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One little boy defined Father’s Day like this: “Father’s Day is just like Mother’s Day, only you don’t spend as much on a present.” Come on, isn’t that true? Father’s Day is kind of the “left-over” holiday. It’s the one that we do just so the guys won’t feel bad. In fact Garrison Keillor writes that…

Did you know that in 1997 (latest stats I found) children spent on 45 minutes per week engaged in any conversation with anyone in the family where conversation was the major activity. The number of families having dinner together regularly dropped by 33% from 1987-1997. Family vacations decreased by…

I have seen this so clearly in my own family . . . not in my leadership but in that of my father. I remember when my sister and I were both teenagers. We had a fairly active teen group in our church and there was this one family who worked with us a good bit. They really were wonderful people, but they…

Francis Chan speaks of this in his own family. He said that his inability to control came home to him with his own teenage daughter. He said he realized that she was not in love with Jesus. He said that he spent nights, crying, bawling, and praying for the Lord. I don’t know if you know who Francis Chan…

FATHER’S DAY In his song, “Grown Men Don’t Cry,” Tim McGraw writes about the parent-child relationship and the strong bonds it creates for a lifetime. He describes seeing a homeless woman with her child clinging to her. He didn’t just immediately dismiss the scene as commonplace, but was able to get…

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A story of two men: STORY NUMBER ONE Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago. Capone wasn't famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder. Capone had a lawyer nicknamed "Easy Eddie." He was his lawyer…

Fun facts about Father's Day: Sonora Smart-Dodd is the "mother" of Father's Day. In 1909, as she listened to a sermon about Mother's Day, she was inspired to begin a campaign to create a celebration that would recognize and honor the work done by her father and all fathers across the U.S. President Lyndon…

The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate. Bern Williams in National Enquirer

His shoulders are a little bent, His youthful force a trifle spent, But he’s the finest man I know, With heart of gold and hair of snow. He’s seldom cross and never mean; He’s always been so good and clean; I only hope I’ll always be As kind to him as he’s to me. Sometimes he’s tired and seems forlorn,…

Illustrations: “Three boys in the schoolyard were bragging about who had the better father: The first boy says, ‘My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem, and the give him $100.’ The second boy says, ‘That’s nothing. My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls…

A good father flies kites with you at the park. A good father takes you fishing. A good father takes good care of you. A good father keeps you out of trouble. A good father loves you (and gives you just a sip of his beer). Bart was 13 years old when he prepared a Father's Day card that included the short…