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For Mothers of Little Boys #2
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Speaking to Your Kids #1: General Principles
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Speaking to the Kids #2 - Motivation
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Teaching Men to Respect Women #1
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Teaching Men to Respect Women #2
Teaching Men to Respect Women #2To receive respect a woman needs to give a man a reason to respect her. (I've had some conflicting feedback on this opening line, which is based on part 1 (click here)....
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The Five Stages of Married Love
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Reclaiming Lost Skills
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How To Change Your Husband Or Wife
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Tending the Sheep and Fields
Tending the Sheep and FieldsBe sure you know the condition of your flocks, Give careful attention to your herds;for riches do not endure forever and a crown is not secure for all generations.When the...
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Listening is Ministry
Listening is Ministry“Listening carefully and responding accurately to the story of another is a true ministry. To be understood and accepted by another person is a treasured dimension of human living....
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Sacred Spaces
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You’ll Enjoy Reading If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name
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Compassion vs. Commitment
Compassion vs. CommitmentWhen people tell church consultant Kennon Callahan, “What we need (in the church) is people with more commitment,” he has a standard response ready. “Good friend, you have just...
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Orphan Trains
Orphan Trains“Come on son, buck up and stop crying. We’re doing this for your own good. Is that your little sister? Ok, tell her to stop crying, too. We have a long trip and you are going to have to...
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Forgiveness and Helping
Forgiveness and HelpingGospel. Gospel means “good news.” In the New Testament it refers to the good news of Jesus Christ. In churches it often means a body of doctrine you must believe in order to be...
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The Dark Side of Leadership
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Small Groups and Spiritual Revival
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Five Things You Can Do To Build Community
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The Spirit of Giving
The Spirit of GivingOne of the things that has most fascinated people with the story of Jesus’ birth is the three gifts the Wise Men gave to the baby Jesus. “On coming to the house, they saw the child...
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Healing Relationships
Healing RelationshipsWe have three normal reactions to people who are hurting or who have done something we don’t agree with. I call them normal because they are patterns of response we typically fall...
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Guest Post by Erin MacPherson - 50 Shades of Grey and New Book Announcement
Guest post from friend and fellow-writer Erin MacPherson - What I Will Be Doing Instead of Watching 50 Shades of Grey This Valentine's DayBy Erin MacPhersonHave you heard of 50 Shades of Grey?If you...
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Four Ways to Become Wise
Four Ways People Become Wise The Proverbs WayThe first way to become wise is through observation and experience. “I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment;...
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