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God Is Not a Plumber – Talking to Kids About Death

Photo Credit: Creative Commons – Allen_Air_Conditioning The topic of death and grieving have been covered several times on this blog, because those are realities that all of us will face during this...

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We Need More Than Ourselves

Photo Credit: Creative Commons – slightly_everything I spent most of my Sundays growing up as a kid being dragged to some kind of charismatic church; tent meeting or guest-preacher service. Mostly I...

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Open Letter to the Makers of Elf on the Shelf

Photo Credit: Creative Commons – D’Other_Pix To Whom It May Concern: Thank you for creating the Elf on the Shelf franchise of books, cookies, plush dolls, DVDs…etc. which enable parents such as my wife...

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An Unexpected e-Mail of Encouragement

Photo Credit: Creative Commons – puuikibeach A few weeks ago I wrote here about some of the health issues I’ve been dealing with lately. As a general update, every week I’m feeling better and getting...

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Top-10 List: Holiday Christmas Specials

Photo Credit: Wikipedia I’m amazed at all of the holiday specials that are playing and replaying this time of year. Growing up during the 1970s with only three TV networks, holiday specials were truly...

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Where Father Figures, Figure in the Family

Photo Credit: Creative Commons – Jigisha Here’s a great guest post from a blogging buddy of mine Jared Latigo. Jared is a writer, speaker and passion guy. His vision in life is to have more people love...

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Anatomy of a New Year Resolution

This time of year, it’s obligatory to write a post about New Year Resolutions – it comes with the blogging territory. One of my top resolutions for 2013 will be to spend more time with my family...

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4 Tips to Help Your College Kids Cope

Photo Credit: Creative Commons – Je_suis_le_morse This is a guest post from Mariana Ashley who’s a blogger and freelance writer for www.onlinecolleges.net. She offers advice for choosing the perfect...

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Why We Need More Pinky Promises

Photo Credit: Creative Commons – kennysarmy Here’s a guest post from a talented writer and graphic designer, Maria Cowell. Check out her site HERE or follow her on Twitter: @HipMamaMedia. If you’d like...

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How to Enjoy the Company of Your Spouse

Photo Credit: Creative Commons – Angelo Gonzales This is a guest post by Joseph Lalonde. He is a youth leader at Oak Crest Church of God and leadership blogger at JMLalonde.com. Joseph shares...

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4 Tips to Beat the Honey Do List

Photo Credit: Creative Commons – Jacob Aaron Here’s a guest post from a great writer, Marie Ortiz, who’s a part-time staff writer for www.DIYMother.org and a full time social media manager. She is a...

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Book Review: It’s All About Relationship

Photo Credit: Creative Commons – kazenka02 Before I got up the nerve to ask my wife on our first date nearly two decades ago, I relied a great deal on the feedback from her friends to try and...

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Cheering Your Kids Without Spoiling Them

Photo Credit: Creative Commons – Moogies World Below is a guest post from a great writer Melanie Hargrave. Melanie  is a wife and homemaker from Idaho whose pride and joy is her family. She is her...

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Role of Kids in Your Family Life

Photo Credit: Creative Commons – Kachichi Here’s a guest post from writer, Sophie Samuel. If you’d like to write a guest post for The Daily ReTORt, check out the guidelines here: Children are an...

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Your Heart Will Be Cut…in a good way

Photo Credit: Creative Commons – jasecd Sincere thanks to my friend and blogging mentor Michael Hyatt who shared this compelling video today over on his site. It is a powerful reminder for all of us to...

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5 Ways to Get Stuff Done

Photo Credit: freedigitalphots.net Here’s a guest post from writer, Rachel Thomas who writes about kids and family issues over on her web site www.babysitting.net . If you’d like to write a guest post...

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How I Lost 30 lbs in six months….

Photo Credit: Creative Commons – Angela Penn I’ve written a few times on this blog about the scary heart issue that I had toward the end of last year and my subsequent overnight in the hospital...

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Dads with Daughters: Do You Know This?

Photo Caption: Creative Commons – IrishLace82 Here’s a guest post from a great writer and e-friend, Joana Hyatt. She is an author and speaker who focuses on dating, and relationship issues – she’s one...

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3 Painful Lessons About Practice

My medal for completing the 2013 Frederick Half Marathon Four weeks ago I ran and completed the 2013 Frederick Running Festival Half Marathon – a 13.1 mile jaunt through the highways and byways of...

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Committed to Keeping My Kids Uncool

Photo Credit: Creative Commons – Nathan Wade Center In elementary school, I had a pair of hand-me-down pants from one of my older sisters that I hated wearing. To be clear, this school-age...

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