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By: Joel Walton

Family Traditions and Their Importance

Family Traditions and Their Importance

When I was a child, a Frosty the Snowman tree topper adorned our Christmas tree each year. It was nothing special, in fact, it was just three styrofoam balls glued together with pinned on eyes and nose. He wore a little black top hat and had round, black buttons down...

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5 Things Failure Teaches Us

5 Things Failure Teaches Us

It’s been said; if your dreams don’t scare you, they’re probably not big enough. While that may be true, most of us are not so much afraid of dreaming, as we’re afraid of the results of failing big. As a counselor, I’ve seen how one of the biggest hurdles for many is...

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A Christian View on Failure

A Christian View on Failure

What is it about failure we’re so afraid of? We are often afraid to try because we’re afraid we may fail. The truth is, we often learn more in failure than we ever learn in success. My prayer for this article is not to glorify failure, or to make light of it, but to...

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How to Deal with an Empty Nest

How to Deal with an Empty Nest

Eighteen, or so, years ago you went through one of the biggest transitions in life, childbirth. You brought home a tiny, little bundle and have spent nearly two decades helping that little life learn and grow. You’ve been a full time chauffeur, cook, maid, coach, and...

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Walls that Benefit Marriage

Walls that Benefit Marriage

It's been said that in a healthy marriage your spouse should be your safety net and the one place (other than God) you should be 100% transparent. While there shouldn’t be any walls within marriage, there are a number of walls you can build AROUND your marriage: to...

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10 Ways to Energize Your Marriage

10 Ways to Energize Your Marriage

Oxygen cannot be seen or smelt; yet, it’s vital to life. I happen to know this first hand from my days serving aboard a nuclear submarine. During that time, one of my jobs was to generate oxygen for the crew in order to keep them all alive. It was a rather complex...

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Unhappy Ever After

Unhappy Ever After

What happens when our life stories don’t have a happy ending? We all love the story of the person who overcomes some great life challenge. You know the triumphant and heroic accounts shared of people, who crashed and burned, only to rise up and soar to new heights. We...

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