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A woman, renewing her driver’s license at the Motor Registration office, was asked by the counter clerk to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. “What I mean is,” explained the counter clerk, “do you have a job or are you just a …?” “Of course I have a job,” snapped the […]
Men and their emotions
Why do men have so much trouble expressing their emotions? In his brilliant book, Manhood, Steve Biddulph tells the story of two men on neighbouring farms. These two men and their families have been neighbours for thirty years and have shared everything together over that time. They have fought bushfires, shared good times and bad, […]
Child Abuse by Rejection
While neglect is certainly the most common form of rejection, there are some children who are raised in fierce, open, and active discarding by a parent. Here, there is no subtlety. Some adults have never gotten over the vivid image of a father’s icy stare signifying hateful contempt for the very personhood of the child. […]
Communication Breakdown (Roy Orbison)
Communication Breakdown Roy Orbison *** We never walk we never talk We never find the time to be close again There it goes again Communication breakdown Communication breakdown Too much concern for money to burn Too many things to do now you don’t need me And I don’t need you Communication breakdown Communication breakdown One […]
Divorce Statistics
[1]: ‘Baptists have a higher divorce rate than atheists and Jews, but they blame gays for the destruction of the family. Why dedicate your life to Christ when you can’t even dedicate it to your spouse? One response [2] Let’s look at the numbers. http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.htm Denomination % being divorced Non-denominational (small conservative groups; independents) 34% […]
Welcoming the Stranger
Parker Palmer in his book The Company of Strangers; Christians and the Renewal of America’s Public Life writes eloquently about the importance in modern society of welcoming the stranger and embracing the strange. He notes that it is often our fear of the stranger and the strange which causes us to retreat into the private, […]
Is Smacking Child Abuse?
IS SMACKING CHILD ABUSE? by Bill Muehlenberg – CultureWatch (http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/) In the minds of many, there are no more scarier words than these: “Hi, we’re from the government and we’re here to help you”. Patronising government bureaucrats can certainly come up with some nightmarish scenarios. When governments become convinced they need to micromanage parenting, for […]
Christian Discipline of Children
Sightings 5/3/07 — Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore At Remnant Fellowship Church in Brentwood, Tennessee, only a short distance from my home, religious leader Gwen Shamblin encourages parents to spank their children, describing corporal punishment as a “time-tested, ancient teaching of the Bible” necessary to shaping adherence to God’s authority. According to the February 7, 2007, issue […]
What Does Love Mean?
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, “What does love mean?” The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think: “When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does […]
Kids
My husband and I had been happily (most of the time) married for five years but hadn’t been blessed with a baby. I decided to do some serious praying and promised God that if He would give us a child, I would be a perfect mother, love it with all my heart and raise it […]
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