Stop The Madness Published in “The Source”, May, 2001 By: Michael G. Conner, Psy.D, Clinical, Medical & Family Psychologist …. ———————————————————- For most of us the idea of a psychopath conjures up images from movies like “Silence of The Lambs” and characters with names like “Hannibal Lector.” Fortunately characters like Hannibal don’t really exist. Serial […]
ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain but there in the sandpile at Sunday School. These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. Put […]
We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.If a doctor wishes to help a human being he must be able to accept him as he is. And he can do this in reality only when he has already seen and accepted himself as he is. Perhaps this sounds very […]
(Author Unknown) James Bender, in his book “How to Talk Well” (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1994) relates the story of a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year the farmer entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something […]
(~) Love is……. 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 […]
Every special person who touches our life Leaves their own unique mark on our heart. A mark which can never be chizzled away Even if the years eventually pull us apart. We can take on their expressions and such The more we share of ourselves together. It’s those little things about another person Which can […]
from Franky Schaeffer “Sham Pearls For Real Swine” ( Wolgemuth & Hyatt; Brentwood:1990) [Francis Schaeffer’s son] What my wife and I have pursued for our children is good teaching and a love of learning and culture, not ideological or theological purity on the part of our children’s teachers. p.13 … our reaction to disturbing trends […]
“Like all other children, my five have one great talent: they are all gifted beggars. Not one of them ever ran into the room, looked up at me and said: ‘I’m really happy that you’re my father, and as a tangible token of my appreciation, here’s a dollar.’ If any one of them had ever […]
Quote for your website? If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn. If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight. If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy. If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty. If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to […]
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER One of the most divisive issues in the church and society today is homosexual orientation. Are people born gay? Is it possible to change? Focus on the Family tackled this topic at its Love Won Out conference in Washington, D.C. “We are motivated out of concern for those who feel trapped […]