Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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From a national survey of strong families conducted by the Human Development and Family Department at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln, a profile of a strong family:
Appreciation. "Family members gave one another compliments and sincere demonstrations of approval. They tried to make the others
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My wife was adopted when she was a child. Her adopted father went to the
court and said that he indeed loved her and was willing to pay the price to make
her a part of his family. My wife then became a complete part of this family.
She didn’t even know she was adopted until she was about 9 years
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A few years ago (2002), I read a letter that was sent out by Focus on the Family (James Dobson) and the following story was in the letter from Dr. Dobson:
Finally, I want to share a personal story told by John Corts. He said when he was 16 years of age he and his younger cousins went to visit his
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Contributed by David Hodgin on Dec 2, 2005
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This is the week we celebrate Thanksgiving. In many ways, it is one of the craziest weeks of the year. Now I know I am talking about other people’s families because there is no one here who is going to take the traditional Thanksgiving Day drive.
You know the one where you get up Thursday
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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Architect Frank Lloyd Wright once told of an incident that may have seemed insignificant at the time, but had a profound influence on the rest of his life. The winter he was 9, he went walking across a snow-covered field with his reserved, no-nonsense uncle. As the two of them reached the far end
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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More Kids Living With Grandparents In ’97, the most recent year for which figures are available, 5.5% of all children under 18 in the U.S. live with a grandparent. That compares to only 4.9% in ’92 and 3.6% in ’80. The Census bureau blames social ills such as child abuse,
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 25, 2006
"Where did the Grandma of yesterday go? The Grandma that took all the kids to the show; who stopped by to chat & before we could ask it; had tackled the laundry that spilled from the basket.
Who offered to mend and made the girls dresses; and who pitched in to help when the toddler made messes;
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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The man who boasts only of his ancestors confesses that he belongs to a family
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