(Note: I run this every year on his birthday simply because anything Billy Graham says is always relevant.) Dr. Billy Graham is 97 years old and seldom leaves his hillside retreat in North Carolina.

This week we’re wrapping up our mini-series on the book. Parents Who Lead, by Stewart Friedman and Alyssa Westring. So far we’ve learned that the leadership principles of business can have a practical application to parenting.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Years ago, when we were a family of two young boys with their Mom and Dad, we traveled quite a bit. Either headed to a church where Andy was scheduled to speak, or leaving to come home.

Stewart Friedman, in his book Parents Who Lead, urges parents to utilize the kind of leadership skills used in the business world. No, that does not mean paying your kids minimum wage. It means being thoughtful about how you lead as a parent in order to have a better “bottom line” in family matters.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Tom lived in Smallsville. Everybody knew each other, and they all knew each other’s routines and habits.

When I was small my Grandma Armstrong would head out for the woods. No one seemed to be interested in what she was doing but she was out hunting plants. She would return with roots and such and make medicines out of them.

Here’s today’s Family Talk column….(I thought it was time to “lighten up”….) Readers’ Digest Magazine ran a contest calling for funny family stories. One of the winning entries came from Pat Tornatore from St.

As a kid, Andy was outdoors during much of the summer months. And not lying by the pool with a Coke in one hand and a fetch-it stick for his dog in the other. His dad started him at age nine to help in the family hay-hauling business. Working many times from “Can’t see to can’t see.”

A book title, “It Was On Fire When I Laid Down On It” caught my eye a few years ago. Curiosity being what it is, I looked up the story behind that title. True story. A small local fire department was called to put out a house fire. They also found and rescued a man trapped inside.

He was so upset that fateful Sunday morning. The Ol’ Devil had been busy, creating heartache and emotional injury in his small East Texas town. So the young pastor had decided that it was time to preach against that wily serpent. High time somebody exposed who was causing such turmoil.