Job description for a father
First in a series on fathering If you're a teenager, you can easily pick out all the ways in which your father is letting you down. But what does a...
First in a series on fathering If you're a teenager, you can easily pick out all the ways in which your father is letting you down. But what does a...
Second in a series on fathering Perhaps one of the most prevalent needs of a child for their father is to have someone to "launch" them into the wo...
Third in a series on fathering We all incur wounds at the hands of our fathers. Even the best fathers have their shortcomings, leaving some sort of...
Families in America and in other western countries are too small these days. They barely keep up with the replacement rate (2.1 children per couple) a...
In yesterday's blog, I shared the story of a pastor I met in Cuba named Manuel who is fearless in the face of persecution. Here is another story he sh...
When I traveled to Cuba in 1995, I met Manuel Rodriguez, a pastor in his 50's at the time. The fruit of a lifetime of ministry is impressive. Growing ...
The following from Buechner compares A.A. to the church. The church would look a lot more attractive if it learned a few things from A.A. Alcoholics ...
Everyone wants to be happy. Everyone wants to grow. So why is it that as you look at your life, you may not be happy and you feel as though you're not...
In life, many people get stuck somewhere on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. They just settle at a certain level and never go higher. The vast majority of...