Clare DeGraafJun 26, 20144 minFuneral Wisdom: Things you should or should not say at a funeralAt age 65, I’m beginning to spend more time standing in line at funerals or pre-funeral visitations. Over the years, I’ve heard people...
Clare DeGraafJun 23, 20143 minDealing with Guilt Over the Death of an Unloving Parent – Part 1A man I mentored years ago, called me a few months back to tell me that his father had died. I knew that his father, although a public...
Clare DeGraafJun 16, 20145 min“I’ll never get Caught!” and other lies we tell ourselvesI can’t tell you how many men have sat in my office, crying their eyes out, having been caught having an affair, and shocked to have been...
Clare DeGraafJun 9, 20143 minIt’s Not About the Nail!This blog is for husbands only. Watch this video, have a laugh, then please keep reading. It’s Not About the Nail Video One of the...
Clare DeGraafJun 2, 20144 minAre You Sure You Want Your Children to be Extroverts?The basic premise of the book is that for most of humanity, until the 20th century, we valued a “Culture of Character.” “The ideal self...
Clare DeGraafMay 26, 20144 minThinking of Adopting?As I am writing this blog, my wife Susan is in China. She’s there with our son-in-law and daughter and all four of their children to...
Clare DeGraafMay 19, 20146 minWhat Happens One Minute After You DieWith all the “I died, went to heaven and back”, books and movies out today, it’s made me aware of just how little the average Christian...
Clare DeGraafMay 12, 20143 minTell God You’re Sorry, then Live Like You AreOne of the most difficult things to talk about with our children, friends or those we mentor is personal sin – our own struggle with it...
Clare DeGraafMay 8, 20144 minIntroduce Jesus and the “Way of Jesus” to Others.I was on vacation in Florida a number of years ago and I was invited to attend a men’s study on The Purpose Driven Life, by Rick Warren....