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Parenting Teens

As some of you may know, I have two teenagers at home. I have found this to be one of the most draining, frustrating stages of parenthood yet. Personally, babies were the hardest, but...

Habits

Habits!  There are good ones.  There are bad ones.  Either way, they are difficult to change.  One social science author made the observation that, to modify a long-time habit, it takes one month of...

Summer Blessings

Psalm 150 NIV Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary;    praise him in his mighty heavens.Praise him for his acts of power;    praise him for his surpassing greatness. Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,    praise him...

Jesus in the Storm

A few weeks ago, Gloria and I flew to Florida. The only other time we were in Florida was 12 years ago when we visited Disney World. This was a trip we had initially...

Proud to be an American, but…

Romans 13: Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what...

Discipline is Good

Not too long ago, I was talking with the Student ministry Bible study on Sunday mornings about discipline and how it is not always connected to punishment. We discussed different lessons that we’ve learned...

Shining Jesus’ Light

At the beginning of June, Peace hosted over 200 children for our annual Vacation Bible School. It was five activity-packed mornings, in which the children learned all about how they could Shine Jesus’ Light to the...

Left Behind

As most of you know, I love baseball. In fact, I loved the game so much, I either played or coached for over 60 years. I’m still coaching but somehow I feel as though...

Jesus Loves the Little Children

Yesterday my neighbor’s daughter came over to play with my youngest son, as they do most days. I asked her if she was loving Vacation Bible School as it’s her first time. With complete...

A Father’s Touch

I heard a shriek and turned my head to see what caused my granddaughter such joy.  No, it wasn’t a shriek of terror.  Instead, it was – indeed – a shriek of joy.  But...