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Dr. Frankenstein, I am

I have created a monster. There once was a time when I was undefeated at the board game Risk. No longer. My daughter, Tabitha, has taken be down twice in a row. For the uninitiated, Risk is a game...

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Storm watching 2

Last night, for the second day in a row, a tornado warning and emergency sirens interrupted our evening plans. A twister had been sited and was heading our way with 20 minutes to prepare. This time, we...

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Simple pleasures

Last night, as I was getting ready to go to bed, I heard some very kind words coming from the dining room — “Thank you, Mom.” The speaker: My youngest son, a seventh grader. He had been toiling over...

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Facing the reality of violence against children

It is hard to fathom violence against children. How can anyone hurt a child? But we all know it happens in our neighborhoods and even in the homes of so-called “good, Christian people.” These crimes...

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Where is commitment in male-female relationships?

Cohabitation outside of marriage is spreading to older adults, including parents with children at home, according to Census data reported by USA Today. There was a time in the not-too-distant past when...

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‘I take thee and thee and thee . . .’

Many people could see it coming. The seemingly unstoppable redefinition of marriage in our culture to include same-sex marriage was bound to open doors to other forms of marriage, most notably...

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Feeling guilty & wonderful

Growing up in my family, no one sat around all day reading, especially not on a beautiful spring day. The adults occupied themselves with work around the yard and house, visiting with neighbors,...

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Making memories to last a lifetime

Some days are more special than others. I think I always will remember Saturday, November 17, 2012, unless dementia robs me of it somewhere down the road. Saturday night, one of my daughters, Tabitha,...

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A primer on biblical marriage

(This post originally appeared on the Texas Baptists web site.) A pastor friend told me recently something like this: “Ferrell, in my ministry I deal with a whole lot more heterosexual sin than...

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The Bible and family

(This post originally appeared on the Texas Baptists web site.) Family stands at the core of our social existence. In an ideal world, a family includes a man, a woman, and children. The ideal is lifted...

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Parenthood changes with time

It hardly required a thought; it was more an impulse. I grasped the upper arm of my adult daughter, stopped her, and led her backward a step. We had been in the midst of fevered conversation as only a...

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I believe in you; go with God

This is a big week for my two youngest children. One started college; one started student teaching. I would like to borrow some words from Amanda Marshall’s song, “Believe in You.” I believe in you I...

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Russell Moore offers help for families

My copy of Russell Moore’s book, The Storm-Tossed Family, arrived this weekend. Russell: These families of ours can be filled with joy, but will always make us vulnerable to pain. And the joy and the...

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100 years ago — a family starts & still lives

One hundred years ago today, two young people came together in marriage — William Everett Foster and Fairy Gertrude Morton. They eventually gave birth to four sons. One died very young. One fought in...

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Couches are better than recliners for dads

Young dads, I thought of something this morning that made me think of you.   When I was a kid, my dad was almost always on the move — working in the yard, working in the garage, working at work,...

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