Technicolor Clapping
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Spring rejuvenates flowering dogwood, cherry, pear and the vibrant colors of trees in blossom. Summer reveals the beauty of myriad shapes of leaves gifting you with delightful shade in the heat of the sun. Deciduous trees in the fall erupt into a kaleidoscope of brilliant colors. Who cannot marvel »
Do we remember?
Taking moments to notice the positive During the Civil War, at the Battle of Fredericksburg, in what was one of the most one sided victories for the Confederacy, the Union Army marched across open ground to face an entrenched Confederate Army. The Union’s losses were massive and what they had »
What Is A Good Father?
To explain what I feel a good father should be, I must first point out some negative things and hope that they will not only alarm you who are reading this text but also give you a better idea of what we are up against. In other words, to tell »
Talking About Depression Is Depressing
We all feel sad, down, blue or discouraged at times. That's pretty normal. Sadness, disappointment, and pessimism are natural reactions to the hassles of life. I regularly feel a bit blue during football season as I watch my beloved Oakland Raiders lose each week. The reality is that, in the »
Depression in teens
Nathan was changing. He was becoming increasingly irritable, bored, sad, and just plain angry. When his mother would ask what was wrong, he'd snap, "I'm just having a bad day." For a few months Nathan's mother assumed that the pressures of school and just being a young teen were the cause of »
Receiving the Harvest
Receiving The Harvest Though it is vital to properly mold children from birth, it is important to know that with the Lord there comes mercy that can be new every morning. As God promised in Joel 2:25a: “I will restore to you the years that the locust have eaten. Because »
How Can You Tell If You Have Good Friends
What difference does it make who I choose as a friend? Some time ago, I realized that the people I spend my time with directly impact my capacity for success. It is a simple principle in life: you become like the people you spend your time with. There’s no getting »
Knowing the End from the Beginning Means What?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As far as exciting, dangerous adventure stories go you can hardly improve on the shipwreck account of the Apostle Paul on the way to Rome (told in Acts 27) when 276 people on board an ancient sea galley with sails fought for their lives in the onslaught of a »
How easy is it for teens to get drugs
How easy is it for teens to get drugs? It's a lot easier than parents think. For a number of years now, teens have been reporting that it is easier to get a bunch of prescription pills than to get alcohol. With the emergence of new synthetic drugs like Spice, K2 and »
Hummingbirds, Man and God
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Just outside our window we have hummingbird feeders allowing us to watch the fascinating and spectacularly painted creatures that dart magically about in the air. But this is the time of year when their visits become infrequent and soon come to an end. These tiny creatures will, not in »
The Style of our Current Culture
In writing this, I do not want to come off like a prude. Certainly, I would never describe myself in that way but given how people dress, adorn themselves, and talk these days, I am, without a doubt, no longer hip. Of course, that would assume that I once was, »
The Role Of The Family
I tell this to my son often…watch what I do! The challenge for me as a parent, a father, and a man is that if my son is going to watch what I do, then is it not critical how I act? Defining the role of the family has become »
