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Category Archives: Reconciliation
What’s Your Love Language?
My mother attends Calvary Baptist Church in Winston Salem, NC. Dr. Gary Chapman served on staff there for many years, but he is best known as the author of “The Five Love Languages” series of books. The first of those … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Communication, Doing Good, Family, Fatherhood, Friendship, Husbands, Individuality, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Parenting, Personal, Reconciliation, Service, Wives
Tagged Gary Chapman 5 Love Languages, how each person expresses love, how each person feels love, Love, love-language, love-languages, relationship, relationships, the five love languages, what is your love language?
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The Importance of the Father/Child Relationship
And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse. Malachi 4:6 (N.K.J.V.) Did you know that the last … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, Fatherhood, God's Will, God's Word, Parenting, Reconciliation
Tagged Father's Day verse, Malachi 4:6 a father's day verse, Malachi 4:6 on fatherhood, the hearts of children turned toward their fathers, the hearts of fathers turned toward their children, the importance of the relationship between father and child
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Two Different Bible School Meetings
After a relatively successful V.B.S. at one of my former churches, I called for a meeting of the teachers and workers who had been involved with the effort. My purpose for the meeting was to assess what had gone well … Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, Backsliding, Brokenness, Christian Unity, Church, Church Attendance, Confession, Criticism, Extending Forgiveness, Forgiveness, God's Work, Humility, Ministry, Pastors, Personal, Pride, Problems, Reconciliation, Restoration, Worship
Tagged Church, follow-up V.B.S. meetings, handling conflict in churches, ministry, problems with Vacation Bible School, V.B.S., Vacation Bible School
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The Incredible Power of Showing Kindness
The Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, was once a world-renowned health resort. Opening its doors in 1866, the Sanitarium eventually grew into a massive complex that included a hospital, a nursing school, and multiple research facilities that were … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Communication, Counsel, Criticism, Doing Good, Encouragement, Friendship, God's Work, Influence, Ministry, Problems, Reconciliation, The Tongue
Tagged Battle Creek Michigan, be kind to one another, death and life are in the power of the tongue, Dr. Carolyn Geisel, speaking words of kindness, The Battle Creek Sanitarium, the mouth is a well of life, the power of the tongue, the tongue is a tree of life, the tongue promotes health
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Are You Still Digging Johnson Grass?
A young man hired himself out to a neighboring farmer for the summer, but the farmer turned out to be a strict boss who worked the boy very hard. Finally, the young man decided to claim his revenge. Late one … Continue reading
The Disciple's Road 