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Is Marriage Passè?
January 20, 2011
Is marriage passé? In a January 14, 2011 article Natalie Portman, unusually successful as both a child and adult actress, revealed her latest view on marriage. Apparently, many young women are taking her advice. Portman told a reporter that the reason she was drawn to her latest movie, “No Strings Attached,” was because the main character whom she plays “was simply seeking a no-romance bed buddy as opposed to the whole nine yards.” Portman said, “Emma (the main character) wants a relationship...
January 20, 2011
Is marriage passé? In a January 14, 2011 article Natalie Portman, unusually successful as both a child and adult actress, revealed her latest view on marriage. Apparently, many young women are taking her advice. Portman told a reporter that the reason she was drawn to her latest movie, “No Strings Attached,” was because the main character whom she plays “was simply seeking a no-romance bed buddy as opposed to the whole nine yards.” Portman said, “Emma (the main character) wants a relationship...
What Should We Say To Our Children About Politics?
November 3, 2010
Can I say anything good? Well, yesterday was election day and having just gone through another political season, I am sure politics is nearing the bottom of things we want to talk about with anyone right now! Still the question is a fair one, what do we want our children to learn from us about the world of politics and our responsibilities as citizens? Even if we say nothing to them, they are learning from us by what we say to others and to one another as parents. They learn from what we do or do not do with...
November 3, 2010
Can I say anything good? Well, yesterday was election day and having just gone through another political season, I am sure politics is nearing the bottom of things we want to talk about with anyone right now! Still the question is a fair one, what do we want our children to learn from us about the world of politics and our responsibilities as citizens? Even if we say nothing to them, they are learning from us by what we say to others and to one another as parents. They learn from what we do or do not do with...
Sunday Morning Coming Down: Part Two
October 11, 2010
Scriptural Basis: [Jesus said], "But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me." John 16:32 "But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed." Luke 5:16 Application: Kristopherson focused on it as he wrote "Sunday Morning Coming Down": that familiar, palpable loneliness which in one way, place, or time or another everyone experiences. Just consider how much of your life, even...
October 11, 2010
Scriptural Basis: [Jesus said], "But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me." John 16:32 "But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed." Luke 5:16 Application: Kristopherson focused on it as he wrote "Sunday Morning Coming Down": that familiar, palpable loneliness which in one way, place, or time or another everyone experiences. Just consider how much of your life, even...
Being A Better Parent
August 24, 2010
It is often said that this generation of youth is the lost generation. But if youth today are the lost generation, then...
August 24, 2010
It is often said that this generation of youth is the lost generation. But if youth today are the lost generation, then...
Real Self-Esteem
July 7, 2010
The wonder and innocence of childhood is a fragile and fleeting thing. The turns and tangles of the world beyond their parent's arms can be harsh and complex. The cultural pressure on children to abandon their innocence, grow up fast is enormous--and wrought with countless trials and tears. Self-esteem is the consequence of how we cope, what we believe, how we were raised and, most importantly, how we live. Children who have healthy self-esteem generally lead happier, more hopeful, and more productive...
July 7, 2010
The wonder and innocence of childhood is a fragile and fleeting thing. The turns and tangles of the world beyond their parent's arms can be harsh and complex. The cultural pressure on children to abandon their innocence, grow up fast is enormous--and wrought with countless trials and tears. Self-esteem is the consequence of how we cope, what we believe, how we were raised and, most importantly, how we live. Children who have healthy self-esteem generally lead happier, more hopeful, and more productive...
Father’s Day Revisited
July 6, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4 “He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.” Malachi 4:6 Application: Recently I was asked again the age-old question, “If God exists and God is good, why is there so much pain and misery in the world? Doesn’t the pain...
July 6, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4 “He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.” Malachi 4:6 Application: Recently I was asked again the age-old question, “If God exists and God is good, why is there so much pain and misery in the world? Doesn’t the pain...
What Is A Real Role Model?
May 5, 2010
It is easy to look at celebrities, athletes, anyone famous really and say, I want to be like them. More often than not, we look to those who are well known and hold them up to be role models, but are they really the best examples for us to follow? While athletes do spectacular things on the athletic field, and celebrities may be talented actors or actresses, does that mean they are the ones who should become the role models in our own lives or our children’s lives? More often than not the answer...
May 5, 2010
It is easy to look at celebrities, athletes, anyone famous really and say, I want to be like them. More often than not, we look to those who are well known and hold them up to be role models, but are they really the best examples for us to follow? While athletes do spectacular things on the athletic field, and celebrities may be talented actors or actresses, does that mean they are the ones who should become the role models in our own lives or our children’s lives? More often than not the answer...
Snitches Get Stitches
April 22, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them.” Genesis 37:2 Application: Robert Tate, 17 years old, wasn’t ever going to snitch—not even when it came to his own murder, according to the Chicago Police. This young man had been shot in the chest as someone approached him on a West Side sidewalk just 10 days ago. The first...
April 22, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them.” Genesis 37:2 Application: Robert Tate, 17 years old, wasn’t ever going to snitch—not even when it came to his own murder, according to the Chicago Police. This young man had been shot in the chest as someone approached him on a West Side sidewalk just 10 days ago. The first...
Quitting Weed is Not So Easy
February 10, 2010
I have been smoking weed for 6 years and want to quit and go back to school. When I try to quit I feel horrible. What is going on? How can I quit? --Reggie, age 21. You are not alone. Approximately 14 million teens and adults use marijuana on a regular basis. Due to the high potency of today’s genetically engineered marijuana, the level of impairment, dependence and withdrawal is significantly higher than in years past. Withdrawal Withdrawal symptoms for marijuana are protracted...
February 10, 2010
I have been smoking weed for 6 years and want to quit and go back to school. When I try to quit I feel horrible. What is going on? How can I quit? --Reggie, age 21. You are not alone. Approximately 14 million teens and adults use marijuana on a regular basis. Due to the high potency of today’s genetically engineered marijuana, the level of impairment, dependence and withdrawal is significantly higher than in years past. Withdrawal Withdrawal symptoms for marijuana are protracted...
The Only Complete Realist
January 1, 2010
Scriptural Basis: "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." Matthew 6:13 Anderson's Applications: Mountains attract me. They are majestic, glorious, mysterious, yet beckoning; like other parts of God's creation, they speak of His nature, majesty and power. The Psalmist said, "I lift up my eyes to the hills--where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth." (Psalm 121:1-2) But for anyone who has hiked in the mountains or climbed peaks, mountains...
January 1, 2010
Scriptural Basis: "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." Matthew 6:13 Anderson's Applications: Mountains attract me. They are majestic, glorious, mysterious, yet beckoning; like other parts of God's creation, they speak of His nature, majesty and power. The Psalmist said, "I lift up my eyes to the hills--where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth." (Psalm 121:1-2) But for anyone who has hiked in the mountains or climbed peaks, mountains...