Jul 09
This is my 100th blog post. The first post was on November 27, 2012. I try to blog three times a week. Here are some reflections: It was a lot of work to create and setup the websites. If you are considering the process of a self-hosted website, you should know that it took a …
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Jul 07
This is the third guest post by Joseph Williams, a local Christian counselor, dealing with Christian counseling. I appreciate his contribution in these articles. Check each of them out. ————————————— When considering counseling issues related to cost, hours, and insurance are significant factors. Though each counselor has their own system, here are some general …
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Jul 04
This is a guest post by Joseph Williams who has written a series of posts for me regarding Christian counseling. This is the 2nd post. Please check out the other ones as well. ———————————- Here are some things you should expect when you visit a Christian counselor. • The first visit is for …
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Jul 02
How do you view the government? For most of my years I viewed the government of the U.S.A. as founded upon and supporting biblical principles and morals generally. In many ways within the church we have blended patriotism with our spirituality. Often this may even be to the point of ethnocentrism. If we are not …
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Jun 30
This is my first guest post written by Joseph Williams. Joseph is a member at Seven Oaks, friend, and Christian counselor. I asked him to write several posts regarding Christian counseling. There will be four posts spread out over the next few weeks. I hope they will be a blessing. Joseph’s contact information will follow …
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Jun 27
It is 4 in the morning and Caleb is crying! Amanda and I are laying in bed wondering when he will quit and what we should do. Caleb loves to nurse. He is 9 months and still likes to eat in the night! He is our fourth and we have done the worst of all …
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Jun 26
Have you heard these statements by Christians: “I am not going to condemn them, because I know I am a sinner too.” “Well, it is not my place to judge, because I know I have my faults.” I understand it is not a Christian’s place to judge the eternal destination or heart of anyone else. …
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Jun 25
I recently wrote on the blessing of church camp. This year area church youth ministers planned a day camp here at 7 Oaks church of Christ in Mayfield. It is going on this week for ages 7 – 12. For the past several years they have done a local work camp where teens from Graves County …
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Jun 20
40 years of marriage! The “ruby anniversary” is being celebrated this month by my in-laws and parents. Amanda’s parents, David and Loretta Carson, celebrated their 40th anniversary on June 1st with a wedding ceremony of their youngest daughter. It was a special day. My parents, Bobby and Sandy Ketchum, will celebrate their 40th anniversary on …
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Jun 19
In the last post, we put forth the challenge of filling the gap with trust rather than suspicion when a co-worker or family member creates a gap by their actions. In this post, I would like to address the issue of what you do when the person continues to create a gap by their actions. …
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