December 2009
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The Legacy I Want to Leave
For about 10 days now all three of our sons have been home. We have had a great time together. Our days are filled with reading, emails, debating the issues of the day, and watching movies. Our evenings are mostly spent with extended family and friends laughing and reminiscing. I’m not a real fan of the holidays normally, but this year has been awesome – no travel, no hurriedness, just time...
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10 Mistakes I’ve Made in Marriage (Part 2)...
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10 Mistakes I’ve Made in Marriage (Part 1)...
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Who's Our Daddy?
I have this question that keeps ratting through my brain. It’s a question that we as parents must answer. Folks, it’s time to check on what motivates our parental decisions. So here it goes – “Who’s Our Daddy?”
Let me describe some parental dysfunctions that are leading me to ask this question. We are too often afraid to speak up regarding our children’s...
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You're an Adult Now
Twelve years ago yesterday I lost my dad, Donald Hindes. He had been struggling with major chronic illness for more than a decade. Although he was only 67 it was actually a relief to know that he was done battling his own body. We were driving to Ann Arbor yesterday to visit our two youngest sons when Kathy reminded me of this date. I spent a lot of time last night pondering his life, our struggle...
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Let Them Go!
My wife, Kathy, and I have been married nearly 29 years. We have three sons ages 22-25, they are all in the middle of pursuing God’s plan for their lives. It often feels that their walk into destiny is actually a walk away from us. A recurring thought I’ve had as we raised our sons was that they were trying to move away from us. See when they crawled, they crawled away; when they...