Temporary confinement INCARCERATION…speaks of confinement of inmates inside a jail or prison. Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people, commonly in large groups, without trial. The term is a specially used for the confinement of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects. Either way, it is simply being ‘locked up’. I have spent […]
My dad turned me onto Og Mandino and his book, The Greatest Salesman In The World, when I first entered the workforce as a young salesman. He sold over 50 million books. So if his success is a clue, I think Og Mandino was onto something special. I heard Og Mandino say; “who you become […]
Identity ADOLESCENCE…is defined as the years from puberty to adulthood, roughly divided into three stages. Early adolescence is generally from 11 to 14; middle is ages 15 to 17 and late is 18 to 21. In addition to physiological growth, there are several key intellectual, psychological and social developmental tasks that are squeezed into these […]
Responsibility FATHERS…are primarily the male parents of a child. Most are biological, but there are adoptive, surrogate, stepfathers and even putative (a man whose biological relationship to a child is alleged but has not been established). There are also priests in the Catholic and a few other denominations that are called Fathers. We have ‘fathers […]
Director of affairs STEWARDSHIP…is defined as the office, duties and obligations of a steward. So, what is a steward? One employed in a large household or estate to manage domestic concerns. Primarily, it is ‘one who directs affairs’. Scripture addresses this in numerous places. I Corinthians 4.2 sets the standard of conduct. “Moreover it is […]
Many of us have had that boss, the one who micromanages and nitpicks details that are insignificant to the overall task at hand. He or she gives you a task and then checks in several times along the way and then tasks you with minute changes that have little impact. Have you become that kind […]
School shootings What’s The Cause? What’s The Solution?…seems like the appropriate questions to ask in light of the seventeenth school shooting in America this year, and it’s only early March. Seventeen or more families each have their own opinions down in Florida. That is, after they get through grieving and dealing with why, and why […]
Live in the present LOOKING BACK…LOOKING FORWARD…is a trick to do it at the same time. Might make you cross-eyed. Don’t we all in some way live our lives this way? What in actual fact does this mean? First of all, it may keep us from living in the present moment. And at the same […]
This is part 6 of the ‘Offender Series’. Welcome to the Be The Dad Podcast. We’re going to listen and learn from incarcerated men, many who have felt the effects of having an absentee father. These men have been taught about the importance of the role of a father, through reading the book , which is an […]
Leading others As a girl’s high school soccer coach, I am reminded of one of the lessons I recently shared with them. God has chosen each of us to lead others in some manner. 2 Chronicles 31:21 says: “In all that he did in the service of the Temple of God and in his efforts […]