Tag: parenting
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The Loudest Voice
Photo Cred: Katie Nicolle Photography It’s a typical Tuesday morning. It’s around 8:30, and I am about to go to Show & Tell – a local coffee shop where I tend to write my sermons. I am in the bathroom brushing my teeth, not really paying attention to much around me as I think through…
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Young Blood Fathers Club
Like most, if not all, things worth doing, “dadding” is hard work. This is not necessarily unexpected — we all “know” life changes a lot when we become parents, and it won’t always be easy. But, I do think that the challenges that actually lie before a young dad are uncharted and unexpected in…
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Child Proof Marriage
When Emily and I got married we received a lot of good and wise advice. But, one of the things that no one ever really talked about was kids. Everyone expected that kids would appear one day, but no one ever spoke about how kids would really affect a marriage. Now, I am no expert…
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Dear New, soon to be, or hope to be, Dads…
Recently I have found myself in many conversations revolving around this thing called parenting – specifically being a dad. And these conversations have forced me to think about what being a dad is really like, especially the conversations with, well, new or soon to be fathers, who ask – or should be asking – what…
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5 Things I Hope My Daughter Learns From Me
There are a plethora of sappy daddy/daughter posts out there. But I don’t care, here’s another one. I am about to have a daughter. Literally any day now she could come and bless our home with her presence. So, obviously, I have had to do quite a lot of thinking about raising a child in…
Mike Rutledge.CA 