Wisdom 4 Dads

Courageous Dads Need to Pray!

jimdavisor — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:58:51 +0000

AN EXCERPT FROM COURAGEOUS DADS.
Chapter 6. A Dad’s Heart

Why do we pray? Because God answers prayer. In prayer we open our hearts to God, tell him our needs, and wait for his answer. No one has ever seen God, but the believer who has been given [...]

All Families Seem Dysfunctional

djyoung — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:57:42 +0000

Many times I have chewed on a passage in the Bible, in the seventeenth chapter of Acts, that seems to say that God has specifically put us in his family of choice for us at his specific time for us here on earth. God says he does so for our benefit, that we may become [...]

Daughter of the Lord

djyoung — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:53:19 +0000

To my surprise I was one of only nine men among one hundred women. I had just arrived and registered to attend my first writer’s conference. My uneasiness showed up the next day as I attended my first small group teaching on writing personal stories.

I made a comment to the teacher about all the [...]

Telling My Kids What to Do (And Why It Doesn’t Work)

djyoung — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:52:33 +0000

But Renée and I have become increasingly aware that our children are masters at cunningly and often quietly disobeying us-at least initially. It’s amazing how good they are at this. Most of the time, when we tell our kids something, my wife and I find they’ll eventually do what we say. But their initial reaction [...]

Switching positions

djyoung — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:51:50 +0000

Even though I have always thought highly of my father… Even though I have always thought highly of my father, at times he has really hurt our family. It’s very tough to talk about and I will not break the confidences of our family, but in short he has struggled in a few different areas. [...]

My father – the most dogmatic person I knew

djyoung — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:51:25 +0000

Growing up in Paul Byrd’s shoes Growing up, the Legend told me time and time again that he couldn’t stand people who were dogmatic. Finally as a teenager I had to look up the word to find out that my father was the most dogmatic person that I knew. That puzzled me. I realized that [...]

Hunting with My Daughter

djyoung — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:50:51 +0000

One of my favorite memories as a dad took place this past fall when I took my daughter deer hunting. The experience illustrated to me the difference in male and female thinking patterns. During our foray through the woods I noticed that Katy saw so many things I didn’t see. She saw an owl in [...]

Fact or Feeling?

djyoung — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:49:09 +0000

My dad doesn’t hurt my feelings all the time. Hear my daughter’s story…

After graduating into middle school, our oldest daughter, Elizabeth, began exhibiting more than a few signs of moodiness.

Of course, this was to be expected. She was growing, maturing, changing, and becoming more and more her own person. With any change-let alone [...]

Crazy Nicknames

djyoung — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:48:33 +0000

I never remember my Dad calling me Justin.

For thirty some odd years, my Dad worked a blue-collar factory job at U.S. Electrical Motors in Philadelphia, Mississippi. As a child growing up, I loved hearing stories about the goings on at the “Motor Mill”.

I think maybe more entertaining than the stories themselves were [...]

Dad’s Look at His Family

djyoung — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:47:30 +0000

This was a delightful “Father moment” and I envied the men who could enjoy it any weekend that they wanted…

Christmas this year was very special. Yes, I know, Christmas is always special. But, for me this Christmas had a very memorable moment.

My son and daughter-in-law moved 2,000 miles away nine months ago. We [...]