By When Getting Insurance

You just can’t avoid insurance. Everyone needs to insure something. Isn’t it better, then, to learn how to get the most bang for your buck when it comes to insurance? Not learning about insurance could cost you thousands of dollars or leave you exposed to nasty loopholes. Here are a few things every insurance holder needs to considerMake sure you get insurance to cover work-related property when you have a telecommuting or independent contracting job. If you work from home, your rental…

How to Build Products That Transform People's Lives by Chris Hay

In this ProductTank London talk, IBM iX engineer Chris Hay highlights how technology can help us truly to change the world. He speaks about his experiences of engineering innovative Kenyan payment systems such as M-Pesa and M-Shwari, and of reinventing how we manage asthma conditions using simple computing tools. The Story of M-Pesa and M-Shwari [...]Read More...

Food is love, or The fundamentals of Long Term Care

GeriPal is a blog focused on geriatrics, hospice, and palliative medicine.

“These are a few of my Favorite Things (4)…”

Ruth Haley Barton, our guest preacher last Consecration Sunday, wrote a book in 2006 she called “Sacred Rhythms,” and subtitled “Arranging our Lives for Spiritual Transformation.” It’s a book on t…

What Does The Best Water Filtration System Do?

What does the best water filtration system do? Why do you need it? Water quality matters when contaminates affect our everyday health.

Living by the Letters

An interview with author and New Testament scholar Scot McKnight

20 Extra-Long Hairstyles We Can't Stop Obsessing Over

Breaking the Cynicism Cycle: How Consumers Can Learn Trust Again

Kathleen Vohs, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Land O’Lakes Chair in Marketing, Carlson School of Management I’ll confess it right away: I’m a cockeyed optimist. It might seem strange that I’ve spent the last two years conducting research on cynicism, but life takes some crazy turns sometimes, and, as a researcher, I think it’s often... Read more »

There is no such thing as 'holiness' apart from love

I am elliptically grateful to Scot McKnight for helping to clarify what I find so bewildering in some of my fellow Christians. It is this notion that God's love must be "balanced" somehow against God's holiness. Holiness is thus perpetually invoked as a "yes, but ..." qualifier, setting a boundary on love -- on God's love and our own. Holiness, we are constantly being told, sets limits on love.

Renter's Insurance: Is It Necessary?

It's that time of year again! The leaves are changing colors, the days are getting cooler, and you are back in SCHOOL. As you gather your school supplies and get everything ready for your apartment, don’t forget renter's insurance. Most plans allow you to tack your renter's insurance onto your parents' existing

Do I Need an Umbrellas Insurance Policy?

Umbrella insurance protects your assets if you are sued. However if you don't have many assets then you may not need umbrella insurance.