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Tag: Discipline

Loving the Boundaries

July 2, 2022 Martin Wiles Fire Starters

The letters lay in my box—the folds showing evidence of students who had never written letters by hand, never inserted them in envelopes, and never used snail mail.   The day was a typical one.

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A Heart-to-Heart Talk

May 7, 2022 Martin Wiles Fire Starters, Holiday, Mom

I remember it hung on a doorknob. My parents believed in corporal punishment. They thought the Bible taught it, and they believed and practiced the Bible’s teachings as they understood them. They never abused me,

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Showing Up is Half the Battle

October 8, 2018 April Dawn White Fire Starters

By April White In life, showing up is half the battle. I pulled into the parking lot of my small but efficient fitness facility open 24/7. As I stepped out of the car, an exasperated

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Hammered into Shape

September 2, 2017 Martin Wiles Dying to Self, God makes all things possible, Waiting

No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way. Hebrews 12:11 NLT He barked his instructions

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Parenting Isn’t Only for Parents

August 5, 2017 Martin Wiles Devotions, parenting, Relationships

Parenting isn’t only for parents; it’s for the kids. I’m the oldest of three boys. The next arrived nine years later, and the third two years later. As the oldest, I learned from the starts

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Return to Your First True Love

February 14, 2017 Janet Beagle Blog, Fire Starters, Love
Assorted Valentines

“Oh,” my friend groaned. “I really don’t want to run tonight, but I told myself I would run 3 and be done.” “Come on! It will be fun,” I said. I had just started running

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No Ordinary Discipline

September 4, 2012 Pirate Preacher Relationships

By Michelle S. Lazurek I walked onto the red-stained deck of my workplace to be greeted by the laughter of thirty energetic kindergarteners. I punched in at the time clock for another ordinary day of

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for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine. — Psalm 50:10-11 (NIV)

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