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 by Andrea J. Graham As a result of a potent combination of the attack on fatherhood and disintegrating families that we discussed last time, many Americans, true believer and secularist alike, operate under their personal variant of one of two popular understandings of who the God of our fathers is. The first views God as an inept namby-pamby who can be tricked and is quick to forgive—the sliver of truth all good lies have mixed in. Paul must not have known what he was talking about in Galatians 6:7-8, as the god we believe in would never think of allowing us to suffer the consequencesRead More →

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In the past forty or so years, the traditional role of the father has been all but destroyed in our culture. In a relatively short time, we’ve gone from producing shows like Father Knows Best and model families like the Cleavers to the Brady’s to shows like Step by Step (a ‘90s remake of the later that I once followed faithfully for the record) to Ellen, Friends, the Simpsons, King of the Hill, and their successors.

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This release from Tricia Goyer boasts on it’s cover that it’s, “A Savvy Parent’s Guide to Getting it Right.” I don’t know about savvy, nor am I sure I’m even in the right generation to be reading this book, as I’m right on the cut off point (the story of my life), though I am sure I’m not a parent (not by choice), it’s definitely a guide to getting it right. Some familiar with my convictions might be surprised I’d say that, considering the book is organized around popular song titles and lyrics from the ‘70s and ‘80s, which might bother some, but Goyer neverRead More →

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We will be down this afternoon while I install a security upgrade to word press. Hopefully, this won’t go on more than twenty-four hours, and this post will still be here when we’re back up. Pray for me…. In the meanwhile, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is touring Pagan’s Nightmare by Ray Blackston. I haven’t yet gotten the opportunity to read it, so I can’t give a proper review or recommendation, but I must admit it does sound intriguing. Hopefully, I’ll get a copy here and be able to chime in. Update: It looks like everything went smoothly, praise the Lord. We should be goodRead More →

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We got this one in our comments section from Sara Rodriguez on January 5, 2007 Hi Andrea, For the past 2-3 years i’ve been having a recurrent dream(at least 3-4 times). I dream that my husband and I are trying to be intimate and there’s always someone who interrupts us. The setting of the dream is always different and so are the people involved, but the situation is the same. Sometimes is our children coming into the bedroom,sometimes is family members or friends. It’s always someone wanting me to do something. The last one I had about 2months ago, this time it was a littleRead More →