Robert & Kay Camenisch encouraging and equipping relationships

The Impact of a Parent

Parents lay the foundation of a child’s view of life—for good or for bad. Father’s Day is past, but the importance of the position of a father—or mother—in a child’s life remain. I was blessed with parents that positively impacted my life. Naturally, my recent focus has been on my father. I was blessed with…

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Why Are You Angry?

Why are you angry? Are you frustrated with traffic? Is it because of hurtful words? Did somebody do you wrong? Or is it that everything is out of control and going wrong? We tend to point to such things as the reason we are angry. But those things aren’t the cause. They are triggers. Anger…

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Three Things That Steal Peace

Every Monday afternoon, some high school young men drop by our house to spend time with Robert. It’s a casual mentoring sort of relationship with young men that don’t have a healthy male presence in their home. It seems to mean a lot to the teens to drop in. The third time they came, one…

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Quit Fighting Anger

I just returned from a weekend conference in Cincinnati, where I led a workshop on anger, entitled “Help! I’m About to Blow My Top!” Response was good, and I enjoyed meaningful conversation with many people who are plagued by anger and want victory. However, I continue to be troubled by a reply that I heard…

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The Violent Take the Kingdom of Heaven

Have you ever puzzled over the Old Testament passages where God directs the Israelites to take a city and kill everybody in it—including women and children and sometimes all animals too? God knows best, and He has His reasons, but destroying everything in such situations sometimes seems harsh. Can you imagine the repercussions today if an army…

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Love My Neighbor? How?

I said I’d post a final blog on the idea of righteous anger. I wrote it, but ditched it. It was too long, repetitious of previous posts, and was also not as clear as I’d like. Maybe later, but I need to let it settle. If you were looking forward to it, please forgive me.…

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