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Setting Up Stones: Creating A Multi-Generational Family Memory

by Adam Rust I grew up in a family that virtually never spoke about its past. Consequenlty, I reached a point in my adulthood where I suddenly realized that I knew absolutely nothing about my grandparents, great grandparents, or even my parents prior to the point in their lives when I was born.
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God the Father

By Mark Whitmore So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. [28] God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number.....
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Walk

By Micah Landers A little over a month ago, our family moved across the country, from Cincinnati, OH to Oklahoma City, OK. The following post is one I wrote for our family blog recently, concerning maintaining a steady, life-long family discipleship priority through transition.
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The Power of Nostalgia

By Byron Shooner As I try to think through the “how” of creating disciples in my family, I was recently reminded that nostalgia does NOT equal faith. But is nostalgia counter to our efforts to grow up disciples of Jesus?
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Abraham’s Secret

By Kobi & Shani Ferguson. If you’ve ever committed yourself to reading the Bible through, you know some of the hardest parts to get through with excitement are the genealogies.
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Children and the Gospel

by Colin Jones 13 One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.
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Daughters in Multi-generational Families

By Garrett Buckingham. It is amazing the unity I am beginning to see in regards to God’s Family and His perspective on Multi-generational faithfulness.
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Perseverance

By April Pryor "I don't know how you do this with all your kids" a friend recently said to me as we were on the last leg of the long journey home from a trip to Israel. I replied, "Well, they just have to learn how to persevere.
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The Death of a Father

We like to pretend that premature death does not occur in the West but occasionally and tragically it does. Specifically in the case of the death of a father when children are still in his home, how should we respond?
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A Bad Case of the Gimmes

By Cindy Hostetler When a person begins to believe deeply in a new story, changes may not happen overnight. In fact, many times the stories aren’t even challenged until a new season of life comes along and uncovers what we truly believe.
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