Family

How do you want to live…purposefully, worthily, sensibly, or as the unwise and witless? Maybe you’re too busy to think about this question!But it’s worth stopping to think of your answer. And how should we teach our children to live? Surely we would all answer “purposefully, worthily, and sensibly.” Most ...

My son loved toddling alongside me as we wandered through our wooded property.  Often, though, the path failed to hold his interest, and he would dart off to explore.  Living high in the Pennsylvania mountains, I knew Rattlesnakes and Copperheads loved our woods too.    The cleared path allowed us ...

Jesus said the only acceptable grounds for divorce is adultery and, if you marry again, unless you remarry your previous spouse, you are guilty of adultery (Matthew 5:32, 19:9).  In Malachi 2:16 God says He hates divorce. The divorce rate among Christians versus “the world” is a hotly debated issue.  ...

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.   Job 12:7-8  Job knew it; the animals and the ...

Ahh, the terrible twos or should I say the on demand, “You better give me what I want now!” monster phase in a child’s life? Some days this developmental step begins a little earlier than expected or lingers a little longer than desired. In either case, it’s when life becomes ...