Festival of Hope
At 19 years of age, my life was completely turned around in one night. When the Billy Graham Crusade came to Pittsburgh in 1993, at the old Three Rivers Stadium,...
Author: Alex Hoffman, L.A.P.C.
Empty Nest Marriages
There are many issues in marriage. Maybe one of the most challenging situations is during the transition to the empty nest years. On average, couples face this stage of marriage...
Leadership and the Healthy Church
This weekend we celebrate freedom. It is right to give thanks to God for the freedom we have in America. The American Revolution was a war for freedom. In the...
Emotional Maturity and the Healthy Church
In the Emotionally Healthy Church, pastor and author Peter Scazzerro makes a startling observation, "The sad truth is that too little difference exists, in terms of emotional and relational maturity,...
The Healthy Church
Is your church emotionally and spiritually healthy? Have you noticed troubling or dysfunctional behavior in your spiritual family lately? Are you personally seeking freedom from a pattern of behavior or...
Family Victory: Identify Your Parenting Style
During the 1960's, developmental psychologist Diana Baumrind studied and described three different types of parenting styles: (1) Authoritarian, (2) Permissive, and (3) Authoritative. Later researchers identified a fourth type, the...
Family Victory: Faithful Communication
Happy Mother's Day! Does the picture above look familiar? It is one of the many golden skills of Motherhood. I hope you have cherished memories of a Mom who was...
Family Victory: Purpose Driven Parenting
When was the last time you asked your children about their goals in life? Curiously, many parents who were surveyed about this topic admitted that they were not adequately prepared...
Family Victory: Celebrate with Him
At my home church, there is a statistic that is frequently brought into focus, "In a 5 mile radius of this church, 33 thousand people do not have a church...