Team Parenting
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. Exodus 20:12 There’s a little baby boom happening in our congregation. There was a little boy born last week and 6 more on their way – two of them in the…
Read MoreBible Study Expo
So many books, so little time! The internet is a good news bad / news situation for me. I order a lot of the books I use to study the Bible, for myself and in mentoring, from on-line booksellers. By the time I have purchased the first three books the seller has me “profiled.” Now,…
Read MoreHonoring Marriage
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. Ephesians 4:29 A friend is moving away because her husband’s work is in another city. The wife has been here a long time…
Read MoreIntentional Influence
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Psalm 32:8 I write notes to myself all the time. Often it is just some ditty I heard that struck me at the time and so I write it down for when…
Read MoreIs There a Mother in the House?
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. Psalm 119:66 As I was reading this morning’s newspaper I was reminded of an experience I had many years ago in a PTA meeting at our children’s elementary school. The Reading School District was considering going to uniforms and the meeting was…
Read MoreIs That Judgmental?
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words. Proverbs 23:9 I must confess that I can be judgmental. In our culture judging others is considered to be a major social offense and an abomination of good religious behavior. Sometimes I get excused…
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