Sing Louder Musings

Fatherless Musings #13: The Common Struggle

Chris — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:43:28 +0000

As I’ve researched and read the statistics, it is amazing to me how common the struggles are among the fatherless. First of all, we all struggle a lot with feelings of rejection and its implications. In addition, boys express their rejection issues primarily through anger, and girls through sexual relationships. It’s an almost predictable pattern.

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Fatherless Musings #12: The Worldwide Statistic

Chris — Wed, 12 May 2010 00:57:54 +0000

Depending on how you count them, there are 143 to 147 million orphans in the world right now. Millions and millions…

And, according to a quote from Kay Warren, “most Christians don’t know 5 of them.”

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More Than Musings

Chris — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:41:09 +0000

As I write this, I’m on a plane heading to Minneapolis to attend the Christian Alliance for Orphans’ Summit VI. With me are my wife, Kelly, and our friend, Sue. Not one of us really knows exactly what to expect or exactly why we are going to this particular conference, bit we do have a sense that God has called us to this. So may He grant us big ears, sharp minds and lots of self-sacrificing, God-exalting faith.

And, Father, please help us to minister to the fatherless in Your name.

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Summit VI – Christian Alliance for Orphans

Chris — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:08:59 +0000

I have to be honest here. I don’t have a clue if or how God wants me to touch the lives of the fatherless. I do know that my heart has been deeply touched, my understanding has been growing like crazy, and concepts on how to minister to the are floating around in my head (that’s why I’m blogging my Fatherless Musings). But I don’t exactly see a door to walk through.

So my wife and I sensed God’s calling and saw His provision to attend the Christian Alliance for Orphans’ Summit VI. Pray that we can discern what God has to say to us while we’re there.

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Fatherless Musings #11: Is It That Important?!

Chris — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:40:09 +0000

We’ll never have to pay attention to the issue of fatherlessness in our or others’ lives. It’s not like the government comes knocking on our door or creditors start calling if we don’t address the issue. Right?

Well, unless we want to be like Jesus. And unless His love compels us. It’s easy to overlook how important the fatherless are to God.

Sing to God, sing praises to his name;
lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts;
his name is the Lord;
exult before him!
Father of the fatherless and protector of widows
is God in his holy habitation.

- Psalm 68:4-5 (ESV)

And, of course, it will eventually collapse all around us as our nation and “normal” becomes defined and shaped by these ignored fatherless ones (the indicators are right in front of us) or collapse inside us as we war with our own sense of rejection, isolation, insecurity and sometimes anger and guilt. Fatherlessness may never get the credit for these things either.

I’m telling you it’s an invisible epidemic.

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