Failure or Fraud? Neither!

I’m new to pastoral ministry, and I obviously find it quite a bit different then my old job in a large corporation. It’s not harder (or easier), just different. Because it’s so different, I have some ups and downs as I grow accustomed to ministry.  My last seven days haven’t been the best, and this article really helped.
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The Disciples Peter and John Running to the Sepulchre on the Morning of the Resurrection

A little culture for us . . . a painting by Eugene Burnand (1898). Oil on Canvas displayed at Musee d’Orsay museum in Paris.

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Parenting Teenagers, Part 5

Recently we have concluded that parents remain the number one influence in a teenager’s life. We also concluded that parents primarily influence their teenagers by modeling a biblically wise lifestyle (Deut. 6:4-9). Over the next couple of posts I want to get a little more specific in answering the question how. How do we influence our children by our lifestyle?
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