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INTENTIONAL FAMILIES: Control Pace of Life This is the sixth weekly reflection in a series on “Forming Intentional Families.” We continue addressing each of ten tenets over the remaining four weeks. The producers of this program wisely wrote, “Intentional means that we do more than just react to life. Instead, we must create a vision,…

INTENTIONAL FAMILIES: Manage-Limit Media Intake This is the fifth weekly reflection in a series on “Forming Intentional Families.” We continue addressing each of ten tenets over the remaining five weeks. The producers of this program wisely wrote, “Intentional means that we do more than just react to life. Instead, we must create a vision, make…

INTENTIONAL FAMILIES This is the fourth weekly reflection in a series on “Forming Intentional Families.” We continue addressing each of ten tenets over the remaining eight weeks. The producers of this program wisely wrote, “Intentional means that we do more than just react to life. Instead, we must create a vision, make purposeful choices, and…

INTENTIONAL FAMILIES This is the third weekly reflection in a series on “Forming Intentional Families.” We continue addressing each of ten tenets over the remaining eight weeks. The producers of this program wisely wrote, “Intentional means that we do more than just react to life. Instead, we must create a vision, make purposeful choices, and…

Intentional Families I: This is the second weekly reflection in a series on “Forming Intentional Families.” We will be addressing each of ten tenets over the coming ten weeks. The producers of this program wisely wrote, “Intentional means that we do more than just react to life. Instead, we must create a vision, make purposeful…

Intentional Families There is probably little that is more important to living the Christian life than our family interactions. A local church in my hometown is addressing this by beginning a program called “Intentional Families.” I want to share with you the Ten Tenets of this program. 1. Set family priorities. 2. Share family meals.…

The Ordeal of Breaking Bad Habits The human condition is a reality that invariably produces what one might call “bad habits.” I suspect you know what I mean. One of the tasks of working out our own salvation is that of initiating change in the form of shifting from bad habits to good habits. The…

What are your burdens? It was Winter in Shreveport, Louisiana, as he looked down from his third-story office window. Across the street, he could see the run-down old central bus station. And there, crossing the street, was an elderly lady dressed in a shabby winter coat. Her forehead was as wrinkled as that of a…

This week’s reflection, Let the Little Children Know God, is from India.  I find it touching.  Perhaps you will as well. GUEST REFLECTION FROM AN INDIAN HINDU, by Subhasis Chattopadhyay December has come, and the world gets ready to greet another Christmas. But there are no Christmases and no Santa Clauses for the orphaned child.…

The disabled person (relative, friend, enemy, or other fellow travelers) does not need us to stay away. Rather, they desperately need our compassionate and engaging presence. Our task is to free up enough space so that we have the capacity to be present for them. In the final analysis, each of us is handicapped in…