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El Salvador
I am going on a short-term missions trip to El Salvador, where our team will be helping install a water system for a rural village. We will also be helping a local church with some leadership and...
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Mindfulness
What is mindfulness? Is that some new age thing? Is that Buddhist? What about Christians? Did Jesus practice mindfulness? Or is that meditation? Mindfulness is used to describe the experience of being...
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Parenting with Love
Have you noticed that traditional parenting does not work with today’s youth? What can be done to parent a difficult child these days? What about kids who have abuse or trauma in their past? The recent...
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Grandparents
Happy Grandparents Day! Grandparents serve an important role in our children’s lives. With their age comes wisdom (usually), and a perspective different than our own, about children. Grandparents can...
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No Spanking
Is spanking child abuse? What does the research say about spanking? What are the benefits of NOT spanking? I have converted to the “no spanking” side of the argument. I used to be for spanking, and...
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Suicide
Suicide. How do we help our loved ones, especially our kids, who are talking about suicide? Who is at risk for suicide? What are some of the signs that someone might kill themselves, and how can we...
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Ebola and Anxiety
Ebola. It conjures up images of people dying, with no hope. With all the latest media coverage, it could create some anxiety in your thinking. “What if I get Ebola? What if it’s terribly painful? What...
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Kids & Money
I’m reading a great book right now titled, “Smart Money, Smart Kids,” by Dave Ramsey, and his daughter, Rachel Cruze. It focuses on helping parents to teach their kids about money, work, saving,...
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Squirrel!
What do Howie Mandel, Robin Williams, Jim Carey, Bill Cosby, Michael Phelps, Solange Knowles, Ty Pennington, Christopher Knight, and Cammie Granato all have in common? They’ve all been diagnosed with...
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Holiday Stress
How do we keep the stress as low as possible during the holiday season? We’ve all felt it. That stress the seeps in right around mid-November. Expectations of others, and ourselves. Gifts to purchase...
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God supplies
“You cannot serve both God and money.” Matthew 6:24. “The love of money is the root of all evil.” I Timothy 6:10. “Ye, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for...
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True Love
Love is a beautiful thing. God’s love. Unconditional love. I wrote the following article 2 years ago, but I feel it is worth a repost: I wanted to address the topic of love. We may think of it as a...
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Is Trump Narcissistic?
What is Narcissism? Is it just thinking that you are better than others? How does one get diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder? Is Donald Trump Narcissistic? Some say yes. According to the...
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Problematic Sexual Behaviors in Children
“Oh No! My kids are doing sexual things! Is that normal?” Most parents have concerns about their child doing some sexual behaviors, and are unclear as to what is considered normal, age-appropriate, and...
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Memorial Day
Remembering. Hats off to our fallen soldiers, and our military folks.* Rituals of parades, decorating the graves, and honoring all American soldiers who gave their lives in war, whether the...
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