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To Know God

On March 30, 2022 By Josh BarlowIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

What do parents need to parent well? What do children need from their parents? How parents answer the question, “What do I need?” helps them answer the question “What does my child need from me?” And the answer to the later, by default, must be the goal of their parenting.  The answer to both these …

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Proper Priorities

On July 5, 2021 By Josh BarlowIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Your to-do list is a window into your heart. Behind every daily chore, Saturday schedule, family dinner is a motivation. What we value we prioritize. What we prioritize we do. No doubt God calls us to value and thus prioritize Him above all else. This is the essence of worship. But what about the rest …

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The Parent’s Purpose Pipeline

On October 1, 2020 By Josh BarlowIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Recently my family and I took a long trip down to the beach to spend the day with a couple friends and their families. We were rushed and running late (as always) and so we clicked the text they had sent us with the address and hit the road. We did not check the destination …

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Peace When There Should Be No Peace

On April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 By Josh BarlowIn Uncategorized11 Comments

I lost my father a week ago on Monday, April 6th, 2020. It was my birthday. It was supposed to be the 6th day of his retirement. I hadn't seen him in almost 2 weeks due to COVID quarantine and the last time I talked to him he was weak and could barely understand me. …

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Less Made More

On March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 By Josh BarlowIn parenting, Uncategorized, Youth MinistryLeave a comment

We recently went over Christ’s letter to the church in Philadelphia (Rev 3:7-13) in YG. In it Christ has great encouragement to His church. First, He commends them for faithfully pursuing the doors He has put before them. Going through open doors is bible speak for taking opportunities to preach the gospel and witness to …

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Worldview and Parenting

On January 16, 2018 By Josh BarlowIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

In each of us there is a personalized and malleable core belief system, this matrix of beliefs is called a worldview. Our worldview is the lens through which we see, interpret, and operate in the world around us. It, at the very basic level, dictates what we love and what we sacrifice for. This means that …

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