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How To Lead Your Family During Holy Week
Holy week is the week where the Jews celebrate Passover and the Christians celebrate Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter. Continue reading
Posted in Family Leadership
Tagged easter, family, good friday, holy week, last supper, palm sunday, passover, seder meal
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Be A Courageous Mom or Dad
I commend the producers of Courageous for putting this inspiring and challenging video out to America and the world. If you don’t have the time to watch the movie take the 3 minutes to watch this final Father’s Day speech by one of the characters. Continue reading
Posted in Family Adventures, Family Leadership, Family Vision, Mission, Core Values
Tagged "spiritual leader", courageous, family values, father, fathers day, movie courageous
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Stessed Out? Where Do You Put Your Trust?
The most common areas where we experience stress are health, finances, relationships, and our job. Maybe you have received a recent diagnosis that is unsettling and may even put your life in jeopardy. Maybe you find yourself every month with more month than money and don’t see a way out. We put great value in our relationships with our spouse, children, family, friends, and co-workers. We often find ourselves in conflict with these realtionships that leave us empty, bitter, angry, hurt and stressed. Continue reading
Posted in Family Leadership
Tagged managing stress, stress, stressed out
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When In Doubt, GO…Always Put Commitment Over Convenience
Funerals are never convenient especially when they require driving 9 hours in the rain to attend. Last weekend was the funeral of my brother in-law’s mother. It was on a Saturday afternoon 4 1/2 hours drive away. We had gymnastics practice, a boy scout camp out, homework and errands and flash flood warning that gave many excuses to stay home. I have to admit that was also the last way I wanted to spend my weekend. Continue reading
Posted in Family Leadership, Meet the Applegates
Tagged "never regret", family commitment, family funeral, Matthew 5:4
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Peace Be With You For I Have Overcome the World – Jesus
We all have bad days, bad weeks, and sometimes bad years. We learn from our mistakes and we learn to persevere and to endure the hardships that we experience in this world. Continue reading
Posted in Family Vision, Mission, Core Values, Meet the Applegates
Tagged "bad day", "John 16:33", peace, tribulation, trouble
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Two Simple Steps To Help You Become the Spiritual Leader In Your Home
Being the spiritual leader in your home can be an intimidating goal. This article seeks to offer simple direction to help you become a spiritual leader in your family. Continue reading
Posted in Family Leadership, Family Vision, Mission, Core Values
Tagged "male leadership", "spiritual leader", christian parenting, Family leadership, family values, family vision
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God Chooses Our Families
We choose our friends and we choose our mates, but we do not choose our family. Many may wish they could choose their family, but God has reserved this choice for himself alone. When it comes to moms and dads leading their family it is important to recognize the significance of the responsibility we have been given. Continue reading
Posted in Family Leadership, Family Vision, Mission, Core Values, Meet the Applegates
Tagged core values, family importance, Family leadership, family values, God's choices
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Coach John Wooden Shares The Importance of Family Virtues
Joshua Wooden recognized the value of putting the beliefs you hold dear to writing and passed them on to John in the form of a simple list on a piece of paper titled “Seven Things To Do”. This creed was a standard to live to and provided a foundation to guide and ground John’s life. Continue reading
Posted in Family Leadership, Family Vision, Mission, Core Values
Tagged core values, family coach, family creed, family values, family virtues, John Wooden, wisdom
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Giving the Perfect Christmas Gift
I am writing to the husbands and fathers who, like me, find it easy to let our wives shop for the kids Christmas gifts and are quick to pick up a gift card or buy off the list provided for our wives. There have been too many Christmas mornings that I am just as surprised as the kids to see what Dad got them for Christmas. While this may be the path of least resistance and an easy way to check Christmas gifts off the list, we are the ones who miss out the most. Continue reading
Posted in Family Adventures, Family Leadership
Tagged Christmas gifts, family gifts, gift gving advice, giving gifts
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