Ken

@kanuck1 (4405)

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How does one determine how much sleep is needed

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 12 Apr

We all know that we need to sleep and that we need enough sleep. If we don't get enough sleep we are not functioning at our optimal state. I know that I should go to bed earlier than I do but never do. I hate going to bed. I must...

sleep

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Is ignorance bliss?

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 2 Sep

Have you ever been told that "ignorance is bliss"? That expression can mean that a person does not want to know about something to avoid having to think or take any action about a problem or a warning. However, living that way...

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Are the wildfires affecting your area?

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 1 Jul 23

I will have to wear a mask today if I go out as the air quality where I live is very bad. This is due to the wildfires raging in my country. I'm in my seventies and I don't remember ever being concerned about wildfires. One more...

wildfires

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One final message

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 7 Jun 23

Let's say that you had one final message for the world, what would it be? I look at the news and the prospects for the future don't look good. We're still going to war. We're still polluting. We're still ruining. We're still...

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Daily Bible reading

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 6 May 23

Are there any reasons and benefits to daily Bible reading? I think there are many and would like to know what others think. Daily we eat, brush our teeth, wash, exercise and do many other things. Why not include Bible reading...

bible

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"Whom say ye that I am?"

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 8 Apr 23

Probably one of the most colorful, wonderful and controversial persons who has ever lived is Jesus Christ. There are many different thoughts and opinions about him. To some he was: an imposter, a wise teacher, a prophet and even...

jesus

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Enjoying my ex

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 7 Dec 22

Do you enjoy your ex? How much time do you spend with your ex? What kind of EXercise do you do? Yes, I'm talking about exercise I try to out for a little walk every day. I do find that I'm a bit healthier by getting out...

exercise

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Do we feed our faith?

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 22 Sep 22

"Feed your faith and your doubts will starve and die." I recently heard this expression. It does seem to make a lot of sense. Usually what we feed gets stronger and what we starve will eventually die. I see some people's faith...

faith

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What does suffering do to one's faith?

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 25 Jun 22

What does suffering do to one's faith? Of course, one has to have faith to begin with. We know that there is much suffering in this world. I don't think that there are many people that want to suffer. From your experience, what...

faith

suffering

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Is your faith growing or waning?

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 7 Apr 22

Life has sure changed in the last couple of years. Weather disasters in various places. Economic upheavals affecting many. A world-wide pandemic changed the way of life of many. A war that no sane person wanted. How has all of...

god

faith

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The money challenges

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 9 Dec 21

Some have too little money and that creates a challenge in caring for one’s needs and can cause undo stress and health challenges which are detrimental. Some have too much money and if they don’t know how to correctly handle that...

money

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What is love?

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 12 Nov 21

"Together with these things, the most important part of your new life is to love each other. Love is what holds everything together in perfect unity." (Colossians 3:14-ERV) It could be said: Love people and use things, instead...

love

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Can we be God's friend?

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 22 Oct 21

We all like to have good friends. They sure add to the joys of life. Is it possible to be friends with God? The Bible says that we can be friends with God. It speaks of Abraham being God's friend because of his great faith and...

god

friends

friend

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How to deal with life

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 9 Sep 21

Some days life life can get really hard but no matter what, we need to go on. We're on a ship in stormy weather and it's hard to know what to do but we must stay afloat. We have to find a way to go on. We have to reach within and...

faith

hope

love

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Where is your faith?

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 4 Sep 21

In Luke 8:25 Jesus asked his apostles this interesting question: "Where is your faith?" Why is it that some people have faith and other people don't? Have you ever wondered about this? It has been said that those that have faith...

faith

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Should we live for today or...

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 27 Aug 21

It is a winter's day. It is cold and miserable. Two people are waiting at the bus stop. One person is going to the hospital for an operation and is not feeling so good. The other person is going to the airport for a vacation in...

world

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The deaths or the births

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 20 Aug 21

So far this year, as of today: over 38 million deaths over 89 million births We seem so focused or concerned on the people that are dying from this or that these days. Is anybody concerned about all the babies that are born?...

deaths

births

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The destroyers of the earth

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 9 Aug 21

The alarm seems to be ringing louder than ever. Do we hear it? Do we see it? Will mankind wake up? "a code red for humanity" (UN Secretary-General António Guterres) "it is "unequivocal" that humans have caused the climate...

earth

climate change

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How important is tact?

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 30 Jul 21

I would think that a tactful person has more friends, hurts less people and gets into less trouble. I think that once in a while we may find saying something that may have hurt someone's feelings and we wish we had said...

tact

tactful

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In search of the First Cause

Ken @kanuck1 (4405) 25 Jul 21

Apparently, someone asked Albert Einstein if he believed in God? This is part of the reply he gave. The rest of the reply is in the link. "We are in the position of a little child, entering a huge library whose walls are covered...

first cause

creator

god

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