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I serve as a pastor.  I lead our youth group.  I parent 3 children.  I think a lot about how to communicate principles for decision making that are not just "when A happens, you pick B."  At least, I should think a lot about it!  I was up late last night as a result of these kinds of thoughts.  We all are exposed to different environments, saddled with different challenges, and face different choices.  What rules or guidelines will help all of us make the right choice all the time?  Even if I won't choose the right thing all the time, could I at least get some help in knowing what the right thing is? It's tempting here to say something like, "Well just do what the Bible says all the time" or, "Just ask WWJD?"  Here's the problem, I have read the Bible all the way through a couple of times and I haven't found a verse that gives me the script to correct a sensitive child's behavior in a way that let's him know the gravity of the er...

As a child, the brick house on the hill. Moniteau County, Walker Township. On the farm, outside of McGirk (where?!) Not so much the house as the land. Teenager: two girls occupy our home, too. Foster kids, is this home for them? One returns to her home. One stays through college. Still, is this home for her?  Hard to tell. College: "On my own!"  Cool! . . . Not home though. I go "home" on weekends and for summers. A thought is peeking through the clouds, Maybe I was wrong as a child. Maybe home is not the house or the land. Sure feels like home to see Mom and Dad (and Brother?) Her:  Things have changed! On top of the world, looking at spectacular, I want to show . . . her. Why her?  Hmmm. The question.  She said yes! Yep, I was wrong as a child. We make home, she and I. Home is the people not the place. The place is nice, filled with memories (laundry, too). If the people move, so do I. The place becomes a memory. Home moves wi...