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Joe Gibbs Life Story
4x Superbowl Coach
He led the Washington Redskins in becoming the second winningest team in the NFL history. He was their head coach for 12 years, leading them to 4 Super Bowls and 3 world championships. During his 4 year return to the Redskins, the team qualified for the playoffs twice. In contrast, during his eleven year hiatus from the team, they only made the playoffs once. Currently, he is also head of his own auto racing empire and a popular speaker. His name is Joe Gibbs and in this audio recording he openly shares his trials and triumphs in the games of football, auto racing and the most important game of all, the game of life.Read More...
Sandra Bullock: A blessing to meet, portray a real Christian
LOS ANGELES - Actress Sandra Bullock says meeting Leigh Anne Tuohy, who she portrays in The Blind Side, showed her there really are some Christians who "walk the walk."
The
film, which opened the week before Thanksgiving, presents the true
story of the Tuohys -- a well-off white family in Tennessee -- who
welcome a homeless black youth into their home and then adopt him as
their son. That young man, Michael Oher, became an All-American
selection for Ole Miss and a first-round draft pick. He now plays for
the NFL's Baltimore Ravens.
Bullock says thanks to the Tuohys, who attend Grace Evangelical Church in Memphis, she now has "faith in those who say they represent a faith." Getting to know Leigh Anne Tuohy, says the actress, showed her that religious faith can be authentic. "She was so open and honest and forthright," Bullock shares, "and I said, wow, I finally met someone who practices but doesn't preach."
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Treat Your Teen with Respect
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Your teenage daughter heads out the door for an evening with friends and you call out, “Have a good time.” She stops, turns around, and snaps, “How dare you tell me what to do.” That may be a little exaggerated, but it illustrates the tension that is so common between dads and teenagers. You and your child both react in ways that defy explanation. Often, teenagers carry around a testy attitude, making it almost impossible to keep from getting angry and yelling.
How can we find a middle ground? First, we have to recognize what teenagers are—their bodies are changing; there is pressure on them academically, socially, and personally; it’s easy for them to feel like their entire lives are under a microscope. Beyond that, it’s so important to treat teens with respect—even if they don’t show respect to us. We can’t take their disrespect personally. If your teenager comes home in a foul mood, try a statement like this: “Wow, it looks like you have a lot on your mind. Why don’t you take a break, and if you want to talk about something, just let me know.” Isn’t that the same respect you’d show to one of your friends? You wouldn’t yell at him if he were in a bad mood; if a colleague was talking about something important and the phone rang, you’d let the phone ring, wouldn’t you? Surely our teens deserve at least that much consideration. |
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What’s
a better response? First, there are two extremes to avoid. On one side,
we can’t have daily shouting matches with them or try to control their
every move. That’s counterproductive to their learning how to be
responsible and independent. But then, we can’t withdraw either, which
is what many dads do when relating to a child gets tough. Take Your Children Hunting
Written by: John Cook
Few things can bring you more joy than to pursue two of your passions at the same time. This is easy to do by taking your children hunting with you. The first time I took my son with me he was only about 4 years old. We walked a couple hundred yards behind the house and sat down on a log. It was only a few minutes later he said that he needed to go back to the house to go to the bathroom. There was no talking him into relieving himself out in the woods, so back to the house we went. Our first hunting experience together was
n’t very
satisfying or very long. After this first trip I wasn’t looking forward
to taking him again for a while but in the years since it was I who had
some learning to do about hunting with children. After that experience I realized that I did want my children to hunt with me so I decided that we would keep trying. Since they had showed an interest I didn’t want to stifle it by telling them that they were too young. I wanted them there with me when they were old enough but I thought that if I stopped them when they were young that they may not want to hunt when they get older.
In the few years since, we have had some great times together in the woods. Stories about having young children with you usually do not conclude with the description of the trophy buck that you shoot, but the memories of being there with them are better trophies. I’ll never forget watching my son jump out of his skin when a grouse took off and scared him or of the first buck that he shot.
It is hard for us serious hunters to accept that sometimes we will go to the woods and not realistically have an opportunity of shooting a deer or that the chances could be lessened because there is someone else with you that likes to move a lot and is a little noisy. Once you accept this and just watch them enjoy being there with you, you can have the time of your life.
What Happened to the Seven Promises?
The news that Promise Keepers invited men and women to A Time to Honor
had some people wondering what’s gotten in to us. Rest assured, the
vision, mission and Seven Promises are intact, even at this event, A
Time to Honor.In 2009, as Promise Keepers carries out its twentieth year of ministry, we move from simply issuing the call to integrity, to helping men apply their strength, integrity and gifting to restoring their communities. Promise Keepers is building warriors for restoration.
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No Man Wins Alone
A
Promise Keeper is committed to pursuing vital relationships with a few
other men, understanding that he needs brothers to help him keep his
promises.
“Yeah, easy for you to say,” one might think. But deep down, we know it’s true. No man can find true success or significance doing it all by himself. Yet that may be the American man’s most pressing need – just a few guys to sharpen him, to move him from mediocrity and compromise to excellence and courage. The bottom line fact is that an isolated follower of Jesus is extremely vulnerable to the temptations in today’s world and to the enemy’s schemes.
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Television Indecency
Although the Federal Communications Commission has slightly increased its response to consumer complaints of broadcast indecency, local television stations continue to ignore the laws that govern their use of the public airwaves.
First Amendment considerations prohibit the FCC for preventing what goes out over the airwaves. They are, however, authorized by Congress to levy fines or pull broadcast licenses from stations after they air indecent or profane content.
The process for insuring television broadcasts comply with decency guidelines is delegated to the viewer first, because stations are licensed to "serve the public interest." The FCC does not monitor or record the broadcasts of thousands of stations across the nation.
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