Who Has a Stake in Your Marriage?
Al and Tipper Gore are calling it quits after forty years, and journalists and pundits have taken the opportunity to all write fluff pieces about divorce.
In one New York Times article, Deirdre Baer, an "expert" in late life divorces, says:
Divorce is easier now. Our retirement years are longer and healthier. Both men and women often have enough...... >Read More
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Shelia Wray Gregoire
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Rearranging the Furniture
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“I have calmed myself and quieted my ambitions. I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content (no longer ravenously seeking self-satisfaction)” (Psalm 131:2).
While...... >Read More
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My Daddy … Sings Silly Songs With Me
Need someone to listen? We do.
The children were sharing why they loved their fathers. One little munchkin caught me off guard. Why did she love her daddy? Because he sings silly songs with her! Can you imagine? What was important to her right then was not a roof over her head, food on the table, or some new... >Read More
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Winsome Smith
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No Monsters under the Bed
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“The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want” (Psalm 23:1).
The little boy hesitated only a moment when asked, “Why do you love your Daddy?” Other children shared a variety of reasons they loved their fathers, and then he boldly proclaimed, “No monsters under...... >Read More
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Do It Anyway
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"Therefore you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not obey you. You shall also call to them, but they will not answer you" (Jeremiah 7:27, NKJV).
God told Jeremiah right up front, that in spite of him being obedient and declaring the Word of God to Israel,... >Read More
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The Greatest Mother on Earth
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Hanging on the wall of our guest bath is a framed, handmade Mother’s Day card, a simple watercolor painting of a purple flower (perhaps a pansy?) with pale green stem and surrounding splashes of orange. Who knew this budding artist’s...... >Read More
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Single, But Not Alone
A recent Religion News Service headline reports, “Single Adults Want Ministry, Not Sympathy”.
According to RNS, singles are “part of a demographic -- men and women of childbearing age without children -- that nearly doubled in 24 years, from 10 percent of the population in 1976 to 19 percent in 2000.”*
How can marrieds interact with...... >Read More
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Prayer Is About Relationships
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What Do You Fear?
