I want to write this morning about a relationship issue that deviates a little from what I normally talk about. This is not about relating to your spouse or significant other but about relating to your children. And more specifically, relating to and helping your children after you have gone through a divorce. So, for…
DetailsI don’t know if you have heard one of those commercials where the mom is texting, the daughter is posting on facebook, the son is playing video games, and the dad is watching sports. As the commercial continues, it says something to the effect of “this weekend – unplug.” The commercial reinforces what research is…
DetailsThere is an event recorded in the Bible in John 5, where Jesus encounters a man who has been crippled for 38 years. The man is laying by a pool that is believed to have special healing qualities for the first person to get it in when the waters are miraculously stirred. However, because he…
DetailsA few years ago, a friend of mine shaved off his mustache, which he had been sporting for a number of years. One evening while he and his wife were out to dinner with some mutual friends, the other couple asked, “Hey, when did you shave your face?” Quickly turning her head in surprise, his…
DetailsI have a good friend who is a public school administrator. Frequently this individual is confronted with a variety of situations that require additional information. It may have something to do with a Principal needing more information from a parent or a teacher needing clarity around a student issue. Sometimes it is even another administrator…
DetailsAs I recently sat listening to a couple, I was aware of just how quickly they are headed towards divorce. This is in part because they want all of their problems and conflicts solved immediately – if not sooner. And because of their impatience, they were barreling towards the divorce cliff. Yet – this doesn’t…
DetailsDo you remember when you were young and your mother said something like, “Don’t eat any cookies before dinner or you will ruin your appetite.” So what did you do? For me, the call of the cookies was oftentimes too strong and I would succumb. But then you know what would happen. I wasn’t hungry…
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