Archive for category Mind blogging
History "Today": How The U.S. Motto On Coins & Bills Began
Posted by Rich in Mind blogging on July 11th, 2009
July 11, 2009. Exactly today, the United States legislation approved the appearance of the motto “In God We Trust” on all coins and paper currency of the United States.
The motto, was seriously considered after a first letter of appeal by Rev. M.R. Watkinson (Minister of the Gospel from Ridley Township, Pennsylvania) to Secretary of Treasury [...]
Gold Rush In The Bible!
Posted by Rich in Mind blogging on July 9th, 2009
I’m enjoying reading the Bible even more and more these days!
There’s something in me that God has quicken to life, which has made me long for the word more than ever.
As I read Psalm 119 for the past three days, I felt like I couldn’t get enough of the word.
And here’s a verse that made [...]
Michael Jackson & The After Life
Posted by Rich in Mind blogging on July 9th, 2009
I was watching Michael Jackson’s memorial the other night on television. The memorial, held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA was packed with America’s biggest and brightest stars from the entertainment world.
Each of the people closest to the heart of the “king of pop” gave several minutes of their time to say [...]
F For Freshmen
Posted by Rich in Mind blogging on July 2nd, 2009
Sixteen years ago, I was just a 112-pound, wide-eyed freshman university student walking along the corridors leading to the University of Santo Tomas’ St. Raymund’s Building that holds together the Faculty of Arts and letters and the College of Commerce.
To me, college life was certainly a thrill and a challenge at the same time–an entirely [...]
Are You A Filipino?
Posted by Rich in Mind blogging on July 1st, 2009
I like reading biographies of great men and women of history. I also like to read major events in history that shaped the way we think, behave and lived.
As I think of history, particularly in the Philippines, we’d be able to read how three major super powers—Spain, United States and Japan came in to colonize [...]