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Reflections on relationships, parenting, faith, and everyday life.
By Dr. Roger Butner.

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Running to Battle

By Dr. Roger Butner

If you haven’t read the story of David and Goliath lately, check it out (for the kids, take a look at Veggie Tales’ engaging animated version). What an incredible…

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Forgiving

By Dr. Roger Butner

Forgiveness is an issue I must deal with on a frequent basis, because of my work as a marriage and family therapist. However, let’s face it – it is something we all…

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Liberty

By Dr. Roger Butner

Liberty: “freedom from arbitrary or despotic control” Despot: “a person exercising power tyrannically” Tyranny: “oppressive power” “The liberties of our country,…

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Curiosity

By Dr. Roger Butner

Last Friday I had an opportunity to take the son of some good friends of ours with me for an afternoon at the Bluebonnet Swamp. They are basically family to us, so…

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Believe

By Dr. Roger Butner

Many things happen in our lives that are beyond our control. I fully recognize this. To believe otherwise is to live in a fantasy world. And yet, so much of our…

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Storms

By Dr. Roger Butner

My wife and I recently spent a weekend away together at the Parish Hermitage. Our time there was all that we hoped it would be. God’s Spirit breathed into us just…

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Marital Cardiology

By Dr. Roger Butner

Although I’ve never been to medical school, people come to my office every day for cardiology exams. Most of the time, they don’t even know they have a heart…

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Dangerous

By Dr. Roger Butner

I’ll be posting some more of my own thoughts later this weekend, but for now, I’ve just got to pass this along. My good friend, Troy, just told me about this book.…

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