Archive for June, 2011
“With all your mind”
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:37-40 – NIV)
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On fathering
Fathering, intransitive verb : to care for or look after someone as a father might. It is, after all, a simple word, but not so simple to define. To some, the word “fathering” is merely the act of inseminating a woman, as in “he fathered her child and then left for greener pastures.” But to beget a child, to my way of thinking, is not truly fathering the child. Any male can beget offspring, a true man fathers a child. When I use the term I mean that a true man invests in the long term life of the child by providing for the child’s needs. Not just providing “three squares and a roof” but rather providing a framework within which the child can grow and mature and gain their independence in a healthy way. Read the rest of this entry »
