“Our interest really lies in her getting some training so that this doesn’t happen again,” she said. via overlawyered.com What do you think about this? A woman posts an ad for a roommate on her church bulletin board but says she's looking for a Christian. Gets reported to the state anonymously and the state…
Maybe she can say what she wants legally but she will never get another job. Even is she is right…she is wrong via news.yahoo.com What do you think about this? I find the whole thing really fascinating. I'm curious about her privacy settings, I admit. More though, what about free speech? I'm not a fan…
Attuned to disappointment and confused about its source, we wind up discarding perfectly good relationships. People work themselves up over "the ordinary problems of marriage, for which, by the way, they usually fail to see their own contributions," via www.psychologytoday.com This is a long and interesting article. I think the money quote is quoted above….
"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in…
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. -William Feather (17)
My wife shared a heartbreaking story with me the other day. She was talking to someone whose child was bullied at school. The child had been told that a party ended at a certain time so the parents came to pick her up at what they thought was the appointed time. It turns out the…
Forgiveness is only effective when we walk in it. Both people have to walk in it. The person doing the forgiving must give up the hurt, anger and the need for revenge, while the person being forgiven must give up the desire to justify or live in the guilt. Forgiveness is both a one time…
The church in America is puzzled. Young adults are leaving in droves. Magazines, books and blogs are wagging the finger of blame to point out who is responsible. Some say it is a failure of youth ministry, some point to church budgets and some nail the blame on outdated, unhip worship services. We parents are…
Eventually everyone has to move beyond the wounds and the hurts they experienced as children and learn to parent their own children in a new and better way. The excuse that I didn't have good parents simply won't fly in the end.We need to stop the cycle. Beyond that we need to move to the…
Hopes and Dreams Everyone has dreams about their relationships, especially their marriage. Sadly, the numbers tell us that many times those hopes and dreams end up fractured and broken. Often, problems in relationships are passed on from one generation to another. Participants who attend Hopes and Dreams will learn proven methods of communication. Each participant…
