Whether it takes place within the family of the Church, or outside, there is no question that divorce is one of the key ills of our modern American society. At its base it breaks up nuclear families, but via extension it works to dismantle much of the patchwork of our ...
Read More »Extra-Curricular Activities: Keeping A Healthy Balance
As the leaves begin to shift into another season, so do the lives of those who become actively involved during the school year. Merely if not all seven days of the week are filled on the calendar from early fall until late spring. If you are a shuttle bus mom, ...
Read More »Training Up My Children
Weeks ago, my wife scheduled a visit to the U of M Ann Arbor campus, for the two of us to accompany our high school-senior Nathaniel. This morning as we prepared for the trip, it suddenly dawned on me to make the other three kids come along. Dominique is a ...
Read More »“The Terrible Twos” and My New Gray Hairs
Recently our merely two year old has entered into a new developmental phase in his life; the one known as “The Terrible Twos”. Out of our four children, I have never seen a case in our household this bad. The screaming, kicking, yelling and all out “NOOOO!” are an added ...
Read More »Living In Safety
In American, Christianity remains a safe choice for most everyone. It is not so in other areas of our world where refusing to reject Christianity costs your life. In our safety, we assume we would stand in the face of persecution. That is a deception the enemy would like us ...
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