2008-08-27T16:42:36-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/absence/ http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/When-The-Captain-is-Not-at-the-Helm-4327 2008-08-27T16:42:36-05:00 In our word for today from the Word of God, we see what happens when the captain of a family forfeits the helm. As we look at the story in Genesis 16:1, remember that God has promised the captain of this family, Abram, that he and his wife Sarai are going to miraculously have a son in their old age. A son from whom a nation will come, and the son who they have been waiting for a while. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/Taking-Attendance-5057 2008-08-06T16:16:19-05:00 The years when our kids are taking attendance don't last long. Let's make sure we're there for the moments that really count. Your son or daughter is checking the stands to see if you are really there. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/Looking-For-Daddy-4054 2008-08-01T16:27:22-05:00 In fact, maybe for you the word "father" is a hurting word. In one way or another, your father wasn't there for you - physically, financially, emotionally, supportively. You went to the door, but there was no one there. That leaves an emotional deficit in a life that can make you feel incomplete, cheated, unexplainably lonely, trying to compensate for the lack of a father's love in countless ways, some that leave you even more scarred.