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 »
[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? 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 »
[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 »
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, »
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 »
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] So you did not know that you suffer at times from hebetude. We all do! This is a word that I had to look up when reading recently in the Sabbath Exercises readings of Thomas Chalmers (1780-1947) the Scottish minister and divine who was the subject of my Masters’ »
So what do we say to our children; we who certainly lack perfection; we who become weary; we who are quickly frustrated; we who battle with selfishness; we who never experience days of complete contentment with everything and everyone around us? What do we say to them when we say »
Can the ability to pay attention predict the future success of your child? A recent article (here is a link to the article) in Education Week suggests just that. The study from Oregon State concludes that youth who can pay attention and are able to stick with a task have a better chance »
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Have you ever seen dead men walking? You can go back in time to a Church in Sardis (present day Turkey) or you can look around you and see abundant evidence in churches today. The letters to the seven churches in Revelation are thought by some to speak to »
There is a world of difference in teaching vs training. Teaching is the verbal imparting of truth, whereas "training" applies those teachings moment by moment, day after day. The dictionary defines "Train: to mold the character, instruct by exercise, drill, to make obedient to orders, to put or point in »
Can playing video games make you sick? Apparently, they can if you play for hours on end ignoring all other needs for sustaining life. A teenager was recently hospitalized after playing video games for 4 straight days. I know this is an anomaly and not happening everyday but it has »
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