Half Time

Tragedy struck. The Buford's only son drowned. With it came a test of character at the deepest levels. Bob Buford shares a simple, helpful Quaker prayer he prayed the night after Ross' death and often since (p. 58), it is well worth reading.

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Unveiled

Read Francine Rivers' fictionalized account of the Biblical story of Tamar, the characters and story come alive!

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The Dawn Mistaken for Dusk

Images both utilize and evoke emotions and are one means of engaging those born after 1962, Leonard Sweet's dividing line between "immigrants" and "natives." Sweet says, "Immigrants are word-based. Natives are image-driven (p. 55)." [Digital E-Book: Microsoft Reader]

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The Phantom!

Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend, Boundaries, When To Say Yes, When To Say No, To Take Control Of Your Life, Zondervan, 2002, p. 61.
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Category: Christian Living, Psychology
ISBN: 0310585902
Keywords: say no, late nights at office, weekends on the road, dadless dinners, Zondervan, Cloud, Henry Cloud, Townsend, John Townsend

"Jim had never been able to say no to anyone, especially to his supervisors at work. He'd moved up to the position of operations manager in a large firm. His dependability had earned him the reputation of 'Mr. Can Do.'

But his kids had another name for him: 'The Phantom.' Jim was never home. Being 'Mr. Can Do' meant late nights at the office. It meant business dinners several nights a week. It meant weekends on the road, even after he'd promised the kids fishing trips and trips to the zoo.

Jim didn't like being absent so much, but he had justified it to himself, saying, This is my contribution to the kids, my way of giving them the good life. His wife, Alice, had rationalized the 'dadless dinners' by telling the children (and herself), 'This is Dad's way of telling us he loves us.' And she almost believed it.

Finally, however, Alice had had enough. One night she sat Jim down on the couch in the family room and said, 'I feel like a single parent, Jim. I missed you for a while, but now all I feel is nothing.'

Jim avoided her eyes. 'Honey, I know, I know,' he replied. 'I'd really like to say no to people more, but it's just so hard to--'

'I found someone you can say no to,' Alice broke in. 'Me and the kids!' "

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