      In the Fall of 2000, my father, his only living uncle, and six cousins, travelled to Gotthun, Germany, a tiny village in the northeast corner of the country. They went there to visit the place our ancestors, August and Augusta Stier, left in 1875 to come to America. Our connection to […]
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    A few years ago, the Minneapolis Tribune had an entire section featuring the history of abortion in America. Included in the section was a two-page spread telling the stories of eight women whose lives were dramatically improved by the fact that they were able to legally obtain an abortion when they were younger.    Â
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PSALM 78:4…6-7: We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders… So that the next generation might know them— even the children not yet born— and they in turn will teach their own children. So,
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All things are growing older: Â The world is growing older; we ourselves are growing older. Â A few more summers, a few more winters, a few more sicknesses, a few more sorrows, a few more weddings, and a few more partings, and then– what? Â Why, the grass will be growing over our graves! –J. C. Ryle
By Tony Campolo, Let Me Tell You a Story, page 88, © 2000    A study done on mothers around the world asked the question, “What do you want your children to be when they grow up?”  Mothers in Japan almost always answered, “We want our children to be successful.”  The result is that
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By Eric Metaxas, June 22, 2016 blog at:  http://www.breakpoint.org    John Stonestreet and I talk quite often on BreakPoint about the importance of fathers.  And when we do, we usually point to statistics that reveal that in terms of education, delinquency, drug abuse, and sex and pregnancy, young people who have no father fare worse
By Frederick Buechner in Beyond Words: Â Daily Readings in the ABC’s of Faith, (HarperOne, 2004). Â Â Â To have grandchildren is not only to be given something, but to be given something back. Â You are given back something of your children’s childhood all those years ago. Â You are given back something of what it was
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    When I was preaching every Sunday, I often struggled with what to say on Mother’s Day. Of course, I would say “Happy Mother’s Day” during the announcements, and then, in the prayers I would give thanks to God for our mothers. But beyond that, I wasn’t sure what else I should do. Many people
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Seattle Seahawks Linebacker Derick Hall was born at 23 weeks. He had no heartbeat and doctors gave him a one percent chance of survival. But his mom refused to take him off life support. Now he is a Super Bowl champion. After the victory, Derick Hall reflected on the moment using a word that has
 Genesis 1:27-28a (RSV) — So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply…” *******************************     Not everyone chooses to get married. Not everyone who wants to get married gets
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