Oct
27
2008
Kevin Bussey
[LA Times]
The Rev. Robert H. Schuller removed his son Saturday as preacher on the syndicated “Hour of Power” television show less than three years after handing over to him the ministry he began more than 50 years ago. Schuller announced the removal of his son, Robert A. Schuller, in a statement read to some 450 Crystal Cathedral congregants by Jim Coleman, the church’s president.
“It is no secret to any of you that my son, Robert, and I have been struggling as we each have different ideas as to the direction and the vision for this ministry,” his statement read.
“For this lack of shared vision and the jeopardy in which this is placing this entire ministry, it has become necessary for Robert and me to part ways.”
Schuller said he was bringing in several guest pastors from around the country to preach during the show, which has been cut to half an hour in some markets since summer.
The decision marks a surprising reversal of the emotional moment when Schuller turned over the church ministries and the television program to his son during services at the Crystal Cathedral in January 2006. The two men hugged and the elder Schuller fought tears as he addressed his congregants.
At the time, though, he made it clear: “I am not retiring.”
Read more here.
[From me]
I guess Robert shouldn’t be expecting a Father’s Day Card.:)
There has to be more to this story. You don’t just fire your own son for a slight difference of opinion.
What do you think?
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Sep
17
2008
Kevin Bussey
[US101Country.com]
A regulation in Tennessee could mean those who don’t pay their child support could lose their ability to drive and even their permission to hunt or fish. Letters are currently in the mail to parents who owe at least $500 in support and haven’t made payment in 90 days. More then 20,000 licenses are at risk of being taken away.
Read more here.
[From me]
I could think of better things to do to them but thankfully God has changed my heart. Only in the South! 
What do you think?
Aug
18
2008
Kevin Bussey
[Telegraph]
His band Run DMC, the first gangsta rap act to make the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, enjoyed two decades of success with songs like Walk this Way until disbanding in 2002 after the gangland execution of its DJ, Jam-Master Jay.
All of which makes Simmons an unlikely candidate to be America’s latest parenting guru. Now though, at the age of 43, he is an ordained minister and has reinvented himself as the star of a reality television show in which his eminently functional family serves as a role model for black America.
Last week, the self-styled “Rev Run” was publishing his first book, dispensing wisdom on how to make parenting “cool” again and urging young black fathers to play with their children.
The sentiment has a special resonance within the African-American community, where seven out of 10 black children are now born out of wedlock, a figure more than six times as high as that for white families.
The idea for the book, Take Back Your Family: A Challenge to America’s Parents, came from Rev Run’s television show, Run’s House, which has become one of the top rated programmes on youth channel MTV.
The fly-on-the-wall style show features the hip hop mogul and his wife Justine raising their seven children, but the footage is conspicuously bereft of the bust-ups and foul language often associated with reality television.
“Initially we had a very difficult time convincing television people to take a chance on it,” Simmons added. “The conventional wisdom was that was that audiences find TV compelling when the kids are struggling with drinking, drugs and promiscuity, instead of getting good grades, staying out of trouble and going to church every Sunday.”
“…Reaction to Run’s House has convinced me that promoting the value of family life is what I was put on this earth to do. I might have earned my reputation as a rapper, but when it’s all said and done, I hope that I’ll ultimately be remembered for being a good dad.”
Read more here.
[From me]
I’m not the biggest fan of Rap, but I think we all can learn from “Rev Run.” This isn’t a black or white issue, it is an issue for all races. Fathers are not involved with their children and for that reason we are seeing more crime and high divorce rates. It is time that men step up and be men.
What do you think?
Jul
02
2008
Kevin Bussey
[Life Site News]
In a research brief this month, Bradford Wilcox, a sociology professor at the University of Virginia, analyzed three national studies in order to discover if “there is any evidence that religion is playing a role in encouraging a strong family orientation among contemporary American men?” His research led him to conclude that men who regularly attend Christian services are engaged in happier and stronger marriages and are more involved in the lives of their children than men who do not.
“70 percent of husbands who attend church regularly report they are ‘very happy’ in their marriages, compared to 59 percent of husbands who rarely or never attend church,” explained Wilcox, who also said that the studies indicated that wives experienced more marital happiness when their husbands attended regular religious services.
This is likely one significant reason why the studies showed that married couples who attended regular Christian services were approximately 35 percent less likely to divorce then those couples who did not.
Read more here.
[From me]
Stats don’t tell the whole story. I don’t think it is church or Christianity that makes men better fathers. It is a relationship with God. No training or family can prepare you for parenthood. I think what that stats don’t tell you is how much prayer, Bible Study, fellowship, mentoring, discipleship and the Grace of God are in play.
What do you think?
