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An Adolescent to Adult Transition Manual for Fathers, January 5, 2005
This review is from: The Difference a Father Makes: Calling Out the Magnificent Destiny in Your Children (Hardcover)
This compact book gave me surprisingly practical and inspiring answers to questions I've struggled with as a father to three teenage kids - "How do I develop a deep and affirming relationship with my children, help them grow them into what they're capable of, and let them know when they've crossed the `goal-line' into adulthood?"
The author - who is an active pastor, ex-professional football player, and father of five - uses moving examples from his own family life, anecdotes from his pastoral counseling work, and surprisingly relevant and poignant stories from the Bible to paint a roadmap for fathers like me who do indeed want to make a difference in the lives of their kids.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Could change families' lives, October 24, 2005
This review is from: The Difference a Father Makes: Calling Out the Magnificent Destiny in Your Children (Hardcover)
Ed McGlasson was a guest on our radio show this morning in Detroit, and generated one of the largest listener responses we have ever received from an author. Ed actually took the time to call my co-host's husband directly, encouraging him to read the book. He did, and found himself completely re-energized by the experience. This is a book for every man, father or father-to-be.
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"The Difference A Father Makes" Makes A Difference, May 7, 2009
This review is from: The Difference a Father Makes: Calling Out the Magnificent Destiny in Your Children (Hardcover)
Fatherhood is like a bull elephant in a china shop. It's affect will be brutally felt. As a father and a pastor I've thought, fought, and taught through quite a bit about the subject of fatherhood, and I am elated to have found this resource.
I read this book in one sitting - skipping the gym and forgetting the Red Sox on TV (that last one is notable for me). This shows that McGlasson is engaging. He effectively hammers home the truth that fatherhood is deeply foundational to the identity of a child. This leads you to McGlasson's big idea: The Fatherhood of God enables, inspires, and guides the difference a father makes.
This little book offers four treasures. First, you'll be reminded again of the incredible importance of fatherhood. Second, your attention will be drawn to the Gospel of Jesus as means to having the God of the Universe as your Father. Third, you'll see beautiful things in the relationship of the Father God with the Son of God. Fourth - and this is the unique contribution of this book - McGlasson will offer powerful, practical ways to make that difference in your child's life.
The book is brief. There's more to say about fatherhood. And my eyebrows raised a few times at some of his Scriptural interpretations. But as I finished, I was ready to buy a bunch of copies and hand them to the men in my church. Again, I found this book unique in the way it opens one heart to fatherhood, opens a father's heart to his children, and opens one mind on practical ways to "make that difference" to your child.
Read "The Difference A Father Makes." You'll be affected. And it will make a difference.
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