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This may be more of a rant than anything, and I am probably preaching to the choir to be honest. If you want to agree or add anything feel free. I posted recently about my sixteen year old’s mom (ex-girlfriend from ten year relationship from before my marriage) giving me a hard time about...

My sixteen year old daughter who lives in Upstate NY had a very bad traumatic brain injury in 2015. Her lasting symptoms from that seem to be a headache and trouble with organization, or so we thought. Tuesday night she had a seizure. Her mom told me about it and I asked if I could go up to see...

It's been a little bit since I updated things on my 18 year old daughter who moved out the day after she turned 18 because I am too controlling. As I mentioned before, she went back to live with her mom and her mom was encouraging her to get a GED. That never happened. She didn't go back to...

My daughter went back to her mom in Upstate NY because she felt I was too controlling. I may have been a little strict, but she also came from a household (her mother’s) where there were no rules at all. She was free to do as she wished. That resulted in her failing high school two years in a...

Going off of my thread from last week here: Not Sure What To Do, I have been thinking of what having my daughter for the school year will do to her and her little brother as siblings. Her little brother is three and follows her pretty much everywhere. So, I am concerned what will happen when...

For this coming school year my ex-wife has agreed to allow my daughter to stay with me to go to the elementary school that I am zoned for. The elementary school school that she is zoned for is a horrible school that has failed 5 out of 7 years. We do not want her in that school and so the...

At least it seems like a dilemma to me. Since I started working as an EMT last year, I have found it hard to read my bible. Especially on the days that I work because of my long hours. I can work as much as 17 - 18 hours a day. I come home and all I want to do is sleep because I have to be back...

I am having to search for a new church because work schedule has changed and I now work on Sunday mornings. The Lutheran church that I was attending does not have a Saturday evening service nor do any of the Lutheran Churches around me that I would attend. They also do not have a mid-week...

Am hoping to get some insight on the above question. I may have asked this before, but don't want to spend the time looking back through all my posts since in order to find it. I have seven kids, five with an ex-girlfriend during a ten year relationship before I became a Christian and two with...

I have been looking for a new church to attend because of my work schedule and since the church I attend now with their service being a little later in the morning on Sunday it conflicts with my work schedule. So church shopping I go. The one church that I was looking at seemed good until it...

I am feeling very depressed this morning and cannot seem to figure out why. I mean I have an idea, but the idea that I have shouldn't be the cause of this depression. Christmas was yesterday as we all know. I was supposed to get my kids yesterday as they spent Christmas Eve with their mom. My...

How do I protect myself from the enemy in this house (my mom's house as I am here till I can get my own place because my wife and I are separated and she has filed papers)? As I just told my wife who I have much better contact with now, I feel like I am constantly under siege. More so in this...

Just received the letter today stating that we have been turned down for a Habitat for Humanity home due to our income to family size. We were advised to increase our income. We cannot increase our income as my wife is on a fixed disability income and I am already making as much as I can doing...

This is the third time now. The second time I was not at home. This time however I was. He remembered me and our conversation. Asked if I was attending a local church. I said yes, and I named my the Lutheran Church that we attend. He offered an invitation to go to his church, which I declined...

Had a Baptist pastor stop by the apartment today. I guess he was making the rounds. He started questioning me on how I was saved, and made a big deal about me becoming Lutheran. He then asked if I wanted to listen to their radio station and I politely declined and then he proceeded to tell me...

A couple days ago my 14 year old daughter, who lives 1200 miles away from me with her mom and siblings, let me know that she was sexually abused for two months by a 21 year old man. This man was a friend of my ex-girlfriend's boyfriend's son who frequented their house often. Needless to say my...

This past Sunday my wife and I were accepted into the Lutheran church and our two children were baptized as well. However, my wife doesn't want to be known as a Lutheran or any other denomination, just wants to be known as a child of God.

I have the Esv version of the Lutheran Study Bible and I am having a difficult time figuring out how I should read it because of all the notes. Then again, I never really understood how a study Bible is supposed to be read in the first place. Am I supposed to read a chapter and then read all...

I have been reading alot of posts not just here but on other Christian forums regarding hatred for denominations and brick and mortar churches. What is going on? Even when I mention that I found Christ in the Lutheran church I am told that cannot be right and I must come out of the...

As the interim Pastor told me yesterday in an email the church has embraced us. The ladies of the women's group decided to throw us a baby shower. They are and the church as a whole is excited that there will be a newborn soon. They have said they haven't had a newborn in the church for a...