Category Archives: Parental Relationship

Learning to change as our children grow and develop

Singing With Mom

Posted on November 9, 2015 by James Gorton

I went up to Colorado Springs to be with my mom this past weekend and something amazing happened. Let me give you a little backdrop on my mom. She is 96 and is coming up on her 97th birthday in … Continue reading →

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Kids Say the Funniest Things

Posted on November 6, 2015 by James Gorton

We teach our children to say the right things.  How embarrassing it is when our children or grandchildren say the things that they have heard.  My daughter and her family were traveling to Scottsdale for Christmas and had a plane … Continue reading →

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Javelina versus Monty

Posted on October 26, 2015 by James Gorton

I had a somewhat traumatic experience this weekend in Flagstaff.  It was the boys weekend so Monty, the family male dog, and I took off for a little retreat of playing golf, fixing holes in the siding of our cottage … Continue reading →

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Reminissing About the Past

Posted on September 21, 2015 by James Gorton

My son Carter graduated from high school this past May and is now a full-fledged college student and working as a buser and dish washer on the side.  When he was about to graduate he was talking to his grandmother … Continue reading →

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Lost And Found

Posted on September 17, 2015 by James Gorton

This morning I went to a Memorial service for one of my close friend’s wife who had battled cancer for over 5 years.  Fortunately his daughter had contacted my daughter, Debi, in Chicago to tell her about the service today. … Continue reading →

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Merry-Go-Round: New Again

Posted on January 19, 2015 by James Gorton

It’s been years since I rode on a merry-go-round.  It goes round and round and never gets anywhere.  Some of the animals go up and down and some stay in one place during the round and round ride.  You get … Continue reading →

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Dual Worship

Posted on May 28, 2014 by James Gorton

I was reading in II Kings 17 this morning and something caught my eye.  Let me set the stage of what was happening.  The king of Assyria had defeated the Israelite nation and had taken many of them captive back … Continue reading →

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Building Resentment Part III: Irrational Choices

Posted on January 20, 2014 by James Gorton

Have you ever been in a situation where your anger got the best of you?  Someone said something to you or did something to you and you went off on them?  Have you been driving and someone cuts you off? … Continue reading →

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Building Resentment Part II: Misdirected Accusations

Posted on January 17, 2014 by James Gorton

Resentment is a very interesting feeling.  The Merriam-Webster defines resentment as a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury.  It is not one those feelings that come and go, but … Continue reading →

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The Favored One Or The Rejected One

Posted on January 13, 2014 by James Gorton

Have you ever been in a family where you were the favorite son or daughter?  Where it seemed that your mother or father or maybe both doted on you more than your siblings?  It could be that you have experienced … Continue reading →

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