The Real Job Of Dads
A dad's primary, underlying job isn't control. It's to validate every one of his children. To validate means to let your child know over and over and ...
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Widowed: What To Do When
Mental-health experts estimate it takes about two years for a widow or widower to absorb what has happened and be capable of making major decisions ...
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Leaders Need Fellowship Too
We invited a family from our church to join us for dinner. Amy and I had both sets of parents there as well. We reclined at our dining room table for ...
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Leading Through Transition
In 2009 I was called to pastor Forest Baptist Church, a 147-year-old, historically African-American church in Louisville, Kentucky. Forest is an ...
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Call Me Coach: Winning Starts At Home
If you have children, you’re no stranger to the countless things that kids will ask of you – including the roles that they expect parents to play ...
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Serving Your Spouse In Their Dark Season
Recently I spoke at two events on the subject of depression. Both times I opened up with the same question: “Who present knows someone who battles ...
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The Power Of Story
Have you ever seen a $100 note lying on ground and kept on walking? Absolutely not. A $100 note is worth too much not to pick it up and put it in ...
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A Shocking Humility
Have you ever met someone who possessed humility to the degree that it shocked you? You know, that person you talk to who, after 20 minutes of ...
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The One Thing A Leader Must Have
Navigating through the call to preach as a young man was incredibly difficult. Questions like “What makes an effective minister?” and “How do ...
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Becoming a Family Man
Tim Miller had it all: an adventurous, high-profile career doing what he had always dreamed of doing. But there was a price. Tim Miller stood in the ...
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Fathers Matter
Dads parent differently from mums, and that difference matters greatly for children. Fathers are just as essential to healthy child development as ...
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The Power of Fathers
God's Word clearly indicates that fathers bring power to the parenting relationship. As I watched the movie with my children, there were the usual ...
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