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Sick To Death
February 2, 2012
The Real Lesson from the Sinking of Costa Concordia
January 26, 2012
Physical Fitness to Bring Glory to God
January 19, 2012
Parenting
Your God, Their God?
May 19, 2011
Maybe it’s a question you don’t feel you need to ask: Your God, Their God? You’re pretty sure about the answer. Then...
May 19, 2011
Maybe it’s a question you don’t feel you need to ask: Your God, Their God? You’re pretty sure about the answer. Then...
Five things that parents need to know about their teenage children
April 5, 2011
Advise from teens to parents... The internet has more on it than you can begin to imagine. You can go to websites and learn...
April 5, 2011
Advise from teens to parents... The internet has more on it than you can begin to imagine. You can go to websites and learn...
The Role of the Family
March 3, 2011
I tell this to my son often…watch what I do! The challenge for me as a parent, a father, and a man is that if my son is going...
March 3, 2011
I tell this to my son often…watch what I do! The challenge for me as a parent, a father, and a man is that if my son is going...
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...
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...
How can I best pray for my child?
October 2, 2009
As a parent, our greatest treasure is the child God has entrusted to us. We cannot make a more lasting investment than the spiritual qualities we nurture in our children. No other person holds a more influential key to molding our children than you have as a mother or father. Others may influence our children’s lives for good and for eternity, but God has created in every child a desire to look to his or her parents for love, security, and direction unlike any other people in his or her life. We have...
October 2, 2009
As a parent, our greatest treasure is the child God has entrusted to us. We cannot make a more lasting investment than the spiritual qualities we nurture in our children. No other person holds a more influential key to molding our children than you have as a mother or father. Others may influence our children’s lives for good and for eternity, but God has created in every child a desire to look to his or her parents for love, security, and direction unlike any other people in his or her life. We have...
Will my child turn out okay?
September 18, 2009
By Glenda Anderson In Matthew 13, Jesus gives us the parable of the sower. The sower sows many seeds, many of which never reach their designed growth. Only a few good seeds thrive. The question arises: what can we do to better our chances of having a good seed grow instead of a bad seed? Ask any gardener...he knows. A fruitful garden takes time and patience. The ground needs to be carefully tilled and prepared; the right nutrients must be added to enhance each seed's growth. The rocks...
September 18, 2009
By Glenda Anderson In Matthew 13, Jesus gives us the parable of the sower. The sower sows many seeds, many of which never reach their designed growth. Only a few good seeds thrive. The question arises: what can we do to better our chances of having a good seed grow instead of a bad seed? Ask any gardener...he knows. A fruitful garden takes time and patience. The ground needs to be carefully tilled and prepared; the right nutrients must be added to enhance each seed's growth. The rocks...
When parental correction is necessary
September 17, 2009
By Paul Anderson The lady had briskly left her seat about midway in the center section of the church pews and had taken her nine year old son by the hand and removed him from his seat on the front row. At first I thought her action meant on the spot punishment for the boy or at best his longest reprieve would be until she got him out the front door of the church. My assumption concerning the woman's intentions proved to be one hundred percent wrong. Her anger was not directed toward the boy she was now leading...
September 17, 2009
By Paul Anderson The lady had briskly left her seat about midway in the center section of the church pews and had taken her nine year old son by the hand and removed him from his seat on the front row. At first I thought her action meant on the spot punishment for the boy or at best his longest reprieve would be until she got him out the front door of the church. My assumption concerning the woman's intentions proved to be one hundred percent wrong. Her anger was not directed toward the boy she was now leading...
The other side of fiction – Escaping Reality
August 26, 2009
Ironically, right around the time of Heath Ledger’s death, the following was on the marquee at a local theater: Heath Ledger in I’m not there As I looked at this every day on my way to and from work, the sadness of that title was profound. And though, not trying to draw too many conclusions or metaphors from the title, I could not help but think how in many ways, that when we are at home with our spouses and our children, often we are there in body, but not really there in mind. I hear...
August 26, 2009
Ironically, right around the time of Heath Ledger’s death, the following was on the marquee at a local theater: Heath Ledger in I’m not there As I looked at this every day on my way to and from work, the sadness of that title was profound. And though, not trying to draw too many conclusions or metaphors from the title, I could not help but think how in many ways, that when we are at home with our spouses and our children, often we are there in body, but not really there in mind. I hear...