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Are You Feeling Old?
ARE YOU FEELING OLD? You will after you read this! YIKES!!!!! If not, consider this: This fall’s college freshman class was born after 1980. ** The Iranian hostage crisis occurred before they were conceived. ** They have no memory of a time before MTV. ** “New Wave” is their parents’ musical generation. ** They have […]
Child Abuse Myths
New UK abuse prevalence study Material below is from press releases re new NSPCC UK prevalence study published 19th November 2000 NSPCC REPORT SHATTERS CHILD ABUSE MYTHS Common stereotypes about child abuse are overturned in the National Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Children’s (NSPCC) largest ever study of child maltreatment. Myth: the most […]
The Beauty Of A Woman
Is not in the clothes she wears the figure she carries Or the way she combs her hair. Must be seen from her eyes, Because that is the doorway to her heart, The place where love resides. Is not in a facial mole, But true beauty in a woman Is reflected in her soul. It […]
The Healing Poison
A long time ago, a girl named Li-Li got married and went to live with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time, Li-Li found that she couldn’t get along with her mother-in-law at all. Their personalities were very different, and Li-Li was angered by many of her mother-in-law’s habits. In addition, she criticized […]
You Can’t Be Too Careful
This was sent to me by my son Jacob, the father of our 22 month old grand daughter killed in a car accident on Feb 24th 1995. PLEASE READ TO THE END—You’ll understand *Near to the door* *he paused to stand* *as he took his class ring* *off her hand* *all who were watching* *did […]
How To Enhance Spiritual Growth
In previous parts of the series we have discussed hindrances to family spiritual growth and sought to establish some guidelines to determine how spiritual growth needs to take place. In this last installment, we focus on some positive suggestions to help spiritual growth become a reality in your family. – Give Every Family Member Undivided […]
A Community Marriage Covenant
Part One 1. Require a minimum of four (4) months between the calendaring date and the wedding date (except in unusual circumstances). OUR COMMENTS: While we know of people who built long-term, successful marriages after having known one another only a few days, those stories are few and far between. Communication skills and conflict management […]
A Community Marriage Covenant [2]
6. Encourage newlyweds to meet in the first year of their marriage with their Mentor Couple and/or their Pastor. OUR COMMENTS: There’s some built in accountability in this initiative. Sometimes problems can be headed off before they occur. It’s very important to establish a trust relationship before this can happen. 7. Provide marriage enrichment opportunities […]
Understanding Codependency
Once upon a time, a woman moved to a cave in the mountains to study with a guru. She wanted, she said, to learn everything there was to know. The guru supplied her with stacks of books and left her alone so that she could study. Every morning, he asked her the same question; “Have […]
Askability
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-105 (Family Issues) ASKABILITY by Norman Bales I’m not sure that “askability” is a word (it didn’t clear my spell check). Whether it’s a word or not it does describe a concept I want to discuss . . . At one point the Active Christian Parenting curriculum (Minneapolis. Ausburg Fortress, 1995) discusses […]
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