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How Ready Is Ready Enough?

12/31/2013

Esther 4:14
[Mordecai to Esther] For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

When I signed up to train at the local crisis pregnancy center, I did not fully know that I was training to be a client advocate, a job for which I felt utterly unready. By the time I realized my mistake, it was too late.

It was one of the best mistakes of my life.

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The IMportance of PHysical Touch in the Father-Daughter Relationship

12/1/2013

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This subject may sound a little weird, but I want to address the issue of appropriate, loving touch between fathers and daughters. It may seem like a small matter--just a side note to other aspects of the father-daughter relationship--but I believe that this is actually a critical facet of the relationship.

Studies Show WE Need Touch.

The importance of physical contact is demonstrated overwhelmingly by numerous studies. A study by Albert Mehramian of UCLA estimates that the spoken word accounts for about 7% of communication, but that body language accounts for about 55% of communication; I would include physical touch in the category of body language.

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