Tag: parenting
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Parenting with Your Spiritual Gifts
Fun fact about me: I love to take personality tests. I love to dive more into self discovery, finding out more of who God made me to be and how I really tick. Myers-Briggs? Enneagram? DISC? They all fascinate me. As a believer, I’m also interested in spiritual gifts. I want to know how God…
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Parenting in a Tech World
It’s no secret we live in an age where we are all inundated with technology. We wake up in the morning and our televisions, radios, or phone screens are blasting us with advertisements and messages. It’s easy to let technology take over our lives – and by extension – our children’s lives. Technology is so…
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What To Do About Your Strong-willed Child
Like most parents, the moment I became one was when my life totally changed. I became responsible for this little person and love instantly developed in my heart for them. As a father of three, I can tell you that every child is different. They are different in personality, in demeanor, in interests, in their…
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Why Summer Church Camp Still Matters
Summer is a time when I get really nostalgic. I listen to the music I grew up on more. I daydream about yesteryear. I reminisce about summers of the past. Some of my best summers were spent working at a Christian camp. It was in the midst of those pine trees and sandhills that my…
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Fight. Finish. Keep the Faith.
In a few short weeks we will be coming up on the end of the traditional school year. Our kids all have worked so hard for all these weeks and have accomplished a lot. Let me encourage you to encourage them to keep going; to keep working hard; to keep going for their goals. Here…
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Welcome to my blog!
Hello there! My name is Jacob Orr; it’s great to see you! Welcome! Here on my site you’ll have the opportunity to be encouraged and refreshed in your walk and ministry. It is my goal you are challenged while simultaneously find strength and godly wisdom. Much of my ministry over the past 20 years has…
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