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Family Life

Concern for Others

A few years ago a world-wide media event served as an illustration of how our society does not want us to get along with each …

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Big Gamble

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If you gamble, you could lose a lot more than money. Three teenage boys huddle over a cardboard box at the store counter. “It’s only …

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The Hidden Path

Months go by, and I’m stumbling blindly, arms outstretched. There’s a path promised to me, but it somehow remains unclear. How frustrating it is to …

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My Daughter

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It was a two-for-one deal. The day I got married, I got a husband and a six-year-old daughter—instant wife and mother. It was rocky at …

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Finding Safety

Even in the best divorces, kids live divided lives in which they struggle to understand their parents’ behaviors, negotiate tangled family systems, and develop values …

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Deadly Marriage Habits

“It takes wisdom to have a good family [marriage], and it takes understanding to make it strong. It takes knowledge to fill a home with …

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Grandparenting

grandmother

Recently I picked up an imaginative doll in a gift shop and read about Danna. She has a company, “Danna Does Dolls.” Each of her …

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The Sin of Hurry

someone hurrying on the street

One morning, I got caught hurrying again. I was on my way to coach our college football team. As usual, I’d tried to cram too …

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