A LOST ART: INSTILLING RESPECT
We wanted to share an article written for The Washington Post by Patricia Dalton, Clinical Psychologist, Paul Anderson Family Strong Center. Written in 2007, possibly even more relevant today . There’s been a fundamental change in family life, and it has played out over the years in my office. Teachers, »
CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES: JUDGE VERDA COLVIN
Paul Anderson Youth Home has worked with thousands of young men who may have made very different decisions if they had a few minutes with Judge Colvin. We support and applaud the outreach of Bibb County Sheriff’s Department and the “Consider the Consequences, an early intervention program designed to show children and »
Parenting Troubled Teenagers Is Not a Hopeless Fight
Parenting troubled teenagers can be challenging or even overwhelming. One may experience significant stress in the parental journey if his or her teen is abusing drugs, experiencing depression, or committing acts of violence. Additionally, open defiance and failed attempts to communicate can add to one’s despair. Don’t worry, though; most »
Studying the Bible with Other Believers
Are Bible studies really that important? If we’re honest, many of us likely believe that we already check off enough boxes on the “Christian to-do list.” We read our Bibles, go to church, say our prayers, listen to Christian radio, and refrain from using curse words. We have busy schedules »
MARY AS MOTHER
“And He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And His mother treasured up all these things in her heart. -Luke 2:51 Mary had much more to ponder than most mothers. After all, she was the only virgin out of all mothers to conceive »
ANGELS FROM THE REALMS OF GLORY
“Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests.’ -Luke 2:13-14 Can you picture the fictionalized “angels of Director Aronofsky’s movie Noah appearing to the shepherds »
CHRISTMAS POVERTY
“For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. -Matthew 26:11 Perhaps Christmas is a day your mind is focused on family rather than the poor; then again, maybe you really are thinking of the poor and serving them on a day like today. »
THE MYSTERIOUS MAGI
“Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the King, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star when it rose and have come to worship Him. »
ETERNITY IN THE NEW YEAR?
“But these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life. -Matthew 25:46 Eternity, for all the sure promises of our future home, is a great unknown for us mortals; the Bible says it is “beyond imagination. Nevertheless, for all our yearnings for the return of the »
WHISPERS IN DARKNESS
“Will not the Day of the Lord be darkness, not light – pitch dark, without a ray of brightness? -Amos 5:20 You and I have a tendency to look at a new year with expectations. Those expectations are affected by what is going on in our lives today, as well »
WHO PIERCED HIM?
“To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve His God and Father—to Him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. ‘Look, He is coming with the clouds,’ and ‘every »
MOST EXCELLENT THEOPHIL
“Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word have delivered them to us, it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some »
