My dad has put me in my place more times than anyone else on planet earth. And so it should be. But I’ll never forget the time he asked me the following question: “Son, do you agree or disagree with your own opinions?” I was fresh out of Bible college and knew pretty much everything. [...]
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~~~~~~ “Mary, you have always lived by sight and not by faith, you have always made your plans by what you could see, hear, feel, touch with your senses but I am calling you to walk in a different way- I am calling you to walk by faith, trusting only in me. “ ~~~~~~~~~~~ Greetings [...]
Sometimes commuication can be tough! Had a great talk with some friends the other night about communication skills in marriage. It reminded me of this training I recieved in my Families Studies degree. This is a great tool and loads of fun to learn. The primary tools included to mats whic the couples stand on during training. One is the Talking Wheel and one [...]
April and I just made it to the ten year mark on April 7th and we’re pretty proud of ourselves, still head-over-heals in love, and incredibly thankful to God and our friends. So it’s got me really thinking about what it really takes to make it a decade, or two, or three, or more. So [...]
he following happened in Sept. of 2010. I’ve saved it while looking forward to our 10 year anniversary. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April and I got into a big argument and decided to sit with some friends to get their input. (If you don’t have some older married couples in your church to talk with and get help [...]
Yesterday I was unloading some things out of the truck and into our shed, a space heater I think, and some other store-ables. Just as I was forcing some room on a shelf, and concentrating on the next thing on my to-do list, Nathan and Zack come up with reports of a skirmish between them. [...]
I won’t claim to know much about parenting. Nathan is only 9 1/2. The other five are staggered down to only 18 months, here in family Parkerson, and many days April and I feel like we’re too disorganized and haphazard with our parenting. Six! But one thing is for sure: Good parenting = time. We [...]
TELLING THE STORY: I had this absolutely incredible conversation with my brother, Robert last night. We were just sitting in his room getting caught up with one another when God led us into a deep reflection on Christ and the forgiveness of sin, of Jesus and the Blood of the Lamb, of God and His [...]