Raising children presents many challenges. We are dealing with tiny, human beings that will have different talents, different strengths, and different weaknesses than we do. We are constantly trying to differentiate between demanding compliance and suppressing personality. And, while we second guess ourselves, we may be omitting one vital concept from our training. Submission. To […]
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When you think of traditions you may get a warm and fuzzy feeling. It may conjure up memories of holidays past or the annual festivities that bring your family and friends together. While these things can be good and healthy. There is a bad side of tradition. There are things that we do, because everyone before us
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Why does a builder use a blueprint, tape measure, a level, or a square? Why not just build based on the house across the street or across town? The reasons are obvious. Besides the inconvenience of constantly referring to the other building, there is the potential that it is not exactly right itself. It may be out of square,
“Thank you for coming to my birthday party.” The adorable, little voice of my four-year-old nephew carried over my cell phone as I was on my way home from his house. We talked for awhile about how much I loved him and how I loved snuggling with him and his new Spiderman blanket throughout the evening.
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I once heard a story of a man who attended an exhibit of famous works of art. Each piece was well-known and recognized as a masterpiece. The young man wandered from piece to piece exclaiming about its worthlessness, the artist’s lack of talent, etc. Finally, an elderly lady approached him and said, “Young man, the
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There are times when we feel confident about the direction our life is going. Our plans and goals are being fulfilled. Still other times we feel it is chaos and it seems we are out of control. This is really the problem, we feel like we should be in control. That we need to have
I was born with no muscles on the inside of my calves. Well, the muscles are there, but the nerves that are supposed to fire the muscles aren’t. As I’m sure you can imagine, this causes a few difficulties in the walking department….I feel like I’m walking smooth and fine, because my body has adjusted
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Bullying. This topic has been addressed in The New York Times alone over 200 times in the past 10 years. Children, teens and adults are being “terrorized” at school and at work. Suicides and violent crimes are being blamed on the concept of bullying. But, are we as parents raising a generation of bullies without even
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Because you are human, God is your creator. However, because of your sin God is not your Father unless you are obedient to His will. Seem harsh? Harsher still is what Jesus told the Pharisees in John 8:44. He said, “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do.”
It is interesting the response that Peter gave the onlookers that gathered to mock as the Holy Ghost was poured out in Acts 2. He is so “matter of fact” in his statement that it throws you back, and makes you think, “I was supposed to know this!” He said, “These men are not
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