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Mothers’ Day Resources and Thoughts for 2010
Arise,then,women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, Whether our baptism be of water or of tears! say firmly: ‘We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies, Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn […]
Little Old Ladies :-)
Hope this touches you the way it touched me! GOODBYE MOM A young man shopping in a supermarket noticed a little old lady following him around. If he stopped, she stopped. Furthermore she kept staring at him. She finally overtook him at the checkout, and she turned to him and said, “I hope I haven’t made […]
Pornography Addiction
The devastation that pornography wreaks In December 2009, writer and Bible teacher Tim Chester highlighted a study done by the Family Research Council on the effects of pornography. Now I have to say at the outset that the FRC is not an organisation I would normally recommend. I believe many of the stances they take […]
School Bullying Breeds Adult Bullies
SCHOOL BULLYING BREEDS ADULT BULLIES Almost seven out of 10 Australian adults have been negatively impacted by school bullying and an alarming 41 per cent of those who bullied others at school admit they could do it again in adult life according to new research released by Wesley Mission. The Wesley Mission survey of 1200 […]
Enforced celibacy?
From a pastor-friend: “On the subject of “enforced celibacy”, I know a few blokes of maturer years whose wives, due to the various factors that come with aging, are no longer excited about sex. Two of my friends, at least, have somewhat younger single female friends of an age where their biological clocks are chasing […]
Counselling
Read this morning of a ‘wise doctor’ who used to ask his neurotically-troubled patients ‘Who is wrong with you?’
Marriage Wars
Note from Rowland: another provocative comment from a very (theologically and politically) liberal Episcopal priest. It’s posted here for mature folks like you to argue with, not because I necessarily agree with everything Harry says. 10/02/09 Harry T. Cook Marriage is once again in the news, and this time it’s not the doing of those […]
Marriage Rituals
INTENTIONAL MARRIAGE: YOUR RITUALS WILL SET YOU FREE WILLLIAM DOHERTY University of Minnesota http://www.drbilldoherty.org Banquet Keynote/Annual Smart Marriages Conference Denver, Colorado I had a fascinating conversation with the taxi driver on the way from the airport to this conference. When he mentioned his wife, I asked him how long he had been married. “Forty-seven years […]
Family of Origin Questions
Family of Origin Questions: Recall when you were about 12-14 years of age: ?Describe your mum and dad in 3-5 words ?What did you think about their marriage? ?What roles did your parents play within the marriage? ?How did your parents communicate? ?How was conflict (difference) managed within the family? ?How was discipline managed? ?How […]
Family of Origin
Some Questions: 1.Write three words that would describe your father/mother growing up. 2.Write three words that your mum/dad would use to describe their marriage. 3.In 5, 10, 25 years time how would you like to be describing your marriage? 4.How would your dad describe your mum as wife and how would your mum describe your […]
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