My wife teaches in Davison. Several years ago she was teaching 2nd grade at Central, Davison’s largest elementary school. Eric Lieske, current Davison Schools superintendent was principle of Central at that time. Eric had just been promoted to Assistant Superintendent. The announcement was made one day at the school and my wife noticed that oneContinue reading “Who’s going to call me princess?”
Category Archives: MISCELLANY
Church, the enemy of our solitude
Recent studies have shown that the average congregation on a Sunday morning can tolerate only fifteen seconds of silence before someone feels compelled to break it with an announcement, a song…or whatever. Too often the church is the enemy of our solitude. Too often the church is one more agent in the vast social conspiracyContinue reading “Church, the enemy of our solitude”
Grumblers
The antithesis of giving thanks is grumbling. The grumblers live in a constant state of self-induced stress. …they bellyache about the unfairness of life, the paucity of their gifts, the insensitivity of their spouse and employer, the liberals who are destroying the [country] and the conservatives who have deserted their post, the hot weather andContinue reading “Grumblers”
Things that are normal
thefallencleric.com is all moved over to the new server. Thanks for your patience. People struggle to know what is normal. It seems everyone freaks out if they find they are not normal in some way, and yet no one wants to feel they are normal in every way. After eighteen years of working with people,Continue reading “Things that are normal”
To my childhood self
If you were to write a letter to your childhood self, what would it say? Here’s mine… Dear Little Dave: You is smart, you is kind, and you is important. Okay, that’s from a movie that’s popular now, but it’s true. You’ll need to carry this with you for a lifetime. So what’s up, littleContinue reading “To my childhood self”
The feeling of being valuable
The feeling of being valuable — “I am a valuable person” — is essential to mental health and is a cornerstone of self-discipline. It is a direct product of parental love. Such a conviction must be gained in childhood; it is extremely difficult to acquire it during adulthood. Conversely, when children have learned through theContinue reading “The feeling of being valuable”
Forgiveness vs. reconciliation
Forgiveness happens inside of you. You can forgive someone all by yourself, with no involvement at all required from the person you are forgiving. We all must forgive because it is through forgiveness that we let go of anger, pain, resentment, and other negative feelings towards another person which are eating us alive. So weContinue reading “Forgiveness vs. reconciliation”
Three ways to enhance your marriage without going to counseling
Keeping a marriage healthy isn’t that difficult. Counselors get paid a lot of money to help you do this, but there are many things couples can do for free or very low cost that will make a big difference. Here are my top three. 1. Buy John Gottman’s book, The Seven Principles for Making YourContinue reading “Three ways to enhance your marriage without going to counseling”
Letting God in
Last week a guy got upset about my sermon and said he’s never coming back to my church again because the message was too liberal (I made “liberal” fun of things both liberal and conservative in that message.) This morning I found out that a new couple had attended my church, and one of themContinue reading “Letting God in”
7 tips for beginning bloggers
I don’t pretend to be a big-time blogger, in fact I am far from it. But I have been at it long enough, have enough total posts written, and am getting a big enough readership that I fairly often get questions about getting started with blogging. As with many other questions, I suggest Googling thisContinue reading “7 tips for beginning bloggers”
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