Archive for December 2020
Happy “New” Year
My favorite pastor has said many times, “We can’t go back and make a brand new start, but we can start today and make a brand new ending.” We are each given opportunities to choose to make changes necessary for a better outcome. The Words of Jesus in John 10:10 (NLT): “The thief’s purpose is…
Read MoreSystemic Parenting!
Systemic represents an idea that an attitude or behavior might affect an entire system; systemic parenting embraces the reality that contemporary times affect our parenting. Without self-control, we produce in our homes as the culture goes. Luke 16:15 (NLT): “Then He (Jesus) said to them, ‘You like to appear righteous in public, but God knows…
Read MoreGetting Things Right!
I recently read “if there is one thing we have learned in 2020 is that our nation needs God.” A nation loses sight of God one individual, one family at a time. The old adage “on a slippery slope” speaks to “an idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong, or…
Read MoreChoosing How to Parent
What influences my parenting? Why do I parent the way I do? If we stop and think about it, our reference point for parenting is often “how we were parented” or “how we wish we were parented.” We reflect on the pressures and challenges of when we were children growing up. The challenge in our…
Read MoreWhat is Christmas?
From the depths of despair, O LORD, I call for your help. Hear my cry, O Lord. Pay attention to my prayer. Psalm 130:1-2 (NLT) Let’s acknowledge that we are each consumed in the contemporary times of the year 2020. This includes both parents and children. We have lost our sense of reality and are…
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