June 2018

“Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” (Ephesians 6:4) Dear Friends ~ Fatherhood is such a complex role for men when their primary obligation is to be away from their children most of the day earning a living… but, it is precisely that steadfastness to duty that will relay so much to the children.  Children learn from example …

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April 2018

“The winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come…” (Song of Solomon 2:11-12) Dear Friends – Such joy arrives with the first vestiges of spring; the buds are bursting on the barren branches ready to explode under growing warmth, while the daffodils also eager to bloom, push their green stems onward and upward. Oh, what delight it …

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