About the Author Bill Dean is both a church pastor and a university professor. His upcoming book, Walking Together: Relationships that Transform, focuses on the role of relationships in spiritual growth. This blog is a continuation of that conversation and a place to interact.
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By Bill, on June 13th, 2011
I was a Godly mother of two, but by the of age 43, I had lost every close family member in my life, including my marriage. My mother died unexpectedly when I was 14. My father moved away and we were not close, so I was basically on my own until I married at age 26. At age 21 I committed my life to Christ, and followed Him into marriage at 26. Both of my older brothers had passed away from cancer by 2003. It has been 11 1/2 yrs, I have been single. God has been so good, so faithful and I am very grateful for every [ More ... ]
By Bill, on March 10th, 2010
This story comes to me from my oldest son, who teaches the adult Sunday school class involved. Names have been changed)
Wilber and Lucy had attended other churches in town, but no one knew that when they started attending Sunday school. From the first Sunday they (especially Lucy) were a problem. She insisted on dominating the entire class with an apparently endless litany of woes about finances, health (she was in a wheelchair), and injustice. The members of the class tried to be sympathetic, but lots of irritation began to show. Subsequent Sundays were repeats.
What to do with Lucy? Several members of the class talked privately, and decided to take the [ More ... ]
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