Family
A Golden Language
(~) A Golden Language ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^^*^* The room is silent, yet conversation is abundantly clear.No vocal sounds can be heard. Facial expressions andbody language convey a wealth of ideas, feelings and thoughts. Other than the silence; perhaps the first thing you notice is the hand movement. Every pair of hands is busy; gesturing, explaining and “talking”. […]
52 Ways to Show People You Care
(~) 52 Ways to Show People You Care 1. Notice them. 2. Smile at them. 3. Encourage them to think big. 4. Look them in the eye when you talk to them. 5. Ask them about themselves. 6. Let them tell you how they feel. 7. Listen to their stories. 8. Call them on the […]
Five more minutes
(~) 5 More Minutes While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground. “That’s my son over there,” she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide. “He’s a fine looking boy,” the man said. “That’s […]
Ten Ways to Get Along
1. Before you say anything to anyone, ask yourself 3 things: 1. Is it true? 2. Is it kind? 3. Is it necessary? 2. Make promises sparingly and keep them faithfully. 3. Never miss the opportunity to compliment or say something encouraging to someone. 4. Refuse to talk negatively about others; don’t gossip and don’t […]
Dealing With Guilt And Shame
DEALING WITH GUILT AND SHAME. (Some rough notes on an important topic) Sarah Sarah was rich. She had inherited twenty million dollars. Plus she had an additional income of one thousand dollars a day. That’s a lot of money any day, but it was immense in the late 1800s. Sarah was well known. She was […]
Absent Fathers (and Boarding Schools)
THE MAKING OF THEM This means that father has to be both physically and emotionally present, good willed, and subtle enough to be able to think beyond the surface meaning of a boy’s behaviour. A father can do excellent developmental work when he allows himself to ‘muck about’ or ‘rough-house’ with his son. In their […]
Dear Dad
by: Heather Goldsmith, , Source Unknown Dear Dad, I couldn’t send you this letter, even if I wanted to. You are out of reach now. There’s always been things I wanted to tell you. I never knew how to say them then. I still don’t know how to say them now. I lived in your […]
The Perils of Porn
Posted on 03/02/2005 As the internet boosts the use of pornography, there are fears that for some it can become a dangerous addiction, writes Jock Cheetham. Read the full story ยป http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2005/02/03/1107228777880.html
Fornication and Marriage
From a netfriend: [A lecturer at a pastors’ conference] does a confronting demonstration of the effect of extra- and pre-marital sex on a marriage. He calls a couple out to the front to be the pair about to be married. Then we are told that each has had previous partners. Others are called out to […]
Evagrius Ponticus: On Asceticism and Stillness in the Solitary Life
Evagrius Ponticus (345-399) is one of the earliest spiritual writers on asceticism in the Christian eremitic tradition. As a theologian he closely followed the Gnosticism of Origen (185-254) on the preexistence of souls and the final union of all things in God, views condemned by the early church authorities, though not for a century and […]
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