Tag: Chad Flowers

In Everything and for Everyone, Give Thanks

Posted by: Chad Flowers in Relationships on November 27th

It’s Thanksgiving week. Most people I know try their best to get along with family and friends during this time of the year. I don’t know if it’s because they feel guilty after almost a year of snubbing relationships they really don’t want to maintain, or if it’s because this particular holiday season causes them… View Article

Chad Flowers, Gratitude, I Thessalonians 5:18, Relationships, Thanksgiving

What Is a Healthy Relationship?

Posted by: Chad Flowers in Relationships on October 30th

It appears to be a simple question—with a thousand answers! It demands clarity: a proper definition of the term “healthy” or what specific class of relationship is being addressed. It may be a child/parent relationship, a husband/wife relationship, a stepfamily relationship, a dating relationship, a friend/family relationship, a boss/employee relationship, and on and on. The… View Article

Chad Flowers, Healthy Relationships, Relationships, Stepfamilies

Modern Families

Posted by: Chad Flowers in Relationships on October 2nd

We live in a culture where divorce is prominent, and blended families are becoming more common. The conversation is not about “divorce” only but about “re-divorce.” Nobody carries a childhood dream to be part of a stepfamily; yet one out of three eventually find themselves in one. Consider the following statistics from Dr. Tim Clinton’s… View Article

Blended Families, Broken Homes, Chad Flowers, Divorced Families, Modern Families, Relationships, Stepfamilies

My Dad Called Me

Posted by: Chad Flowers in Relationships on August 28th

He paced back and forth rapidly, his palms were sweaty, and his gut was wrenching as he heard the distant cries of labor pains hitting his beloved. The words the midwife had spoken to him just moments earlier raced through his mind: “Your wife is in hard labor, and all we can promise you is… View Article

Ben-Oni, Benjamin, Chad Flowers, Genesis 35, Heavenly Father, Jacob and Rachel, Relationships

Tempered Tongues and Holy Hands

Posted by: Chad Flowers in Relationships on July 31st

The tongue is the muscle in your body associated with the most powerful ability you and every other human being has: the power to produce words! If you are breathing air, someone in your past has spoken words that have built you up or torn you down. Proverbs 18:21 tells us that “Death and life… View Article

Chad Flowers, Holy Hands, James 1, Matthew 12, Proverbs 18, Relationships, Tempered Tongues