Here is something that common sense has always suspected. Applied religious faith makes a practical difference in the wholeness of people. Now we can say that the sociologists have confirmed it. A…
Tag: family
Family times are times when knowledge is passed down
Last week I took time for a walk up into the woods. The woods that I normally walk is filled with beautiful stands of oak, but on this particular noontime walk…
Good news about church marriages and why
Contrary to some reports, a careful review of marriage statistics by a Harvard trained researcher, Shaunti Feldhahn, has good news about church marriages. It reports that the divorce rate for people who…
Trauma response can possibly be passed to the next generation
These two articles talk about scientific investigations that have started to show that what happens in one generation can affect the genetic makeup of the next. Specifically, the first article showed…
Florida Vacation 2015
Must be we made ourselves useful and didn’t cause too much trouble in 2014 because our daughter Keely and her husband Mark invited us to go with them on their annual…
A New Granddaughter!
[nggallery id = 66] Someone is way overdue for a Grandpa post. I am so much enjoying being a grandparent. And on November 17, 2014, our second grandchild was born, a little girl,…
Once a week church is not enough to bring up children right?
Here’s an interesting and excellent post by another pastor encouraging parents to be proactive in the spiritual training of their children. It will make one think. http://www.nathanrouse.org/2013/12/04/the-crime-happening-in-your-church/
A Thanksgiving Tribute to My Mom
November 20th, my Mom, Dorothy I. Jones, went to be with her Savior. She had turned 90 in August. Though she had been declining for months as a consequence of slow congestive…
Visit to our daughter and family
JoAnne and I took a couple days off to go to Connecticut this past week. It’s a combination of things. For one, we acknowledge that we are pretty taken with our…
A visit to Mom
I went to visit my Mom today. It takes about two and one-half hours one way going down through Gorham, Rushville, Naples, and Wayland. I enjoy the scenery, especially today as the fall colors…